, 1889-03-07

1uHt nell mas NO Iury lho " wouiah
$50 o'clock Friday morning, whfn Chss.
y. Skeels was waylaid in the hallway at
4i2 Howard street. and
SHOT ny HIS WIFE.
The story Is long one. One Of alleged
ineonstancy on the part OF the husband
gritty woman.
About 8 o'clock Mrs. Sksels applied for
admission to room in the Howard street
kuildin9, but was refused and informed
that her husband was not there. She did
not believe it, and her investigations
served to confirm the suspicion that Skeels
vas in the room with another woman.
wait In the hall until her husband made
his appearance. She set the messenger
boy TO making inquiries at the different
rooms until the right number was found.
She did not have long to wait The boy
found the proper room and informed Skeels
that his wife was very sick and wanted
him to come Immediately. He started out
when he met his wife. He stopped when
he saw the
REVOLVER IN HER HAND,
and said. "Don't you make any breaks at
ne; keep away" He then started for the
eater uOOr, Wuen tuo woman Opeuou uTe,
the gun being discharged four times as
rapidly as she could pull the trigger.
Three of the bullets took effect in the body
Of her victim. One entered the left arm,
passing to the side and lodging some-
where in the stomach another ball enter
ed the right side, and still another pene-
trated the extreme lower part of the back.
passing out the groin. The woman then
started for her rooms in the Union block,
whar oh haA NIL h,,ul, nd
ever since her arrival in this
city, not stopping to see IL she had killed
ker victim, and apparently not caring as
70 the result of the bullets fred by her
IN HER JEALOUS RAGE.
ekeels started to walk to his room, appar
emily not realizing the extent of his in
turies. The effort was too much for the
wounded man and before he had gone
block he was compelled to sit down and
call for help. He had lost blood to such
An extent that he was rapidly becoming
weak before the distance was half trav-
srsed.
The first person who noticed him acting
strangely and heard his appeal for help
was d. 8. Cowgirl, who madeth following
statement: II was standing on the cor
ner talking. Saw Skeels sitting on Mel
sons doorstep. He called out;
SOME OF you GENTLEMEN HELP ME-
I went to him and informed me that he
had been shot. Pulled aside his vest and
saw that his shirt was bloody. / suggested
carriage and Nichols went 10 the A. ID. 7.
Office for vehicle. IL was about fifteen
minutes before the carriage arrived. He
grew weaker rapidly, and laid his
head on my shoulder. His eyes assumed
right there. He asked who was and said
he couldn't see me. He asked for water
and when given TO him it seemed to revive
him. The carriage came and five of us
placed him inside and drove TO the saloon
and carried him to his room. AS we en-
tered the room there was woman inside
partially undresse.d
SHE LOOKED COARSE AND VULGAR.
She dressed and made fire, and when
the doctor come we saw the wounds then
left and that's all know about it."
Drs. Essig and Parmlee arrived and ex-
Amined the wounded man, and when he
must die they told him his wounds we're
probably fatal. He seemed perfectly re-
signed to his fate and requested that his
brother at Cotton be notified.
He made statement to few friends who
surrounded the bed while the woman was
in the adjoining room preparing to assist
in his nursing:
uaI Tue WOnhn VINO mas
MADE ME ALL MY TROUBLES,
"A few nights ago was in room up
stairs with three ladies talking when my
wife walked in and ordered me to come
away from the ladies. refused to do 80
and she then threatened to kill rue. had
been threatened so many times that /
thought she was blutfing. was just
coming ont of room in the house when
she shot me without a word. She sent
word she was sick and started to 90 to
her room and attend to her. She shot
three times when asked her to let up fir
ing as che would kill me- She then shot
again, and left the house."
Mrs. Skeels attempted to nurse her
wounded husband and did not seem to
want to get away. Officer Gillespie went
to the room and
PLACED HER UNDER ARREST
and kept her under guard till complaint
was made and then he formally turned her
over to Sheriff Glispin who, with Officer
McKernan, took her to the city, Jail. Be-
fore leaving the room she wept and made
a show of grief, but her cool and unfeeling
manner after the shooting led those in the
room TO regard the briney flow as a STRAIT
egy for sympathy. After she was placed
in q cell reporter was granted an inter-
view.
She has look and action that strikes
the observer as being anything but refined
and face that shows her capable of COM
mitting crime. She is decidedly unpre-
posing, with rather vulgar style Of con-
versation. She did not hesitate to give
HER vERsION OF THE MATTER.
"Of course wouldn't deny that shot
him. she said, but l was driven to it.