, 1880-01-13
CRIMINAL NEWS.
A Horrible Occurrence on the Sol.
diers' Home Grounds in
Milwaukee.
". G. Wilkinson, Crazed Through
tho Effects Of protractcd
Drinking,
Murders His Wife and Then DELHI
erately Ends His Own
Life,

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Life.
A MILWAUKEE HORROR. z.
sptttat Dspntth to Ths Chteaao Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, fan. IA profound sensa-
tfon WIS caused throughout tho city this forc-
NOM by tho announcement OF a terrible trngcdy
thnt WIS cnnctcd Tn thu grounds OF the National
Military Asylum during tho qutet hours Of tho
8ubbath night. Tho intelligence WIS conveyed
to tho Central Police station through tho medium
Of tic following brief telegram:
"NATIDsAt MILITARY AayLUX. JAM. 12-8:06
a. NV. q. Wilkinson shot his vito and thon
himself lust night tnmc time. fnform:thp Coro-
ncr. Hold nj inquest aB soon rs p0aAi1lt,
"E. ". HfrcKs."
Tho party referred to ns tho murderer and
suicide proved to F,c pruf. W. G. Wilkinson,
lender of tho Nntional Homo Silver Cornct Hand.
Prof. Wilkinson lived uIn'n tho Military Asylum
grounds With his wife. Tho couple occupied
apartments In II Onc-stoFy atl \ haf frn,no
structure nearly orposit tho o1d hospital. De-
side themselves twn other families lived In this
building nnno Of whom, as fur aB known, pro-
fess to hnyo heard tho shots which hurried tho
Professor ind Mrs. wilkinson Into eternity.
ACCORp1N1 To TIE sTA7EMExT
Of subordinate ofelnI Of tho IIonlc 1t Is nbso-
lutcly certain TINT drink led to tho terrible
n!Eair. rrof. Wilkinson Ii sntd to hnvo bcou
confirmed Jr1lnkarl; that Il, ho WIS givon to
pcro<llcnt aprcts, und wteu tho desire for drink
seized him he would c1oso bis cars to all rcmon-
strancea and extostulations, and deliberately
get drunk. How loHH these sprees lasted Is not
known, but they invariably causcd bis good wifo
mich sorrow md Rrcf. Within 4 few t1nys past
the Professor got on one Of those periodical
carousas. and, in order to put m end to 1t lB
speedily aa possible, Mrs. Wilkinson pro.
ceetcd to tho anloon whcro he w,H In the
habt uf spending most Of his time, md pre-
vailed upon tho proprietor to .e'l hes h''sIant,
!. a,,nnnscd tn hnvo hncr IN so,,,n,nv Th,s IN.
.,,t,".,'o ~ av ,,i, ~ ,v,,',.n n
determined him to hare the sprco out at nll
hazards. Thus INCLINED he lott the asylum
: Or . o'slosk iast nixht' when he returned vory
h'oen 'n'o1'on.ta. ~ s.,,, n>, u,,nuu
~. ,o, as s' WAS SEN t TO si. zsfkm o1an.o y,,+
svo h tho to sos
betweon sho drunken man and hls i. wito' o' il
onu preceded tho trngedy, neither wcro
ths dotenatlons of tho revolver which
la1o potn ~" III aeatn s".hc'cat1S !oaa
to awaken tho steepng nc'ghbors Tho tltst
% I" tic + nnfor,ato m oonple The It'll ttlo @ ollo iled
sSrsnE sTm r ia thS r'sss s cp %hsq 1t tho
rio neivblors. ,t,nn entcri,,g tho 6ousc found
Mrs. Wilkinson iyng upon tip tltnr. % nrar i VIII
hs" sw T n liz tic atls9 !i9 SustTetrhe, towal tho
wi',.io@, ~ Il she hai Scon in the rot Of sn1-
Y"lV.r In thu Intld II hcr h,.sban cr,hc t.,tn
her skull a1,d penetrated tho brain. Ncar tho"
nuricTsvl wo,aan, iylng PRIME .tpon h!s bask,
| tnK wound IN tho forrhuad. firm, whir!,
palnt Or entrance q Mo @ n,ltet ..n.saa. WnsSn
m .i III II ., III. ,t LII, ,ii3 ,,.,. hua iooi,
VIII Wnlen TIC hnheRInH n,h'o!e tl4lRtN1 !,h ttI