Telegram-herald., 1890-06-10
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TRA6IC AFFAIR A. MONTREAL.
NoSrKEAL Que, Jane g SUNDAY
afternoon a. = o'clock in broad day isht,
On one q the principal streets ~ Mem
treal. = tragedy Vas enacted that
has caused considerable excitement
81 Catherine street VS. crowded
with pedestrians who suddenly saw
fash q light q pun Of smoke. and
heard a pisIol-shot and woman's
scream. A cab wss brought 70 a stand
stlll and woman alighted Ia it were
Two men, enc With a smoking revolver
In his hand, the staer unconscious, Ais
blood soaking int0 the rugs of The ear
riage The wounded man was
Eugene II. CoWles, of Cleveland. @.
son % Edwin Cowles, I,ts editor
OF the Leader His assailant was + G.
Hale. OF the same city. aud the woman
MAS CoWles wife and Mr. Hales SIS
ter After a few hurried words Hale
ordered the cabman 70 drive 10 the gem
eral hospital The Lady re-entered the
carriage. which started for the hospital,
distance OF half mile. Al the hospl-
til a close examination and a hurried
consultation took place, and the result
was announced 10 the eager crowd.
There Was no immediate danger Tho
ball had entered the right side OF The
neck, aud after piercing the right jaw
bone emerged through the cheek on the
opposite side
When IL became known that there
was To immediate danger an inquiry
into the facts OF the case was begun.
The party. with Sergeant Foye. who had
accomp panied them from 81 Catherine
street, proceeded 70 the Central Police
station. hale briefly related the story
the affair and CAVES himself up on the
charge of shooting with intent % Kill.
There were now on the scene Mrs.
Cowles, Mrs. Bolton, her sister-in-law;
Judge j. T. Ingersoll. Of Cleveland, as
Mrs Coales' legal aaviser, and Mr.. D.
McGibbon, Q. c., Of Montreal
Cowles was visiting his mother IN
Cleveland last week. His little daugh-
ter. who was stopping with her mother,
was permitted 70 visit her father. lie took
her in charge, went 70 the station and
at once boarded = train. This train ran
only 20 Conneaut. and there nc Sc
cured horses and drove twenty-eight
miles 10 Girard. Pa, 10 be out Of the
State From there be took 4 train 10
Buffalo, and was next located at the
Welland Hotel. St CathaTines. There
he was met by Sheriff Sawyer, who had
a long interview with him. Thurs
day Cowles took a boat for To
ronto He had previously said that
he was willing TO have an interview
with his wife, but would talk with no
one else. His object, it is claimed, was
to obtain an additional allowance
Four months ago, on the death Of his
father he was cut of with an allowance
of s., 500. He is accused of intimacy
with a woman now living in ST. Catha-
rines, Ont. On Monday last Mrs Cowles
made an application for divorce.
Thursday last Cowles left for Mont.
real A pursuing party composed Of Mrs.
Cowles, Mrs. Bolton, Judge Ingerscl,
c. c. Hale and officers reached Toronto
the same morning. \ consultation by
Cowles with his Toronto attorneys ed %
an interview being arranged here. After
breakfast sunday Cowles took his child
10 Academic de La Sacre Occur, a con-
vent, and gave instructions that She
was not to be given UP without a writ
ten order from him. He then returned
to the hotel. ready for the interview
with his wife The child. Florence is
8 years old and of remarkable beauty.
Ten years ago Cowles was married 70
Miss Alice Hale, daughter of Z. &. Hale,
a banker Of Cleveland. For FIVE years
all went well. but finally Mrs. Cowles
began to suspect her husband fidelity.
Cowles' father, IL is said, At last became
suspicious or him, and. calling his daCCh-
teI-in-law. questioned her as 70 whether
she bad had any troU ble with her hus-
band Receiving negative reply he
told her that II az any time any trouble
should arise she was az once TO com
muaicate tho fact 20 him. because
10 believed that be had more con-
troll over his son than sny body else
had. Last October she discovered
what she believed 20 be bis treach-
cry. aud called on his father, yhereupon
the son was cut OF with 8, 900 a y"sr,
she bulk of he money going % bis w.fe
Cowlcs on sunday accom- panied his wife
and brother-iR-lav In cab for drive
i'm Monmouth Park. Tae Interview 81 -
in prozress Uhen Cowles made move
nent as II 90 draw revolver. b1t Bale
anticicstel him. With tie result d.
scribed. Mach sympatby is felt Tor Hale
and Mrs. Covles T. is said hT some
that Covles intended 20 Kill bis wife.
Nr Hale appeared In court this morn
ing 20 answer the charge ~ shooting
vi-l intent 20 sill Mr. Cowles There
also appeared Mrs Covlcs and the
darrhter. Florence. Ms Bolton. Judge
Irra-rsil. counsel fcr Mrs CoElcs aHl
Detective ~ 5son NJ Hale looked
ttoazhtfal and trse pale hrs
CrvIes bad her child bT her SIDE. srs
having been prod ce5 IN obedience r
an order esle5 ~ Justice Tslb Dr
Kfrk-a--f-g. tae house s1rFson ~ ths
Genera hosui tsl, testified t1af CswI ~
tr~r ss-l0-slv injured wo- proh
ably recover Hale rss reusrlea. IA
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