Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-23

cnAm0cr OF Tue revolver was eDpllt1. Ah
the victim writhed and tossed in agony on
the sidewalk, the woman, looking calm
and sslfpOssessed, actusly smiled with
apparent satisfaction.
A RUINED wOMAN's REVENGE.
In short time great crowd had gath
cred, attracted TO the spot by the repeated
pistol firing. An officer made rush for
the place. When the woman saw the officer
coming, raising herself to her full height,
aud assuming a somewhat dramatic posi-
tiOn, she hissed out between her teeth,
pointing at the now lifeless BODY on the
sidewalk ,he while, THAT man betrayed
me, and l have shot him. He has ruined
me and my f,mily." Officer Goodwin
didn't stop to parley. Tne crowd was be-
coming greater and greater every mo-
ment. Taking the woman by the arm the
Finally they reached the old slip
station house, where the woman gave her
name as Hannah SOuthWOrth, that she was
30 years OF age, bat she PERSISTED in refus
ing to give her residence. To the sergeant
at the desk Miss SOuthWor,h repeated the
statement that the dead man had betrayed
her and rained her and her family. Then
the woman WAS locked up. Daring this
ordeal Miss SOuthwOrth never WINGED, bnt
on the contrary she appeared 10, if possi
Bile, become more calm and dieni6ed.
THE WORK WAS WE'LL DONE.
Upon examination of the body of the
dead man it showed that all five of the
bullets had taken effect. Three bullets
had lodged in his back, one in his neck
and one in his right side Either ore of
the bullets would have caused death.
Hannah SOuthwOrth, who committed tbs
murder, is the woman who attacked Mr..
Pettus in front of the elevated railroad Of
/ fee, at 80 Clinton street, about a year ago.
| She was arrested at the time and taken
before the late Judge Walsh, who placed
her under bond TO keep the peaca.
A FEARFUL STORY OF WRONGS SUFFERED.
TIE following is the story Of Mrs.
Southworih's wrong; The cause Of the
tragedy as stated by an acquaintance OF
Mrs. SOulhworth, who has known the
particulars OF the trouble between them
for some years, dates back 10 an outrage
committed by Pettus upon the lady, and
D
A very few Of her most intimate friends
for long time. 1t appears rs
il alleged that the acquaintance with Mr..
Pettus was developed into friendship on
account Of the intimacy of Mrs. South
worth's woman friend with him. The
story goes that this lady was in the habit
of attending theatres and taking lunches
with Mr.. Pettus, and upon thtss
expeditions was IN the habit
Of taking Mrs. S1uthworth with
/ her from time TO time. The natural re-
suit OF this kind of association led to an
| invitation at the close of matinee one
afternoon in New York city on the part OF
/ Mr.. Pettus to Mrs. SouthwOrth to call at
I a certain residence nearby upon the pre-
text OF seeing friend Of his.
RNTRAPPED IN A DEN.
/ As the house was in the neighborhoOd OF,
and in 8 respectable part of the city, af,er
some explanation on the part of Mr. Pet
\ tus calculated TO quiet the lsdy's sppre-
tensions as TO the strict propriety of the
proceedings, Mrs. SouthWOrth consented.
They we're ushered into a paTlor where,
TO Mrs. SOuthwOrth's CONSERVATION,
they we're met by cOlored man,
with the air OF a waiter, from whom Mr..
Pettus ordered a bottle OF wine. Mrs.
SOuthworth being frightened at her sur
roundings, demanded an explanation and
was reassurtd by Mr. Pettus that every
thing was all right. Ia the meantime, she
was ur. ed 70 take a glass Of champagne,
which she did, having been accustomed
from childhood TO the use of wine upon
proper occasions.
ASSAULTED WHILE UNCONSCIOUS.
Ina few moments she lost consciousness
and knew nothing more Of her surround
ines until the following morning, when
/ she waked up, finding herself in bed in
/ this strange house, with no one about her,
with no ona within call whom she had
ever known. She soon discovered that
she had been wTopged while unconscious,
and she had been abandoned to
make her way home upon recover
/ ing consciousness 50 best she
could. Overwhelmed with shame, she re-
turned home and giving some excuse, as
best she could to her family, for her alb
sence. she attempted to conceal her dis
grace by keeping 1t secret. In the course
of a few weeks, however, TO her consterna-
ton, she discovered that some one must be
taken into her confidence and that abso-
lute seciesy would soon become On impossi-
bility.
CRIME TO CONCEAL CRIME.
In her extremity she appealed to Pettus
To assist her aud still save her good name
from being sullied in public estimation.
In time she decided, at the instance ot
Pettus in order to protect the name
Of her widowed mother, to consent
to malpractice. She WAS sent 10
an interior city in this State,
where, at hotel, among utter strangers
she was attended by pbygiciaD, under
whose care for weeks she lay lowering be-
tween life and death. She was at length
restored to a shadow of her former self,
covered with shame her life wrecked and
her physical health irretrievably broken.
In order 10 avoid an exposure, at the
time Of the outrage, Pettus, 1t is alleged,
made the most profuse promises OF sub.
stsnti.l provision for her. Knowing thai
he was amply able to do what he saio Ne
wculd. being very wealthy man, MIS-
SOuthwOrth fully DelleVeo tDat NC ""uis
Keep his word and provide for her IN sucn
a way that she could live in retirement
and avoid at least further trouble and
disgrace.
sLANDERRD HIS VICTIM
loon her recovery. after the lapse OF
nearly year, he met her reminders of nis
obligations with nothing except derision.
The effect upon the temper Of a higo-
struug Kentucky woman may be I'M
a0iped. She was driven TO desperation,
Pettus at length being "earied
bv her opportunities to iui,
6n his promises, adopted novel
method of Kidding himself of what he con-
sidered an iueumbus. He is said to have
circulated reports among their mutusl
friends TO the effect that Mrs. South"orih
,vss discarded mistress of his OF whom be
had tired and who was pursuing him ier
the purposs of blaekmsiliug him. Mrs.
Sou,hworth's years of suffering and self
immolstion in order to protect her family