Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-10-14


"Come down; he will not hurt you.
He is gone to bed My wife and |
went down with great fear, and en-
tering into the room saw Mrs. Fair
child lying in reclining position
on the right side with her head
resting upon the seat of the chair.
vert and looked at her and CON
cluded that she was dead. then
went down to Mr.. O'Neil and told
him that Mr.. Fairchild had shot his
wife. We came up and we entered
the house, found Mrs. Fairchild still
alive, lying in the same position as
when ! left her. Mr.. O'Neil went
Immediately into Point to get the
doctors and to report what had
taken place. The daughter, my wife
and went Immediately to my house,
but before we went in, we heard the
report of pistol. We concluded
that he had shot himself. When |
entered the house with several other
men shortly after, we realized what
we feared to be too true, for we
found Mr.. Fairchild lying on the
bed in pool of blood. | thought
he was dead, but soon discovered
that he was out of danger. Only
heard one report of the gun. That
was a tremendous clash, because 1t
was in the house. 1t was loud
enough for two charges. There was
only one report. Have had no con-
versation with Mr.. L. about how this
took place. | heard him say he was
very sorry at what had happened.
He said also, 81 shall be dead before
the morning" He came out of bed
this morning and went to where the
gun was to take it, and Mr.. Jones
prevented him from taking it. He
shot himself about 6:30, or that is
about the time / heard the report of
the pistol The report of the gun
was about six O'clock.
JoHN CHAPEL.
EDITH FAIRoHILD sworn:-I go by
the name of Edith Fairchild. Ny
real name is Edith Ayres. ! am the
daughter of Mrs. f. by her first
husband. | was living here with
Mr. f. and my mother. ! came
home from town, where / am learn
ing my trade, after 6 o'clock last
evening. | know the whistle went
while ! was on the way. | found
my mother lying in west room in
sos'heast corner, between table and
| the door leading into the hall. Hel
head was lying ON chair. She was
just as she was found by the others
She had then been murdered and
the blood was all over the floor.
Mr.. i. was close to her when came
in. He was holding the light look
ing at her. He said, "Sorry, very
sorry" to himself. | didn't see any
gun. / was too much terrified to
look around at anything except her.
asked him what it was all about.
He said to feel his head where sho
struck me. | saw a wound on his
head at that time The bruises were
all over his head. There was blood
on his face. That was before he
had shot himself. The table was
all set for supper. There were vic
tuals on the table. Everything we
were going to have for supper. No
one here but father and mother. He
kept trying to tell me what took
place. When | came back from
calling Mr.. Chapel he had gone tc
bed. Father and mother have not
been in the habit of quarreling
There might be few words, but
that would be the end of it. So far
as | knew they lived together hap
PLY. ] have lived with Mr.. +
eleven years, and during that time
| never knew my mother to strike
him with her hand or with stick
He has treated mother splendid. He
said she started first and abused
him. / never touched a revolver.
EDITH FAIRCHILD.
SAMUEL SIMS sworn:-I came be
tween 7 and s o'clock. w. Davis
A. Burkhardt, and John Davis were
here. Had no conversation witt
Fairchild about it. found Mr.. ane
| Mrs. f. in just the condition The
others have testified to. / went il
his bedroom first, | think. Al
others were afraid to go in. This
revolver was lying on the stand a
the head Of his bed, close enough
for him to reach out and lay it OF
stand. lie was on the bed, anC
blood all over it in front, and ;
wound Of some kind just above hii
eye, / found gun in northeast cor
ner Of hall. Both barrels empt,
and one hammer up.
SAMUEL SIMS.
JOSEPH JONES sworn:--I stale
here until o'clock this morning
. and then came back at 7 O'Clock thi
morning. | talked to Mr. f. gooC
daal tho fore mart of the NIGHT. Thu