Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-11
TERRIBLETRAGEDY
A Jealous Husband Shoots
Down His Wife in Her
Fathers House,
And Then Sends Ball Crashing Thro'
His own Breast-The Green-eyed
Monster Prompts Deranged
Brain to Double Murder
c. r. McClintock's
Dreadful Work.

About o'clock yesterday morning an
EAGLE reporter learned that Mr.. c. T.
McClintock shot his wife at her fathers req
idence, No. l15l South Main street, and
then put q bullet into his own breast
Through the courtesy of that we'll known
and obliging hack driver, G-String-Jacs,
the reporter was driven Immediately to the
scene of the terrible dual tragedy, where an
appalling sight met his eyes. In the front
room lay the unfortunate man upon bed
with his head and shoulders bolstered up,
and groaning from the pain Of his wound.
The bed clothes were crimson with the
fresh blood that issued from his breast and
back. On chair by the bedside were the
clothes that had been stripped from his
body and were red with gore. He was per-
fectly conscious and able to converse,
though suffering great pain. The ball en-
tered sauarely through the left nipple Of the
breast, glanced around rib and passing
backward and downward, lodged about
half an inch under the skin at the rear OF
the kidney on the left side. The wound is
not considered dangerous.
Passing from this room into the next,
still more distressing scene presented itself
Stretched upon bed and surrounded by
her mother, sister and another lady, lay the
young wife and victim of jealous mind
and q semi-demented brain, in terrible
agony, with a bullet hole through and
through her body. 1t was a sight not soon
to be forgotten.
In conversation with Mrs. and Mrs Shell
don the mother and slater ofthe unfortunate
woman, the reporter gathered the following
particulars:
The young couple were married in tins
city about a year ago, not very long alter
Mr.. NcClintock's residency in this city be-
gan, and have no children. They were each
abou. &c years old. The McClintcck fam-
lily came from York state to Lawrence, kas.
about six years ago, where they resided I'M
til somewhere about year ago when Mr..
McClintock senior came to this city snd
bought property on south Lawrence avenue
below the Wichita and Western railroad.
Here the author Of this dreadful tragedy
built store where be conducted the gro
Gerry business until last spring when he sold
out to Mr.. L.mphere. The family lived
over the store until q short time ago
when Mrs. McClintock, who has been
clerking at the Enterprise store In the
Eagle block for some time, left her husband
on account of his Jealousy and Tor other
reasons which the family don't care to have
stated. Mrs. McClintock was Of a cheerful
and rather frolicsome disposition and on
that account the husband became jealous OF
her, in connection with almost everyone
with whom she had any conversation, but
his brother, her relatives and all who knew
her intimately, assert that there were no
grounds whatever for the husbands suspi-
cions of faithlessne.s on his wife's part. lie
has been hysically and mentally weak for
| some time, and to his mental weakness Is at
tributed that jealou.ness Of disposition
which eliminated yesterday morning in this
dual tragedy.
About a week ago Mrs. McClintoek
went into barn where Mr.. Lamphere,
the gentleman who bought gu. Mr.. Nc
Clintock was, and they sat down on the
hay and chatted, she being of a social dis
position. This reached the husbands ear,
and be went TO see Mr.. Lamphere aud threst-
ened to shot him. These latter facts were
learned from friends of both parties). Mr..
Lamphere assured the husband that his sus-
picions were entirely groundiess, and that
he no more thought of talking improperly to
his wife than il che were his own sister
The pair had some dispute on Friday night
and Yesterday morning Mr.. McClihtock
came to his father-in-lsw's house where his
wife was stopping, and after some CONVEX
sation-not of an agreeable characterize
wife told her husband that she would not
live with him any logger, and she
then essayed to pass from the front room
where they had been talking into back
room where her mother WAS, and just as she
had crossed the threshold ne shot her. He
fred two shots At her, but only one wound
was discovered. The unfortunate woman's
mother asserts that he shot her in the back,
bu: the doctors cay the bail entered her
bowels about an inch below the navel and
passed directly through her body. She fell
into her mothers arms. McClintock then
turned the bulldog pistol to his own breast,
bent on sslf-destruction, and fired with the
effect before mentioned.
Dr.. c. C. Furley WAS called in, and in
company with DR.. McBurnie extracted the
ball from the man and did all that was pos
sible for the wounded couple.
The reporter saw DR.. Furiey in the even
ing, who informed him that his impressions
touching the course of the ball in the mans
case were erroneous. The doctor showed
the reporter the ball, which bore no evil
dence of having struck rib. He says the
ball passed through the le:t breast and took
Q downward course, passing through lobe
of the lung, keeping to the right Of the
spine and lodging over the kidney. The
doctor thinks both man and vito viii die.
ABOUT = CiOch, NJ @uis. -AtNiinioSAe
request, Mr.. Lamplsne visited her, and in
asmuch - his name has been coupled with
tho affair as the immediate cause of the
tragedy, he feels his position very keenly.
Both the families Of the unfortu-
nate pair are from New YORK
state, and both are respectable.
Mr.. E. Z. Shslden, father Of tie woman,
was working on the Wichits and Western
at the time Of the shooting, aud being APP
prised Of the sad occurrence BY wire came
in last evening.
Lster-Mrs. McClintoek died abou: 4
p. N.
Mr.. Lsmphere. the gentleman whose
name is so intimately connected with this
sad affair, called las. night snd said there
were some errors IN the Beaeon's statements
and that the foregoing is in the main cor
rect, with the exception thst he had bought
Mr. McClintock out. The fact is he has
been in partnership with McClintock's
brother.
THE CITY CoILEcTOR.