Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-07

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Nov. 7.-Rsttit
Stokes, the married woman whom Fred
Ramos, the Cuban, shot, wsB still alive
last night. Notwithstanding that the
news Of Ghe shooting an hour after be
hAd Lett his home on Greenwich street
brought Mr. Stokes tie fiIs5 knowlede et
OF bis Wlfh's fhilhleaaness lie sat by heI
cot oil OF Monday night At tha Pannsyl
v1nlA Hospital treating her with evsry
kindness and consideration. She recoR.
nise1 him and spoke 10 him, but mAdt
no explanation Of the shooting. and he
did not urge her.
Early yesterday morning he left heI
Rnd went back TO Greenwich street,
bIesktasted with q neighbor, ana took
bis only child, little Rirl, to q KelA.
tlvs's st Park and Fairmount avenues
Rsmos was aErhigu ed bafore MARis,
trate Fulmer at ths THenty-fifgh dis.
tEiot stRticn houSe, and was asked what
he had TO say, He replied, "NotbinK, "
and was committed to prison.
ThE woMAN's DUAL LIFE.
TIE nsiShbors 80 Greenwich street
soy the shooting 10 the END OF the wo.
man q double life. shs m0st thoroughly
deceived her husband.
-hh El0pAN AANlhA ~ NAN AlEEbu4AODt ID
next door to Mr.. iltcksp, cay that
Ranos' fsoe was Q familiar one ct
tha houH9 sud that 1t Wsf never see q
there until after Mr. Stoke had Rone to
work at night. They hasgd sounds OF
loud duArFelinE In the house abouk 6
O'Clock on Monday evening, then thrss
shots IN quick ruooession. They thought
maybe Mrs. Biokes's husband bS1
found her out and WAS Staying her
lover.
Al S33, on the other side sf the house,
IL WaR said MIS-. Stoke behavior haj
b,en tho tRlk Of the nsighb1rhood.
us the wager Of SIM said tie Wo.
man. "Mr, Stokes was O thoroughly
honest husbRnd and father, aud worked
hard 81! ni, b.. / have BgeB his wife get
bone at 80 IN the moTniuE, and he 10
due Rjo have seen haT come home
81 And "a this morning q bRrOuche.
She used tU nAve another woman in the
house named hllen johnson, and bOlh
OF ih9m have had eeYsTal men In the
house At night Two on three weeks
ago mr. Btokes came home unexpected
~ ard found two mtn there. BE At
itlbnLad IL to Ellen JOhAson'a being
there, ordered the men out and the next
day ordered heI 10 leave. She went mp
u blfla es1eet, ntAT lie irAl, but she
has leen back sinoa. EAfly1ina evening,
very II Gently, mlstook RamOs as he
was coming along the pavement for my
husband, and spoke 50 n!m He said:
Pardon me, madame, Rud passed en-
20 Mrg. stokls."
The neizhbcrs say Mrs, Stokes used
10 pey her oEn little daughter to heyp
I tho secret from the husband, sud that
hhe had been dGc0iving him all summer
'n the most unblnBhlng way. Tho
child was often left alone at night
while she was out with mon, aud often
the huabAnd's msAls were not cooked.
On the Alb OF July kr, S.OkeJ took
his little bog A5hing on the Dslswsr6.
Tho lad iell overheard end was
'rowred. II nearly broke his heart,
ana the naiRhb5Is thought o. the tims
le thd Incident must turn tho mother
lfem her WayWsrl life, but IL did no..
The resson for tho shoelinR 10 generally
attributed 20 8 jsslOus quarrel bstwsen
he woman ana Ramcs.
The Oubsn must ghsve watched tbe
husband go of to his work 81 havs en-
cred thu house Immediately af,eEwArd
more persistent than the Toiloe At first
AS soon as the shots were
beard the peoIl5 ran 10 their doors
rney saw MS Stokes run screaming
lus OF the house. followed ty Ramos
with the revolver in bis hand. She ran
.owArds Fourth street and he escaped
through Au alley.
Special Officer Han6ey, who caught
Ramos, rays the OubAn AIRED first right
n his face. he struck MIN q blow on
ihB hSAQ that RtHpGRFAd him and A.
Ramos wheslfd he turned 10 Gre again,
The officer struck him Aaain and he fell
serBelesf. Mrd. Stokes ran into the
rms OF an I'll jer ct Fourth street and
,ried, "Ramos, Cuban, did It,