Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-15
A. wIFE's JEALOUSY.
The Story of Plucky woman-she Fires
Three Shots at an Alleged Rival.

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Last evening shooting scrape-which was
the street sensation last night-occurred in a
lodging house over SERVERS stables, on K
street, between Sixth and Seventh. which re-
suited in the wounding of Nettie Winkerplek
by Mrs. George Hamilton. The difficulty
grew out of an alleged intimacy, charged by
the wife to have existed between George
Hamilton, her husband, and the wounded
girl. Hamilton is locomotive engineer in
the employment of the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company, and is about 50 years DID, His
wife is about 80 years of age, very good look
ing, intelligent, lady-like, and evidently a
''pluclzy woman" Nettie Winkerplek is a
brunette, handsome andstoutly- built ,,irl of
about 16 years, and has been employed as
nurse by Mrs. George [. Lammon, at
whose rooms the shooting took place.
The story of Mrs. Hamilton. told to the re-
porter, in a candid aud very frank manner,
is substantially 90 follows During portion
of last year Tie girl Winkerplek nve1 at her
house, but was discharged for inefficieney.
Sometime soon after last Christmas she
learned that her husband had been paying
improper attentions to the girl, and visited
her in a room which he had rented for her,
under an assumed name, in Third-street
| lodging house of some notoriety. Upon being
accused by his wife of his misdoing, he had
acknowledged his guilt, but promised to re-
| form and cease attentions to the girl. Re-
Gently, however, Mrs. Hamilton learned that
| he had broken his vows. She had conyersed
with the girl on the subject and on Saturday
\ some strong language had passed between
them. Yesterday afternoon about 8 o'clock
| Hamilton returned to the city from a trip
ovar the road. Upon going to his home, at
t01S ii street, he at once reproached his wife
| for her quarrel with the girl, which she
deemed to be sufficient evidence that his fam
| ily had not been the first to share his pres
ence in the city. A quarrel ensued, and she
challenged him to go with her to see her rival
and settle certain disputed statements. To
this he assented, and the two went down
out for an evening walk and arrange
matters satisfactorily. When they reached
the place-about P. M.-Hamilton stopped
near the foot of the stairs while his wife went
up to call the girl The two women then
came partially down the stairway, and
stopped and began dispute there. Angered
by the deniais of the girl, Mrs. Hamilton
says she drew from her pocket small pistol,
and fired three shots at the object of her re-
NcHBcy WIN Tall up IHe SbsilIS u UeT
room. One shot entered the girls upper lip,
and, passing around, came out just back of
the left jaw; another entered her hip, pro-
ducing only flesh wound-neither of
them being likely to prove serious.
Mrs. Hamilton says that she then
went out upon the street and inquired
of bystanders what had become of the IMAM
that ran down stairs" Her husband, who
had retreated a short distance, at once re-
turned She then said, Come on, George,
and we will go to the station-house." just
at this time r. D. SERVER and
William Arlington approached, and ac-
companied the man and his wife TO the
police Office, where they were locked up in
separate cells. The statements of Mrs.
Hamilton in regard to the incidents of the
affair at the shooting are in the main cor
roborated by the testimony of other wit
nesses, and also by her husband, though
the latter denies that there was any
ground for his wife's jealousy, and
her to be utterly false, and enters an earnest
protest against the charge of Illicit relations
with the girl, Winkerplek. Mrs. Hamilton,
after the shooting, was very calm and COL 4
lected and at times was exceedingly cheer
full, seeming to take great satisfaction in the
assault she had made. The tone and man
ner of her statement and her recital of the
story lmpresses the nearer with the Idea that
she believes a wife has as clear justification
to personally right her wrongs as has hus
band whose happiness has been destroyed
and whose act in avenging himself upon the
destroyer is generally commended. Yet,
while expressing herself about the case with
spirit, she frequently broke down and wept
bitterly. She alleges that the immediate
cause Of the shooting on the stairway was
the denial by the girl of statements she had
previously made to the wife concerning the
husband. The denial angered her and she
shot While on the way to the station-house,
Hamilton, in discouraging his wife from talk
ing, said to her, g Oh, you are nervous :" to
which she replied spiritedly. "Pm not half
so nervous as you were when you ran down
the stairway and cleared out" The pistol
used was small-sized six-chambered revolt
yer carrying No. % cartridge. AT late
hour last night Mr.. Hamilton was released
from custody by direction of the City Attor-
ney. No specific charge has yet been entered
against Mrs. Hamilton.