Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-27

D,opARr.R WIFR MURDER --Shortly after
80 O'Clock last night the neighborhood os
hi .,th Lea street was startled by two pistol
SOU and cries of murder. People ran from
sn ' s,,aetons toward Little Zion Church, the
s sI..l,,v rom which she cFi0s omonated. and
.os shst young colored woman generally
0u ar, AZ Lou Taylor, but eaid 10 be mar
hpS S ~ Turner Gaines, had been shot and
risu h,v mortaly wounded by her husband.
g Ioy' chat could be learned 1t appears that
r. ,astic peace Of the couple has been
tao .n,od at intervals for some time, and dur.
rup. .sa nast two weeks there had been
ihe W. 5anarstion between shem, the wife
sot' =, 70 90 to Washington to-day for
inVeur rrnoae OF entering into service. This
the p,;natIcp on che part of bis vile anger
oe' 0.Iroa and he formed o resolution TO Kill
90 u ,a ordsr to Illustrate the carrying out Of
oe ~ .oorsmme. a rehearsal for an sxhibi-
! no, NJ aome kind was In progress In the Lit-
t si0p an Church lest night. and the building
We VIC yell filed with col0red people, among
~, Voc nnmber being Gaines's wife. he pro-
s su1ad psto and repaired to the church,
snttsrInp o. he went slong that be would
L.. his better half ION ic-," etc. Upon ar
,;yinp ct the building he sought his wife, and
.hsr short parley, drew the pistol and fred
a, her. but, strange to say, neither the wo.
r,sn nor suy one elsa In the crowd was hurt.
Tbs orestsst excitement followed and the
won,an who was the object ofhis murdeEous
n.ss,on ran into the street until she reached
tha old Battery Rodgers pump, at the corner
NJ Lea and Jefferson streets. where Gaines
oar~ht nor, aud taking her by the right
hand sud drawing her arm out straight he
noI,,,sn the weapon at her breast and pull
al me trigger. A CRY OF anguish followed
tne report ofthe pistol, and the woman strug-
ole0 with bullet Ia her right lung. The
cries u murder which proceeded from the
frightened people who bad gathered and
the blowing Of whistles produoad intense
excitement and alarm. The wounded wo-
man staggered toward the house OF rela-
tive. about q square off, but fell, and num-
ber OF people coon gsi hered around her, and
while the kindly disposed were eDdeavo.-
ins II, examine the wound the red-haDded
mn,dsrer forced himself through the crowd
and ooolly ask ed bis wife II she was much
hurt Neiehbcrs 0nally conveyed her to
the house Of her aunt, near the corner OF
,ss and FRANKLIN streets. and In few min
utas the police arrived and physician was
eummoned. Dr. Herndon anawered the call
and upon reaching the house made an ex-
animation of the wound, and from his d.
spnosis 1t appeared that the ball had en,sr-
ed the right side OF the chest and into The
lung. where IL bad lodged, making very
dangerous wound. from the effec's OF which
abe will. 10 all PROBABILITY, faslly die.
The woman when taxed into the house was
Ia protuse persoiratiou. with her pulse
beating very fast. tut upon the arri-
gal G, Doo,or Hsrndon she bad grown
cold snd her fesh ciammy. Through
out the riant she suffsred considerably.
Gaines. after leaving bis wife. proceeded up
the street, end In passing house where
soeae coiored people were standing be asked
tnem "ybat they had to do with H." and
became Sc menscing that the crowd ran In
the house and locked the door. Mr.. George
Craven. who lives 10 the neighboihood. and
ubo haposned TO be near the scene Of the
shooting. determined that the wou'd-be
should not escape, and followed
oIoss upon bis heels. Gaipes, however, pro-
ossded to the station house and gave him.
self up. and ehis morning was brought be-
fore MAYOR Strauss, who continued the case
The vo1ld-be uxorcida is e lov.set muiatto
and ia said to bs vicious sn6 prone 20 shoot
iuu and cutting. When asked last night
whv he attempted co kill his vile. he made
the unsatisfactory response that he Ibid 1T
for csuse."
This morning Doctors Herndon, Purvis,
and Jameson made further examination
of the wound made by the pistol shot. and
succeeded in locating the ball near the
spinal column, 1t having passed entirely
through the lung. The injured woman was
not go yell as at the first examination. and
while her wound may not necessarily be
saortal, her condition is critical.