St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-09
YOUNG COWLES SHOT
The Fast Clevelander Shot in
the Neck by His Wife's :
Brother.
He Skips Away to Montreal
With His Little Daughter
Florence.
Mrs. CoWles, Her Brother and
Her Lawyer Follow for an
Interview.
A Heated Conversation in a
Cab Leads Up to the
Tragedy.


Tragedy.
MONTREAL, June S.-This afternoon
at o'clock, in broad daylight, on one
OF the principal streets of Montreal, a
tragedy was enacted that has thrown
the city into paroXysm of excitement.
st. Catherine street was crowded with
pedestrians, as is usual at that hour.
Suddenly they saw flash and puff of
smoke and heard pistol shot and
wOman'S scream. A cab was
brought to StandStill and a
woman alighted. In it were still
two men, one with smoking
revolver in his hand, the other uncon-
scious, and his blood soaking into the
rugs of the carriage. The wounded
man was Eugene H. Cowles, of Cleve-
land, o., son of Edwin Cowles. late ed
ltor of the Leader. His assailant was
E. c. Hale, of the same city, and the
woman was Cowles' wife. After a few
hurried words Hale ordered the cabman
to drive to the general hospital.
Z The lady re-entered the car
riage, which started for the
hospital. distance of half mile. A
bystander had telephoned for an am
bulance, and it met the party, but its
services were not required. On arriv-
ing at the hospital Dr. Fitzpatrick, med
ical superintendent, had the wounded
man conveyed to a private ward, where
DR.. Fenwick, one of the attending
physicians, was called. There was a
close examination and
Hurried Consultation,
and the result was announced to the
eager ciowd. There was no immediate
danger. The ball had entered the right
side of the neck, and after piercing the
right jawbone emerged through the
cheek of the opposite side. When it
diate danger all inquiry into the facts OF
the case was begun. The party, with
Sergeant Foye, who had accompa-
MED them from st. Catherine
street, proceeded to the central
police station. Sergeant Watson was
on duty and received them. Hale
briefly related the story of the shooting
and gave himself up on the charge of
shooting with intent to kill. He took
brief leave of his friends and was then
shown to the cell he was to occupy.
There was now on the scene Mrs.
Cowles, Mrs. Bolton. her siSter-in-law;
Judge j. E. Ingersoll, of Cleveland, as
Mrs. Cowles' legal adviser, and D.
McGibbon, @. c.. Of Montreal.
Cowles was visiting his mother in Cleve-
land, as had been his custom. His lit
tie daughter, who was stopping with
her mother, was permitted to visit her
father at his mothers house. He took
her in charge and went to the station,
accompanied by his sister, but he es-
capped from her and at once took train.
This train ran only to Conneaut; there
he got horses and
Drove Twenty-Eight Miles
to Girard, Pa, to be out of the state.
From there he took train to Buffalo,
and was next located at the Welland
hotel. st. Catharines. There he was
met by Sheriff Sawyer, who had long
interview with him, lasting nearly a
day. On Thursday Cowles took a boat
for Toronto, about four hours sail. He
had previously said he was willing to
have an interview with his wife, but
would talk with no one else. His
object was to obtain an additional
allowance. Four months ago, on the
death of his father, he was cut off with
an allowance of $4,000. Previous to
this he had been living, it is said, at
rapid rate, and made two visits to Eu-
rope in company with woman of ques-
tionable character, named Clara Llene-
Schloss. She is known under the ali
ases King and Wilson, and is at present
stopping at the Welland hotel, st.
Catharines, having come there from
Buffalo. On Monday last an ap-
plication was made for divorce by
Mrs. Cowles on the ground of adnItery.
Cowles admitted his guilt to the sheriff,
naming persons and places, but he af
firmed that his wife had condoned the
offense. Mrs. Cowles has in her pos
session letter in which he promises to
mend his ways and be faithful in fut-
ure. Thursday, at 7:50. Cowles left
for Montreal. A pursuing party, COM
posed of Mrs. Cowles, Mrs. Bolton,
Judge IngersolI, G. G. Hale add
officers reached Toronto the same morn
ing. A consultation by Cowles withhis
Toronto attorneys, Mccarthy, Osler &
Creelman, led to an interview being az
ranged here. The last party reached
here this morning and stopped at the
Windsor hotel. Cowles had left the
Windsor and had gone to st. Lawrence
hall, where he registered as "Mr. Will
son and child" and had breakfast.
After breakfast he took the child to
LAcademic de la Sacre C9ur, con-
vent under the charge of Les S9urS de
La Province, and
Gave Instructions
that she was not to be given up without
a written order from him. He then re-
turned to the hotel without the child,
ready for the interview with his wife.
The child Florence is nine years old and
of remarkable beauty. Ten years ago
Cowles was married to Miss Alice Hale,
daughter of E. B. Hale. banker of
Cleveland. For five years all went
we'll, when Cowles began to ah-
sent himself from home, allss
ing that business called him to
Lockport, N. Y. Instead of this he
used to go to the Iroquois house, where
the woman Wilson, OF Clara Lien
eSchlOSS, as Sne was KNOWN, was stop
ping. On one occasion when in
Europe Cowles cabled to his wife to
come to his aid, saying that he was sick.
She did go, accompanied by her
child, but he no sooner recOv-
cred than he left her and returned
with strange woman to America and
registered in hotel in the Catskill
mountains as man and wife. On anoth-
er occasion he lived with her in San
Francisco, alleging that she was his
widowed sister aud occupied adjoining
rooms. The father of Cowles, during
this absence of his son, became sus-
pielous of him, and, calling his daugh-