New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-20
KIILING THE GIRL HE LOVED
rNR.erp BY HER REFUSAL TO MARRY HIM.
.uoor,NG THE MOTHER WHO SOUGHT 10 fhoih0i
HER pAUGHrER-HIs OWN SUICIDE
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cnocvroy. Md, June 19-If an earthquake
Ia swalloy ND Chincoteague Island, lying OH .no
ahout ten miles from here people In this Vicinity
.ould not wellbe more astoundeu tnsn 'noy 80, %
,bt when they learned that W. I. freeman, cern =,
.S u,n an oyster planter Of the Island hao shoe
"a ma his employer's wife and daughter anu 'hen
,,na himself All night and to-day the httie Sounu SOP
..a,,rg the island from the mainland was aVc WIN o
~ natives orowding to and fro IN searcn u eo''p
an connection with the starting ahair' W. - ,-,a3
49, h,t actor In the tragedy which In one DAY depreu
VIZ al v,roinIan of his whole family, was an Ut
- nou, eighteen years old. He owed everything W
AZ mn who got him out OF aNew-forK orpna "s! w
.r vears ago and raised him. The boy worheo u"iis
,he dav ON the farm and around the pony pens anu
o,pea an education by hard study at night. iAe was
ambitious and was OF late years lh'rus'e" "i'A "
the detail of his patrons business
Mr. mn ia about forty-fve years old. HIS wire wa:
th,rtvseven and his daughter Jennie eighteen Inc aT
tor was n girl of marked beauty. She was ta, anu "
geotla dispostion made her queen on the h'.ie ie'
where she had no rival in popular admiration' "o
Freeman first came to the island the girl was away AZ
..bool IN Snow Hill, Nd and later went 10 ba'n"e
boardng school She returned home to stay ast summer
having graduated with high honors. ehe soon peca"o
prominent among few girls on the islahd none oi
whom could equal her in accomplishments ana beauty
II was noticed that Freeman at once became her oe-
voted attendant. the girl practising many pretty CO.
ratie which only served to enhance her attractions
in his eyes, At no tme however, as everybody can
testify did misead the boy, as she called hn' ana
tbe poor fellow to have been the victim OF an u
.ontrollable passion About month ago he made
formal proposal but the girl laughed at him. telling him
cha, she was his sister and would be anything ese
She incidentally let fall remark whlch
showed Freeman that in the full blush OF vigorous
voung womanhood she regarded him as youth ana
and his love as unworthy OF moments serious consd
eratiop He frequently complained to Mrs Hill after
10 iafQ Qerna
,ho, some day he would show her that he not to be
laughed a His proposal had been precpitated by the
devoted attentions paid TO Jennie by william Buh'ng,
young coege-bred man of twenty-five the son OF inc
proprietor large fish factory on the island houhs
Rnntiug naturally affected to feel contempt FOR his
Youthful and unpublished rival and on three or four oeea
sions uttered threats which came near costing MN MS
life.
On Wednesday evening Bunting left the Atlantic ho-
tel where he was boarding few minutes before free-
man entered and called for him. When told that Bun'
ing was out Freeman drew pistol and swore he woud
shoot Bunting on sight.
"HIhad found him here" said he, 81 would nave
blown out his brains just quick Ilad eyes on him.
The bystanders laughed thinking that 1t was only
threat Yesterday morning Jennie was in the yard
watching her mother feeding noeA
of Young chickens, when Freeman. who
had been at the store, approached then' III
tones passionate pleading. he asked the girl to prom
Use to think OF his suit The girl said pleasantly:
.oh. now WILL DEAR don't let's talk about that any
more"
He persisted however and Mrs. Hill finally overheard
the conversation aud said sharply, "Now BILL doht
let me hear any more OF that nonsense"
Instantly the boys face glowed with rage According
10 the statement OF laborer who was working on the
other side the garden fence about ten feet away
Freeman seemed almost senseless with rage He turned
and moved toward the house. but soon stopped Then
he quickly retraced steps with bitter scowl upon
his face.
"Once for all will you marry me some day." he asked,
panting himself directly front OF Jennie who was
moving In another direction at her mothers SIDE Mrs.
Hill seemed TO became alarmed at his bearing anu e~
claimed.
why Bill your surely don't intend to hurt Jennier
For an answer the boy pulled pistol out of his pocket
The girl and her mother screamed and turned 10 n.y.
The laborer the garden eaed the fence at one Douhd
but before he could traverse the couple OF
dozen yards which interviewed Freeman hred
at Jennie, The girl staggered and as the
infuriaed boy rushed at her. with outsretched pstoi
Mrs Hill sprang between them crying:
"For Gods sake. boy, what are you doing. On Bill
don't shoot" Again the weapon was discharged Mrs
Hill sprang the young assassin. The boy was strohg
and holding her arms length fired full at her head
Then as she staggered back and half turned away ne
hred again. BY this time the laborer William Dean
was nearly Oh who cooly kept him at bay with
the pistol Seeing Daniel Hill, son OF Mrs.
Hin running from the dinng-room, Freeman
rushed over where Jennie lay screaming WIN pam.
STOPPING down, he cried out:
"G0d help us, jennie, l am coming too."
With the pistol at his head he fired just as Dean seized
him. The boys brains few in the laborers face The
dropped the corpse and fell aintng ON the grass
servant from kitchen had reached the scene by
this time and and Daniel Hill found what they sup
posed to be bodies OF four dead people stretched on
the ground. Young Hill with great courage dashed
at full speed across the garden clearing
the fences in flying leaps Reaching the stable he seized
horse and with only the halter around It's neck dashed
with breakneck speed TO the village He went TO all nye
doctors on island and summoned them 70 his hoine
whence he quickly returned. Dean by this time had
recovered AMI was engaged In removing Mrs Hi ana ana
her daughter to the house when Mr. Hill returned Inc
girl had received bullet under the left ear and another
In OF the back OF the head This last pene
trated the brain. she died this morning at IL O'clock
not having recovered consciousness aiter she fel:
Mira Hill struck fair In the forehead by the first
shot fired her. The second shot, fired when she was
running away penetrated the left side OF her head Both
wounds were be fatal She expired about noon
to-day The islanders almost wild with grief over
the death OF the girl. ,, ,,.
Mr. Hill is dazed with grief All the morning he sat
quietly without showing emotion In room where
Bis wife daughter lay. The young man, Daniel Ill.,
seems crazed. Freemans body has been re-
moved TO q In the Same house. Mr. Hlli mas
directed that preparations be made for triple funeral
saturday.