Telegram-herald., 1891-11-17
HER YlClIN YET ALlVl
The Ballet Fired BY yettis Bi sdisr
a. Captain Smith
Has 50 FAR FAILED TO I'LL her
"A x<es4as OF the Appsrsssiy usDxs.
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ASfal Dsedf


OnAsA, SsA. Nov. ia-Ths muster
OF the aortA ~ e.tsra division Of the
Salvation Army IL Omaha 70 meet La
AzrscaAts Bssth-Clissorn,o of Fraace.
has terminates IN . tragsdy-sad.
sudden snd inexpiicseie While the
bell At the arrays Aeadquarssrs in omAr
ha was tolling Saturday evening and
ths soldiers were Hiiaz slowly out ot
the barracks the sound Of pssol shot
rang sal above the notes Of the bell
and with . groAa one OF she army's
captains fell 10 the pavement blood
gushing from her mouth aad nsstrilA
Her body Eaa nos yes lodged
on the sidewalk when the sec
end report from the pistol was
heard and . private reeled from the
RANKS, and staggering blindly . step or
two fen dead in the gutter. IL was just
after O'Clock In the evening and the
Army's forces had gathered At the bar
racks for tl., purpose Of making it,
usual parade prior 70 ssrvicsA
Motive fer sas Crtss.
The real motive for the fearful double
crime is nos so clear - IL might be. but
the indications poiat to . rather queer
com binAtion Of jealousy and semi-re-
Hgious freaxy. However obscure may
be the motive that prompted the deed,
It's resnlts stazd ont only too plainly.
for tho BODY of Nettis Biedler. the mur.
deress and suicide. rests on . marble
slab AZ ths city morgue, and her vic
tim, Capt Hattie Smith, of the saliva
eioa baud at Oskaioosa. Ia. in untold
agony Is awaiting death at her tempo
rary boarding place on Davenport
street
wisAoas . word
The murderess came upon her victim
As shs was standing on the sidewalk
eonversinx with Cap. Wallace from
MarshAiltown. Ia Without speaking
she drew . revolver from beneath the
folds Of her drsss and fred Almost
simultaneously with the crack Of
tho pistol came the shrek of pain
from the wounded Capt Smith
and shs and Capt Wallace started to
run down the street. Evidently fear
icg tho bullet had not reached . vital
spa. the crased Biedler girl followed
her fleeing victim few steps and fred
again The first bullet evidently went
wide of the mark. but whom the wom-
an leveled the revolver the wounded
captain reeled and fell
Shot Hsrsslf DsaA
without waiting to SEQ the effect Of
her second shot the woman placed the
muzzle Of her weapon to her right
temple and pressed the trigger . third
time A mufied report, a heavy plunge
forward and the body of Nettis Biedler
sank lfelsss to the gutter.
Not - feet away lay Capt Smith un-
consciously moaning. . crimson dood
'Ayeing the bright rod folds of her SOM
ber unifova. while her lips were the
portals Of foantain from which blood
gushed forth with every convulsive
hssve Of her brea~S
The csps~is's ssory.
Cspk Smith was removed from the
drug store 10 her temporary boarding
house, only two blocks away. Hardly
had she been placed upon q
bed Wien she was attacked by
"a violent hcmorrhags from the lungs
and blsd copieuxly. A resident ply
sician who had been summoned
said the wound certainly would prove
fasal As she lay on the bed, rapidly
sinking toward death. Capt Snits
spoke few words concerning the deco
and lts motive. She said she had sought
Co induce Mia Bisdler 70 jcin the
a~-ay while stationed At Council
Slufs soae thir.y days ago Or
ceHins TO Omaha Miss Biedlel
sought her out and with . grea
show Of affection told her she lovec
her On several occasions Miss Bied
ler sought to occupy the attention oi
she captain to the exclusion of all 9th
er< There was . meeting at the army
barracks Saturday afternoon and thu
Bied.cr woman seems to have beer
there. bus whether she was there
dnrius tae entire meeting 10 moi
known. as no one noticed her unit
after the close Of the service. At thai
time she gvas ia the rear portion Of th'
church sad sent sp word to Cspt Smith
thes sac wanted 90 talk with her The
latter replied to the messenger that she
was susy thea aud could not Tvans bel
the request, bus after eating lunch
weas back and talked 20 the Biedlel
we~aa for .oms time What was said
by either % them is Unknown
se~ae of the Shooting.
Cart waliaec, of Marshalltowu. VA
walking with Capt smith st the tina
The shooting took plaea She said:
"W. came Gus Of me hail and started dow,
xsr street. se~srS tss seadaasrters wsha,
xs,s suiy . short distance vacn tht
sfrl vss shes cApt s1ita cssns up ssAfa.
Ne cal sefs sss vssssd 70 speak . me-
n-at - Cap. ssisa We eid acs stop
sor csss snfts replied Aas shs 81,
not sa-s time 20 talk viii sex The girl said
'wsn. yean 10 serry for n you aonS tail
Win e.' We vss, ~, snd inst ss v- ves ap
pesss> M s~scs u-e-y stssse heard reveI
yer sses rsshs % s~s sseks ssd csps srit'
a-sra . sscssA ses& eus I aost sne,
washer ssers ~ers ssy mere shse I've shot
fr-s cr sct We r~a a~wa ~ sss corner
.tAoarsf tass Ne sss-v.s sssii srier "a
"a sss sacv tas sfri Wa sAss Capt SHitA-
AZ the pysse esrs-s bedside
vhea y ~ss ksswp that Capt
Smiths Hfs hang ~ . thresd the
meuh--s ~ ths army who has
crowded the rss1 drepped on shei
kneeA Above the fsryeas supplies
tiocs of the soldiers csald now sns
then BE heard clear above all other
the vsiss sf the dying girl vhs prsye'
VITA The r.sA
nnrsd ~ vss>ess usssA
KayosnA. Via, Nov. 10 - jane
Hovs sy.srs cid. vss killed satarda
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