Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-18
his AIN WASEXACT.
Fair Wonlan's Dishonor Wiped
Out in Blood.
. SINGLE BULLET DOES THE WORK.


KEIIs the Nzz whe Wins His wife's
A1ec,ioas-A Prsnsse That Was Ia
tally Eept-The Lovely Cause of the
Tragedy Admits Her wayuArdnsss- and
she'd. Fsu Tears-A story Of STA
DVsrQ-E, Ia. Ap<l is-Ge1s= Cornell.
u tbs sssy, a enEinasr On fhs Chicago.
MauzEkss ami s. Paul railroad between
Dzbuqre and Mct;rzgx. and soa Of R0aa-
1zzz=r CarazI, C ths sa.s= roai. Was shof
~ North &cfir=g5r Wednesday nigss bF jar
J. GrI.nzl. OEz@ssl steaogrzphar IN Judge
Grang=ss curt Gr1n8sll k.s he4a for
Esars = nsenbe< q Dub14s-ss fsshiaaAb5=
socS=ty, AMI slEh0zzh known BIZ many 70
have bez1 nan o. evu HABITS managed TO
1s7esal his Tiiers4=s frozn fhs gsnzrzI public
Several years sgo hs was married 70 Miss
Gb=an, Of Clayton county Tkey r=siisi In
McAirezur and have boy abo1s years of
aga GrsnB@A, after his marriage, spPsr-
entity zbeBdoasi many Of his fOrn=r habits
and Hss 10; oniy greatly devoted . his wife.
tsls insanity {=sEo1s % b=-
Not 20 ysrs Insanely. Either.
About two maths ago h frs became
aware that hiS wife va rec=iFiug mach DO
t5ee from cih4E u1=n HIS a'tsutioa was
particularly attracted 20 tie relations b.
ts=n his vie ami George Carnssl He
cslAs1 On GoTreli-s fatbsr several TINES ami
r7c-4vsi fr1Ea hia positive a-sarzncs tta1
rs soa WoaAi c1ase his alterations 20 Mrs.
GrInBsl Al last. hoping 10 br=sk up the
apparent stai=sn hetwssn hls wife AMI Cor
EsI b. removed 70 this city AMI engaged
ro1sn- AT barring boass On Main street.
Co-n=4Tz Tsn ca to- road kspt him IN No
GreE0T over night ami BY bringing his wife
70 ikis city Griua4Il believed b coai spa
rate his wife from Cornell He seat word
% CorneEl that unle=s b discontinued his
stteatioa= to Mr. Grfnn=H he would shat
him On sight. hut Cornell Isuzhzi ~ the
THREAT and irsr5s,lzzei that Mr. Grinn=H was
receiving the atssntioaz Of Oth=r man be-
ssie- himself
Rnmor> of a Separation
AbcaS two weeks ago Griun=lI vss
called bv El- ofE-iaI i-vi=s /, M.+frz,or.
HEs wife accompanied him % th= station,
and shs kiss-i him goodbye Cornell, who
vas Standing az window in the second
story q tts station, remarked 10 compan
lon, a. h. pointed TO GrinneIl. -Th@re Is .
man Sho swszrs BE- viii shoot Ms on sight =
A few days later Mr.. GrInn=Il drove 70 the
station 70 ul-st her husband o. his r=turn
Cornell Vas staining BY The buggy e-ouvers-
ing v.tE her wh=a has fa;hzr cane aIoaz
ami varEe,i aim - Eet ont Of the wav, a.
6rinnsil va coming On ths approaching
| t~aia Tia mex; day Grinnsll left for Nc
GregVr. taking as boy Nth him. and ii
Wa reported that be and hi. aIfs had sep
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in California, although she stIl rsmains az
beE boarding houss IN this city. All was
/ driving about TIE city Yesterday morning
/ 10 company wi-h a stranger. wholly uaeJn-
scsoUs 81 shat lad occurred Weinzsiay
Night in Ncjrazor
Gripneu Keep. His Word
Cornell left Dgbaqgs Wednesday night on
his engine, AMI arrived az II Grzgor shortly
after i o'c.O1k he wsut % tie hotel OF b.
| uncse, and, while washing, be looked into
| the mirror and saS Grinnsu approaching
| him He turBa1 AMI a. he did 70, Grinnsll
| fired, ths bail passing through CoFnelTs head
/ Cornell fell u the door, and GrinnsI was
Ealkinz eooily away, when be was seiZsi by
| TIE Spectators he made no resistance. and
was kept IA to- hotel until yesterday morn
| log. when h was handel cFeE 10 the author.
/ ttses Rpadnsster Cornell left for NcGrs-
gor 81 the early train yesterday morning.
and brought bis s9n's remains TO Dubuque
| last night Cornell lived uneonseioasly IN
| al yesterday aba; noon. when b expi red
Cornell Married Man.
The deai msn vas - years Of aga He
was married in Bellevue about thres year.
ago 70 the daughter OF the late George z
BanghArt, Of Cascade. ami a sister Of II,
BanzhArt Bros Of Caicagl Il was a run
away match 4 few months ago they sep
arstei, Mrs. Cornell returning to her
mothers home n Cascade, where her two
children reside For the last two weeks she
has been visiting her brothers in Chicago.
Vhere he i a; present
The Woman Takes 1t CooIIy
Mrs GTiunel!, VITO Is still in this city, was
sea Yesterday forenoon Sac had Just heard
Of tie tragedy, and had only few minutes
previous returned from a buggy ride about
tie city. She shsd feE tears, and then
talksi OF her haisons with Cornell quite
| freely SIZE frankly confessed that she loved
him. and that her affection had been recip-
| rocatsd by Cornell She 5 a woman Of ex-
traordinary beauty. She said that her hus-
band was extremely iealous OF hsr, and
acknowledged that hs had reason TO b.
The Husband Refuses to Talk.
Grinneii was also visited in the jail at Nc
Gregor, bat be refused 10 talk He Is 8 man
| Of small stature. with = wfthered leg, and
uses cane constantly in walking. His
health has been feeble for several years Cor
nell IS ceasurei By many for his persistent
attention 10 Mrs GrinneIl after being
warned By her husband to dssist, and il Is
believed it Viii be hard TO find Jury to
convict Grinnen All the parties affected
y the diszraceful affair are highly con-