The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-01-03
HIS JUGULAR.
DIR. MUNROE DOES THIS ATTEl
SHOOTING HIS WIFI.
A Terrible Crime that Shocked an Town
Town-Joalousy thu CHARACTERIZATION AIRS
of the Oocurrence-Other Notes of CrIme.

A Terrible Crime that Shocked an Town
Town-Joalousy tho CHARACTERIZATION ars
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Notes of Crime.
DR.. Munroe, the only practicing physi-
clan OF hardwood. a m | village on the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids q Northern
road, in Lovn county. Iowa, entered the
TO m where his wife was Oh Christmas eve
aid shot her with q revolver. She ran out
Of the house, after which he deliberately
lanced his own jugular vein and died be-
fore help arrived.
Further particulars Of the terrible
tragedy are given by a special Of the
26th thus: DIR. Munroe, the princii al
OF the bloody tragedy, WINS the only
practicing physician of the town. he
was a man who was comp etely und +
the sway of his violent temper, determined
in everything he undertook, and reckless
to the extreme. He often got drunk and
tore about the usually quiet village Of
hardwood like a raying maniac. He To-
Gated in hardwood about ayear ago, com.
where he had o fair practice. he was q
lr ,duate OF the Keokuk medical school.
His wife was a beautiful woman, OF q
weakness prone to many hlrts, and was OF
SO lively q disposition ms to cause the com.
ment that 1ues.ione 1 her virtue. She was
IS years of ugo, while the doctor was 80.
One child, a bay of S years of age, Ray,
they called him, was the fruit Of their
marriage.
Yesterday afternoon the doctor was ar
rested at the instigation Of the leading dry
goods merchant Of the village, Fl. A.. Mill
Ter, who had sued him for a small sum Of
money due. The doctor came around to
make q settlement of some order mud they
h.,,ar I, nnrnrrn1 -, - u,,e 'nrnfnck- 80
which Munroe accused Miller Of cuhablt.
ing with his wife, and added that he would
kid Miller on first sight after he got a re-
volver. Miller struck the doctor and this
aroused the ire of the doctor to such an
extent that he became perfectly wild. He
stamped about like a wild man aud left
Miller with the avowed purpose Of getting
a gum and shooting him. Ho purchased .
evolver and started to irry out his threat.
Tut before he found Miller he was arrested
by ti.e city mar hal. Lie was kept under
the %Jntter's c re until he Lad quoted down
aud was allowed to, 80 at l,rge upon his
promise that he would do no one bodily
harm. The doctor Was no noie ban given
his t,oub.es until be became a ravlnK ma.
III C.
His wife and himself had agreed some
time ago to live apart, and she had her.
elf recently applied for o divorce upon
the grounds OF extreme cruelty. The doc.
tor, after WORKING himself to the highest
pitch possib e, appeared ut the residence
of his wife about 1880. When he arrived
he entered the house without knocking.
His wife was sitting in a rocking chair,
knitting a scarf for their lit lie 5.year-old
son. 1t WAS Christmas eve and the little
l,d, who was in bed i'll the adj ming room,
was just CRYING out to his muther: sob,
mamma, when is Santa Claus coming2"
thought her husband had come
to fix up all their difficult
c%ulties, tnt instead he accused her of in.
fidelity aud to d h +: '.You must pre- pare
to meet your God" He had no more
Than uttered the words whe1 he whipped
up his-retolver, aimed at her and tired,
the ball just missing the woman. She ran
INTO the bedroom where her little son was,
aud grlsping him into her arms cried:
son, John, do rot kill mel" The doctor
walked up to her, placed the muzzle Of
the revolver cl Sc to her brenst aud fired,
the ball entering her lung. The woun ed
vile, scared and frightened with the
pains Of the wound, ran out
'nd out Of the house. Tho Doctor FIJI.
lowe and C ntinued TO fire shots after his
lleetil.g wife. When she fell, he returned
to the house, walked deliberately to the
looking glass. drew a surgeons lance from
Ii s pocket aud severed his jugular vein as
cool; as if it were an every day occurrence.
When the blood spurted from the wound
@ leaned over and allowed the blood to
flow i'll the basin until he sank to the floor
Il dead man. Not q crop of blood was
spilled on any Of his raiment.
The poor woman was carried to O neigh.
boris house near by and cared for as best
the circumstances would permit. She will
lie.
The occurrences of yesterday is what
his been cxpe ted for SOM time. The
doctor Was insnnely jealous and eyed every
man who smiled at his wife with a jealous
eye. his parents live Mt Beloit, Wis, and
are well-to-do aud respectable.