Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-29
THE REVOLV EH
Tho Awful Deed Of an Indiana Lover.

ElkhHrt ~ thrown into exClItIntnt Ny
the report Of murder. Hardly had tho
mysterious death Of John Rice been
family dropped until the excitement has
more fuel TO work on. About halfpast
4 O'Clock Yesterday afternoon George
Elliott, fast Young man OF this place,
thought he would kill his aiiianced. and
aiteIsard do away with himself. The
thought was 80 forCible that 10 carry II
into effect he stepped out of his mothers
house and walked on 10 Main street,
where he met Elmer Klinger. lie re-
quested young klinger Ia loan him his
revolver, that he would go into the house
aud trade him something ior II, remark
ing as he left, 81 will be back IN five
minutes"
Tho Shooting.
Elliott, upon entering the house, pro-
ceedcd into bedroom and called Miss
Mamie DarCey in, saying he wanted To
say something tO her ia confidence. She
went into the bedroom and Elliott i'm
mediatelv locked the door and com
menced firing. The first ball struck her
Just below the Zygomatic arch, Just III
front Ol the lett ear She made one
scream and threw her hand up to the
wound, when he discharged another
shot, the ball passing through her ieit
thumb aud entering her head just back
oi the left ear, the ball passing around
th, cranlum. The first ball, II IL sup
posed, lodged just back 0i the right eye
She fell 10 the floor after the second shot,
when Elliott placed the revolver to hls
head and fired The ball entered his
right temple, killing him instantly.
The Door was Broken Open,
and a terrible sight was revealed The
inmates soon gave an alarm, and The
whole community gathered around the
dead and dying. Doctors we're sent ior,
and pronounced Elliott dead, but Miss
Darcy uas still alive. She was carried
lo the sitting room aud placed on "A soia'
She remained UNCONSCIOUS i0r thlfty
minutes. After coming to cOnsci, ,ness,
she asked.
"where am II viii ! die? What
Was this done fort What Is this great
bunch over my eyer
She was paclhed as much as possible,
but she seemed tO realize that death was
only question Of low hours. She
WAS sfteTward taken with violent VOln'
itiuu. and thTaw up fully three quarts oi
blood. which she had evidently swal-
| lowed.
Tho Cause OF the Aot.
The cause oi the sad end ot Elliott
and the certain death oi Miss Darcy IL
substantially ~ follows
For some time Miss Darcy has boen
boarding with ElliOtts mother, on
| Washington street. Daring her stay
| there Elliot had become attached tO her !
80 much ~ that were she Ia look at an
other man he would repr0ye her Tor II.
| About two weeks ago she went out
walking with another young man, and
ON returning Elliot took her INTO the
fatal bedroom, aud would have shot
| hsT then had not the inmates
| Of the house broken open the
| door and stopped the wOuld.bc mur.
derer. lie then threatened Ia Kill her II
she ever again went With any gentleman
| other than him. On last evening the
same gentleman escorted the young lady
around until about eight o'clock. hii"f
leaving her at her home be started Ia
depart. when Elliott, espylng him, made
"A Tu.h after hIm. The young man he'
iov the best runner OF the Two. probably
missed similar fate. Daring the day
ne procured goOdly quantity oi WHISKY
to steady his nerves tn do the deed lad
has done,
ElIlo,ts Habits Have Been Had from
Boyhood
lie ia about tsenty years oi age,
About a wear ago his father committed
suicide in A saloon ia this city. Ills iaibef
Was at one time q real estate agent 'h
Indianapolis aud Cincinnati, from Hhlch
business he gained fair fortune. l|eav'
| Ing that business, he became disslPaiedr
and about IwO wears ago lac came w FIN
hart and went into the saloon business
Failing ut that, he retired, anh sooi,
suent his little fortune Ia WHISKY ana
speculalIon. George vas CHIP on lbe
same block. He has many times been
before the Police Court OF this city io'
being drunk aud disorderiy.
The young lady IL q native OF Dun
kirk. New York, where her parents nov
live. She came here some time ago shd
went to work Ia one of the knitting lac
tories She has brother ~ Iannibal
Missouri, who II . boss bO'ler'mAssl
in the Hannibal and st. Joe Rallr"al
shops She is about nineteen years "
age and quite attractive. Her rea-oi
for wishing to desert Elliott ~ss on sc
count af his drinking. She hal ,ne'
repeatedly 10 have him stop II, bn
without success The young man Whoa
Elliot, had become Jealous 81 sieS''
the terrible sight, and iron apPesIah''
Vas much affected.