The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-03-04
SHOT BY HIS FAITALEss WIFE.
A Terrible Tragedy In n Little Mississippi
Village.

Terrible Tragedy In N Little Mississippi
Village.
GREENvLIE, Miss, Feb. 26.-The little
village OF Stonevile, ten miles east of this
place, yesterday morning was the scene of
a sensational tragedy which is seldom
paralleed in any community, the result
OF which causes one of the parties to lie
in a critical condition from two wounds
from pistol fired by the hands Of his
own wife and the mother OF his three chill
dren, and the uniaithful wife aud mother
with her paramount to be in the hands of
the law, the particulars OF this tragedy
are as follows:
W. L. Anderson, section foreman of the
Georgia Pacific road, and his wife and
three children 1--we at S,Oneville. Mon
day evening ne returned to his home and
was informed by a colored woman, W no
was III charge of the children, that his wife
had gone TO Greenville and would return
on the o'clock train. He waited for the
train, but no wife arrived. He re-
NAMED that night with his chill
dren, and the following morning was
called down the road on business, return
ing last night. His troubles he attributed
to one vi. Z. Scurry, plantation agent
who lives in the village and said that
when his wife returned he would chastise
her severely. To this Scurry replied that
ii he did he would kill him, at the same
time drawing pistol, ami that ne had a
great mind TO shoot him there. Al 8
o clock the next morning the unfaithful
woman boarded the east-bound train for
Stonevile. When the train stopped at
SionevIlle, Scurry was seen to hand her a
package on the platform of the car.
Alighting. she unwrapped it, and the ewes
of the Oystanders beheld cleaning forty
four caiber pistol. Holding il in her
hands, she walked toward her house,
which was only a. few steps from the train n,
and in which were her husband and little
| children. The little ones, seeing their
mother return, we're filed with Joy. The
wrOnged husband from the window saw
her approach and started 10 meet her
with his pisto in his pocket, and in her
ewes he could read an unnatural look.
They met on the porch, and, without say
ing one word. she aimed the pistol at his
head Drawing his own, he knocked it
from her hand and hit her in the
face with it. By this time a
few people from the train had gathered
about, and a negro disarmed Anderson,
the vile going to some place near the
tram anu returning Win anotner pistol
ami Ratchet in her hand, accompanied
by Scurry. who called on Anderson to
come out of the house and he would kill
/ hun. Anderson, being unarmed and fear
| ing ScurrY, who was armed, kept
! within. Amid the screams Of her little
| children the woman with her paramour
kicked open the door and leveied their
/ firearms OF Anderson. Scurry's pistol
snapped fire, the wife's firing and shoot
| ing Anderson in the thigh. Anderson
! grappled with the man, and in the scuifie
received another dangerous shot from his
! wife's pisioi. entering his head Just below
| the temple, AMI passing downward through
, his head lodged somewhere below the ear.
] With this the woman rushed out of the
house, bringing her pistol and displaying
| a wild appearance, exclaimine: ~ shot
him; !. have killed him" The wounded
man was bronuht to this city on the train
and is kindly cared for. The ball in the
thigh has been extracted, but the one in
| his head has not. The doctors say he
will recover The guilty pair have been
arrested and will be brought here tonight
and placed In Jail.