Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-09-30
WHICH MAY End In MURDER
Drink st the Bottom Of the Unfortunate
Affair.
STATEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
eve both of us drink o little"

room on twenty -nftn street, last eNepius'
told the whole story Of a domestic brawi,
in which, apparently, both parties are to
blame, and which has fair chance CT
turning out to be a murder, through the
death of the victim, before many days.
About half-psst seven o'clock last even.
ing rumors came up town that woman
had been shot and killed by her husband,
in the lower end of the Sixth ward, and
that the murderer had made his escape.
The natural result was good deal Of ex-
element at police headquarters, and this
was added to by the difficulty of getting
any definite information regarding the
matter. Finally word was sent mp that
the man who had done the shooting was
Lou Hildebrand. and general alarm was
at once sent out to arrest him. About
twenty minutes to eight o'clock he was
found on Market street, near tho west end
of Seventeenth street, by Officer Jack
West. who escorted him to the City Hall
and locked him up.
Hildebraad at that time was somewhat
uuder the influence of liquor, but seemed
To have his wits sufficiently about him to
avoid making any statement which might
get him into trouble. In reply to ques-
tions by Chief Smith he told O somewhat
rambling story about having come home
at supper time and finding three BIZ wood
men at the house. He said they were
shooting all around there" and be left,
but did not seem to know that anyone
had zen shot.
A REGISTER reporter went down to the
Sixth ward, and found the people along on
Twenty-fifth street, between EFF aud Nc.
Colloch- in high state OF excitsme Mt.
The officers in that portion of the city had
OF yet heard Of d e arrest Of Hildebrand,
and were securing the town high and low
in the hope of finding him. Informed by
the reporter that the man they were after
was safe under lock and key, the quest
ceased, and the newsgatherer proceeded to
the residence occupied by the family.
The house was filled with people and
wood smoke, the former drawn into the
building in their anxiety to learn the coDdi.
ton of the wounded woman aud tie latter
arising from the efforts to bnild fire in q
crate in the front room. From this spart-
ment groans proceeded, aud passing on
through TIE crowd, the victim Of the
shooting was found lying upon led
on the east side OF the room. She
seemed to be suffering great pain, and her
agony was added to by the annoysnc.
OF people trampisg over the bare floor, and
the incessant opening and closing of the
doors.
As the reporter proceeded to make en-
quiries of those about the room, as to the
facts of the ARRAY, Mrs Hildebrand volun-
teered statement, and proceeded to tell
the following story, punctuatng the MARIA
tive with groans and occasional fits Of
coughing which brought up clots Of blood:
This was pay, day at the mill, and
when Lou came home he gave me five dol
lar bill. paid out all the money for little
debts but one dollar, which kept to meet
a debt Monday. Weboth of us driok lit
tie, and he was a little full, and had several
glasses of beer, bat / was all right, and
knew what / was about. wanted more
money from him, for he never Q ives me
enough, but he wouldn't give ii
to me, and we had some words, and then
he went o1t. He went into Mrs. Cooks.
who lives next door, and l went in and
said: Lou, come out and come home.
He called me a Cd d-n several
times, and I told him If he did't come
home and give me some more money /
woul / tear every stitch of his clothes of.
We had some more words, and he kept
abusing me in q vile way. At last he
came into the house, and while We were in
tie kitchen he pulled ont his revolver and
began 20 shoot at me. He fired twice at
nae, but did not hit me, and i ran out on
the porch. Then he fired q third time,
and shot me in the back / ran oct into
the alley, and fell down."
Mrs. Hildebraud was found in the alley
BY Mr.. Pat. Wier and two other gentle
men. neighbour, and carried into the
house, bat by this time Hildebrsnd had
gone ont the front way, closing tie door
after him softly, sccordipg to the state
ment of several people who saw him, going
down Twenty fifth street to Eof, and
turned south down tina. street. A large
crowd eoon collected at the house, and
messengers were sent for the police and
for physicians. DIS. Taylor and Schwian
responded to the call, and upon examine
ton found that tie woman had bte1 shot
In the back, just under the left shoulder
blade, aud close to the spine. The ball
was probed for, but was not found. There
is danger that the spinal cord is injured,
az Mrs. Hildebrsnd complained of having
no feeling in her lower limbe. The wound
ia of q serious nature, and may result f.
tally. No definite statement regarding
this, however, could be made last evening
BY the physicians.
HiIdebrsnd is o man about twenty-six
years of age, and is q straightner ct the
Riverside bar mill. Among his scquaint-
ances be is rated good steady workman,
but is'somewbat addicted to drink. The
neighbors say the family have had num-
Der of more or LEES serious affrays, and this
is corroboratsd by the police, who my
that on one occasion Hildebrand was after
his wife With butcher knife. Early last
evening HiIdebraud said to Mrs. Cook, his
neighbor, you'll zee something happen
tonight" remark which seems TO pos
sess . good deal of significance.
At late hour Last night o reporter CALI
ed at thSslockup and again attempted to
interview Hildtbrand. he was lying in
his cell in eight doze when the reporter
called him by name.
"What have you got to say about the
shooting?" asked the reporter.
Il don't know nothing about any shoot
ing" said he. 81 don't even know what
am in here for" ~
This il about as much 90 could be gotten
from Hildebrand, except that he told the
lookup keeper that when he went home
two men wefe there in barouche, and one
Of them had big revolver, which he fired
off three timsa