Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-12
RESULTED IN A TRAGEDY.
EUGENE H. CoWLES SHOT BY C. C.
HALE, HIS 6ROTHER-IN-LAW.

The Deed Committed in Carriage on
Crowded Thoroughfare of Montreal
Residents Greatly Excited-HaIe Sur
rendered Himself TO the Police and
Was Locked Up-Believed CowIes In
tended Killing His wife and Child
Unless Prevented.
MONTREAL, June yesterday after
noon at o'clock tragedy was enacted
on st. Catharine street that has thrown
the city into great excitement. The
street was crowded with pedestrians, as
is usual at that hour. They were sud
denly startled by fash of smoke and
heard pistol shot and & woman's
scream. A two-horse carriage, from
which the shot was fired, was brought
to standstill and lady alighted. In
it were still two men, the one with a
smoking revolver in his hand; the other
unconscious and his blood streaming into
the rugs of the carriage. The wounded
man was Eugene II. CowleS, of Cleve-
land, son of the late Edwin H. Cowles,
VI 1AG SlCNCldA LIS
ant was c. c. Hale, of the same city,
and the woman was Cowles' wife and
Hale's sister. a few hurried words
were exchanged, when Mr.. Hale ordered
the cabman to proceed to the general
hospital. Mrs. Cowles re-entered the
carriage and accompanied the party tC
the hospital. DR.. kirkpatrick, the medi-
cal superintendent at the hospital, had
the wounded man conveyed to private
ward, where a
Close Examination Was Made.
The physician announces that there is
no immediate danger. The ball had en-
tered the right side of the neck and after
piercing the right jaw bone emerged
through the cheek of the opposite side.
Mr.. Hale surrendered himself to the po-
lice and was locked up. Among those
present at Mr.. Cowles' bedside are Mrs.
Cowles, Mrs Bolton. her sister-in-law;
Judge J. E. Ingersoll, of Cleveland, whO
will act as Mrs. Cowles' legal adviser,
and r. d. McGibbon, Q. c., of Montreal.
Mr.. Hale makes the statement that
the trouble between Cowles and his wife
was caused by Cowles making two trips
to Europe with a woman known as
King or Wilson and who is now at a
hotel here, having come from Buffalo
last Monday. Mrs. Cowles had applied
for divorce on the ground of adultery.
Cowles admitted his guilt, but declared
that his wife had condOned the Offense
Mrs. Cowles, however, had in her pos
session letter in which he admitted the
fact on which she based her application
After the parties all arrived here con-
sultation was had and Cowles promised
to meet his wife and arrange settle
ment of their affairs. Yesterdays
Meeting and Tragedy Ensued.
Cowles wished the interview with his
wife to be private, but Hale refused,
and accompanied them in a cab for a
drive in the park. The interview was
in progress when Cowles made a move
ment as if to draw a revolver, when
Hale anticipated him with the result as
stated. Cowles' little daughter, whom.
it is alleged, he abducted from her home
in Cleveland, was placed by Cowles III
the Academy of the Sacred Heart in
Montreal. An order was procured from
Judge Duges to the sisters in charge OF
the convent to produce the child, but
they refused. The court will issue an
official mandamus to-day when a
guardian will be appointed. Mr.. Hale
will appear in the police court to-day for
an examination. Much sympathy is ex
pressed for him, and Mrs. Cowles, as it
is believed that Cowles intended killing
both his wife and child unless prevented
by her brother.