The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-03-11
THE E0dEKA TRAGEDY.
C. =. Lansing Kills His Wife in n Fit
Of Intoxtcation.
From the Sentinel. March 3D.

loved IL SCENE ! Incredible. Kit
Lansing coall moi be guilty of such
a foil AMI mons rons deed. The law
yer OF such splen nd talent; the man
Of culture; the gen lelnan of such
dignity and reiinem mt could not fall
so loS. L is wasthe mr. impressions,
a flu III OF sen imant that iii .tresse |
and confonnded the minds OF his
neigbbors rs they heard the startling
exclamation PASS from one to an
others lips j: "Lansing has murdered
his wife - A moment later, wnen
the stunned faculties recovered their
use. AMI the awful thing was found
to he true, his fr en- Is land Lansing
has no rnemirs) we're glld TO remen-
brr hat he il weak, that he is II man
wi II one grievons fault. In the sick
ening horror they experienc 81, thss
felt Il mournful JOY thai Linsng has
sp Is when he is not himself. Tley
recoil ii from their dismay at once
suii .iently H. say ''Ie was clzv
wnen he iii IT," Tn Ter the influence
OF strong drink lie became temper
arily vida maniac. When inter-
we Ned by II Sentinel reporter last
night, he remarked in "A frehzied way
chat plainly indicated his le.irous coa-
dition "Ye-, | know what I've done;
but all you can say is tint Kit was
drank. I've Killed my wife"
y ~ DEL lcN Mr.. Ian ing came
down to the Sheriil's Office, and SAID
10 Oil 'er VIM. Long, vino was on
duty there. Il have killed my wife,
an I | want yo4 TO lork ne up" Mr..
Long did not know what 10 think; he
was stunned by the announcem.n :.
lie could not believe the story and
thought that Mr.. Lansing was iii Of
his head, because he Nnew ne had been
on i Il ssrrrate sprei for the p Isl ten
DAYS. lie Went ont AM Gale Mr..
fitzmorris, the jailer. To this gentle
man Mr.. Lansing told the sans story.
Mr.. III morris Judged from The nerv-
oIs %tAitching of the muscles of his
face that he was III delirlum tremens.
anl that he had heroine deranged
With this hofri.i iancy in his mind.
Bat this della ion WA ~dispelled when
Mr.. Llnsi - tol | him 20 10 the hpu sc
aud sec for HIM eli, and gave him
directions how 10 get IN. lie tol | the
llltAf ttllt ~ "a IL NJ ~ NAN AtOftNtf
that he IN ght eet IN from the front.
but II he could not, TO 20 around by
the back way anl kick in the door.
rhereupon the officers locked up
their prisoner and repaired with all
la Il 10 the unfortunate lawyers resi-
ueuce. Thy could not get in through
the front door. They thea went
round 10 the back door, which they
loan | locked, but pecnng under 4
win low curtain, raised Il few inches,
thaA coul discover the outlines OF "A
body lying on the kitchen floor. MOI
being able To enter otherwise, ih-s
kicked the door IN Il direct a. They
brought the lamp IN from he sitting
room, an then saw IN norr 81 plain
ness an awful, ghaslly spe tacle. Mr..
Ian ing la on lie tcien floor wi Ii
her eyes elo ed, flood on her face. Il
hole evidently made bv Il buliet) it,
her head, ant her hair elo.tud With
bio nj aud sprea dIsheveled on tn e
floor. She Vas breathing heavily but
slowly. 1t WAS evilen, III Il size was
moftallv stricken, and co Ill not sur
ViYe many minutes. Dir. Bishop,
who had been summoned by the 9th
ccrs on hsir WY 10 the house, AMI
vino arrived Immediately after them,
said That ii woull lie useleS = to make
any effort 10 re sIls titats her; that The
ball. wnich he conl tell by using his
his lille finger as "A probe, had iene-
trated the base OF the brain. Dr..
owen raine in shortly afterward and
concurred With DR.. Bishop. The pa
tent aid not open her O. e. or utter Il
word. At 5 O'Clock she hrea,hed her
last. 1t va a pit full light. There
she lay, pale and bloody, with only
her night clio hes on. As soon as it
could be ARRANGED Sheriff Kyle Sc
cured the services OF some good ladies
to take charge of and are for the
dead.
What led TO the catastrophe can
only be .%conjec nred. Mr.. Ian ling
has several times been known to
DIR nix until he became beside himself
and insane. Her WI fondness for
drink. too. may account for much
tina has happened.
\ Sentinel reporter interviewed the
prisoner at 8 O'Clock last night, but
found that he was not himStlf-not
able To utt.r three consecutive SEN
fences coherently. lie received Il
representative with the dignity ana
polifeness which have always eharac-