The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-17
WHISKY AND IDLENESS.
Satan's Agents for the Commission Of
Crime.
IsiSac GntewoOd Murders His Wife I'm q
Drunken Quarrel-Life I'd
I'm q Hog Pen.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15.-Isaac Galew0od
murdered his wife, Milly, this morning
about1 o'clock,'i In the rear of No. 1915,
North Sixth street.
Early this morning Officer Saxy and Ser
geant Sullivan were going up the alley be.
tween Sixth and Seventh and O'Falion and
Cass avenue, when SaXy, observing pool
OF blood In front Of the Gatewood house,
entered to ascertain the cause. Upon
squallid bed In the corner OF the rear room
be found woman lying, partially covered.
Looking closer, be saw she was
dead, and that the bed clothes
and the adjoining wall were
sMEARED WITH BLOOD.
A deep wound had been inflicted u pom
the left parietal bone OF the skull, from
which a few drops o I blood were slowly
trickling. From the nature OF the wound
it was evident that blunt weapon had
been used.
Gatewood's arrest was purely acciden.
tai, for shortly after Sergeant Sullivan and
Officer Saxy reached the house Gatewood
entered, and was promptly conveyed to the
1nlfu Dlstrlct station,
THE WITNESSES.
Phillis Ames aud Maggie Smith are the
only witnesses OF any Importance. Phillis
Ames makes the following statement:
"Gatewood and his wife were both drunk
last night and had been quarreliug a good
deal. She went out and got pair OF
spectacles so as to mend his pautaloons and
LODI
then went out AMI returned drunken than
ever. They begun quarreiug again and
she got him by the hair and he said: "I'll
be Cd id il let you kill
me- He then slapped her in the face and
l ordered .them out OF my room and closed
the door. A moment later heard heavy
fall and all was still. Maggie Smith and
then wen, TO sleep. This was about ii
O'Clock. At 7 this morning l passed
through their room and saw Mrs. Gate.
wood lying upon the floor her face on q
broken chair, her arms were stretched out
and there was
BLOOD ALL OVER THE FLOOR,
l said: where is Mrs. GatewoodS' He
answered: she is there on the floor
He was lying on the bed at the time and
said: !. Il believe in my soul she Is dead
He replied. 'Oh, no she amt He then
got up and raised her body and placed it on
the bed. After that he got rags and
mopped up the blood on the floor, put 1t
in bucket and threw it out into the
alley. He Strengthened things up and l
then told him was going to tell the pc.
lice. lie wouldn't let me, saying it was
none OF my business. He said he WAS 20.
ing to see his brother and would get his
sister-in.law to come down and lay his
wife out and that then he would give
himself up. l went out to market and
when returned Gatewood was under ar.
rest"
ISAAC GATEw0OD.
the murderer, who is 46 years OF age, was
seen in his cell at the Third District station.
At first hel was sullen and retcient, say.
ing that he would make no statement save
at the inquest, but was at last induced to
talk. He admitted that his wife was intox.
icated, as usual, and had been tormenting
him for money. After II O'Clock he gave
all the cash he had In his possession, and
retired for the night. She then went out
presumably to obtain more whisky, and on
| entering the room for the list time, she
! endeavored to stranglc him while he was
sleeping; becoming enraged at this he
struck her In the face with his hand, and
placed her upon the bed. She WAS Their
bleeding at the nose.
Mrs. Gatewood is 40 years " age, and |,
known to the police as a desperate drink
err. She has been In the Workhouse
number of times. There were no weapon!
| found in the room but an AZ and 4
Ratchet. The inquest will be held to.mor'
| row.
WHAT THE POLICE KNOW.
The statements Of the police show tina
Gatewood and his wife were babitua
drunkards, she spending one.half Of bel
time in the Workhouse. while he, though q
carpenter by trade and in the employ OF j.
Corcoran, was Notorious loater.
Officer Johnson said: 81 arrested hei
about months ago for trying to commit
suicide at the foot Of Biddle street.
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