Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-10-24

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The dispatch from San Francis
- amour cing the murder of Della
Iillson by her brother.in.law,
+ GeorgeA Wheeler, conveyed but 9
fa1Hf tdsA Of the morbid horror o.
che Incidents connected with the
~. Wheeler, after numbering his
nlster-ln-law deliberately went ia
ths Police Office and told what he
hid done and said they would find
the body in Z trunk in the room
oodnpied by the guilty pair on
Keafney street. The officers pro-
o6sded to the place and verified his
statement. Wheeler was subse-
Quently Interviewed and gave ia
ths reporter of the Post the follow.
Ing story:
The dead woman was not his
vile, but his sister.in-law. Six
months ago he with his wife and
slstar-In-lsw left New York City
and came to Cisco, where Wheel
o. Was going to run an engine
for the Cisco Hydraulic Min.
Ing Company. He had beer
INTIMATE WITH HIS sIsTER.1N.
LAW
ID New York, and she had q child
by him there, and another in Cisco
Ave months ago. Both children,
however, were stillborn. His wife
knew Of the matter, and for reasons
had forgiven all parties. While
otoppfng at Cisco the three often
0c6opied the came bed, and
Wheeler continued his intimacy
With both. While there an init
smacy sprang up between Peckham
and the sister-in.law, which great
" Angered Wheeler. Failing to
get the situation promised,
Wheeler and his sister-in.law
1savfkg Mrs. Wheeler at Cisco,
came here and took q room as man
and wife, and was shortly Joined
BY Mrs. Wheeler, who did not die.
abuse the mind of the landlady as
70 the true facts, but took a room
opD05lte that Of Wheeler and his
paSapour. When Peckham came
60 th6city Saturday, and renewed
his attentions to the sister-in-law,
which resulted in her telling
Wheeler that she was going to Sac
YAmento with Peckham, Wheeler
objected, and persuaded her to give
up the idea aud procured a room
for her with Mrs. Morehouse, wife
Of Police Officer Morebouse.
Thither she repaired yesterday
m0rnipg, but returned for heI
clothes in the afternoon. She mel
Wheeler In his room, and during 9
onnversation which ensued she ad.
mieted having been very intimate
with Peckham. Wheeler told her
that be would
RATHER HAVE HER BLOOD ON HIS
HANDS
Than that she should go With Peck.
ham, who, Wheeler said. was q
gambler and bad character. She
seemed to feel her disgrace very
kscnly and begged Wheeler to cul
her throat. She did not want to &c
With Pecklam, but such was his in.
duence over her that she must &c
with him, and she said she would
rather die than do 1t. "Then,''
oontiDued Wheeler, "she again
asked me to cut her throat; told
her that could not do that, as
could not bear to see her blood, but
! TOLD her that 1 could choke her.
She said livery well'' and sat in my
lap. placed one hand on her
mouth and with the other grasped
her throat, and she, throwing her
head back on my shoulder,
DIED LIKE A CHILD.
She struggled but little. At first
she looked into my eyes, and 1,
kissing themA told her to close
them, which Sic did, and thus she
pasned away. When / found that
she was dead I opened her trunk,
and, taking out her clothes, placed
her In it. She was a slight, delicate
little girl, and doubled up her legs
and got her in without any trou-
ble." "And why,n asked The re-
porter, did you place her in the
trunk? Did you intend escaping?"
"Oh, no." answered Wheeler,
81 NEVER DESIRED TO ESCAPE.
! put her into the trunk so that
she would che out of the way II
Reckbam came into the room. 1
&-82not want that man to see her.
! then, In the evening, gathered up
my papers and q little sack Of hers,
and came to the City Prison.n
"Do you not feel any remorse?u
queried the reporter.
"Yes," eaid the prisoner, II do.
I sm sorry now that / did 1t, but l
could not have her go with that
man. I loved her better than my
life. She was always true to me,
while my wife was not.u
"Why did you not take your sis
ter and leave the city?" next ques-
TONED the interviewer.
"She did not want to do that: she
said that we had not money
enough. She said she preferred to
die She bad repeatedly asked me
70 Hill her within the last three
weeks.u
wheeler In continuing stated
that he was born in Gorham.
Maine. His father was O minister,
A SECOND ADVENTIST,
But he himself had no religion. He
attended a Quaker church while at
hOme.- His father still resides at
Baldwinsville. Massa chusetts, with
his mother and two brothers. He
had been married ten years, but he
bad had no children by his wife.
Previous to his marriage his wife
va ruined by a minister, who took
her West with him. j. w. Ad-
emss Of New York, was also inti-
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