The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-13


I on the Chicago, Cincinnati & ST Louis rtli-
road, and then put two bullets in his own
body, mortally wounting himself. 1t was a
case of Illicit love and Jealousy
Feltges had boarded at ia Hubbard street,
the residence of the Aikens, since last
October. He visited the house shortly after
| noon, and he and Ms Aiken went out to-
gether returning about o'clock, when
they sent Annie Reidie, q little girl living
with the Aikens, 10 Case 6. Martins
bakery, at Wood and Lake streets, for
some biscuits. The girl returned in about a
half and op,ning the sitting room
door, saw the boiy Of Mrs Aiken lying on
the floor in a corner of the roon Beside her
Icy Feltges, his head resting upon the breast
of the dead woman They lay in ia pool OF
blood The sight 50 alarmed the child that
she fled without relating her discovery to any
one and hid behind the house, where she was
found in the evening by Mr. Aiken, nearly
insensible from fright.
The next to discover the bodies was Mr.
Aiken, on returning from business at 6:30
p. NJ He summoned d. Martin, a carpen
ter living next door, and word was sent to
the police Feltges was insensible from a
wound in the left breast above the heart, and
another in the forehea !, the ball having
glanced upward and lodged in the skull. In
this condition he was removed to the county
hospital The woman had received but one
wo1nd-about an inch and half below and
back Of the left ear She was laid upon
stretcher in the room where the deed was
committed. She was IS years of age, a
brunette, and of prepJssessing appearance
A number Of letters founi upon FeltgeS at
the county hospital explains the cause Of hi.
action. He had loved the woman, although
the wife of another, AMI had apparently beer
unauly intimate with her He was Jealous
Of third, whose name he withholds Feltges
exposes his own character in one sentence al
dressed 10 his parents: "Oh. foolish man that
was to LET the ladies possess such an infiu,
ence oyersnle." He is confident ali will b.
forgiven, as he has paid the penalty oi
death, aud that he will meet his parents ir
heaven. He is also positive tina. Josie win
gothere too.
Mr. Aiken, the husband of the Numbered
woman, was seen by a reporter at his home,
two-story frame cottage, comfortable and
genteel appearing He said he had suspected
his wife of nothing They had been married
ten years, and he had been occupying his
present position since 1871 He owns his
home. Mr.. Aiken was quite impassive dur.
ing the interview. He smoked
cigar while being Intercepted, and
only spoke when asked q = direct
question, in replying to which he often
seemed on the point of saving sonethin
that upon afterthought he withheld He ha.
but one arm, the other having been lost sin &
railroad accident
Feltges requested the eoroner's jury to tele
graph the occurrence to his father, Henry
Feltges, Aledo, H. 1t is supposed from hi
communications that he has mother.
brother and sister at the same place
The Woman Does the Shooting.
New YORK, Feb ia startling tragedy
was enacted on the platform of the fifty.
ninth street station of the elevated railroad
woman, unknown, made a murderous
assault on a man named, Victor Grafton
Andre, shooting him in the thigh. Think
ing she had killed him sh.
put the pistol to her OWE
temple and blew cut her brains, falling dead
on the spot The shooting occurred while
with other passengers, they were waiting fol
the train, and created great excitement. The
police took the man to the Presbyterian hos
pital and the body of the woman to the
Fifty ninth street station, where it await,
Identification. No explain alton is yet al