Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22

stems. The bullet entered his brain and he
Law there, as quietly as if dead-although
the breath did not leave his body for half
an hour-with his feet in the doorway and
his knees at the bottom of the low steps.
Alarmed by the screams and the shots,
Harding, who had just arrived at the
neighbor's barn as the unwonted noises
reached his ears, appeared on the scene
before even the nearest neighbor had time
TO get out on the street, or the policeman
on his beat to recover from his surprise.
Harding was SO bewildered that he did
not know what to do. He almost stumbled
over the body of Meyers, and then caught
sight of his wife, who screamed out to him,
''Mevers has shot mel Run for doctori"
He started for the doctor, his wife after
him, Just as the policeman came up the
hill, and to him he turned over his wife and
ran on for medical aid.
The situation of the Houses.
The houses wherein dwelt the partici-
pators in the affair are situated upon the
side of a hill, that of the Meyers being
nearer Fifth avenue than the Hardings'.
The latter house stands on ground at least
20 feet higher, and both front the same way,
so that the front of Harding'S house looks
diagonally into Meyers back yard. There is a
gate leading from Meyers backward to the
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the Hardings' Between this gate and the
front gate of the Hardings' there is we'll
worn pathway which extends up the mill by
Harding'e house toward the back door.
Both houses are very small, each having
but three rooms downstairs, a living or sit
ting room, bedroom and kitchen. 1t was
in the living room of the Hardings' house
that the shooting took place, and after it
was over bullet was found lying on the
floor. 1t is supposed that this was the one
that passed through Mrs. Harding and made
its exit only TO fall to the ground. The
course of the third bullet, which did not
discovered, and it probably went
out of the front window, which was open.
Mrs. Barbara Harding's Statement.
Mrs. Harding, who is not very badly in
iured, remained in bed all day yesterday,
suffering from nervous prostration as well
as from her wounds. Her statement regard
ing the shooting was as follows:
Il attended the German Sunday school
picnic Saturday at Oberlin's Grove, Yer
sailles At the gate l met Mr.. Meyers.
He wanted to buy ticket to get in with,
but would not allow it. L got my own
ticket and went in. NV husband came
after that. During the evening Meyers
asked me to dance with him. L refused.
He then asked me if he was not as good as
any other person. l said yes, but his wife
was Jealous and l did not want trouble.
Meyers came home with me and my hus-
band and left me on the road. 1 took
Mr. Horne home then came to nv home,
and Meyers was standing at his back gate,
below my home. NV husband came home
and Meyers said good night. Ny husband
said Are you going to bed? Why don't
YOU come up for awhile. He said, 4 will
i don't like it down here, anyway He
came, and my husband went after a bucket
of water; also to find the chickens, as they
were away.
She Would Not Speak To Him.
"When he left, Meyers asked me if 1
would not speak to him. 1 told him l had
nothing TO say, and L asked him what he
wanted me to say. He asked me if L would
not like him. 1 told him no; he had
woman and child, and that was enough. He
said, We'll, ifyou don't like me, I'll make
an end to this world and he pulled re-
volver out and said, will you say yes or no.
] said No, and he shot me three times, once
in the side and twice in the heart. L then
ran out
Il was at the top of the broad walk, and
he put the revolver to his head and fired.
! went to call my husband. A policeman
came and they took Meyers away. He and
his wife fought all the time and he came to
our house to pass the time. / told him Fri
day | would rather he would not come to
my house, as his wife did not like it, On
Saturday, at the picnic, he told me the rea-
son he was selling his house was so that he
could go to Germany and take me along. L
told him | would not go with him or with
any person. 1 never had any trouble with
him before"
Mrs Harding is about 26 wears old, robust,
and has a dark, sallow complexion. She
has child about a year and a half old.
Mrs Meyers Tells of Her Grief
Mrs Louisa Meyers, wife of the deceased,
appears to be very badly broken up by the
occurrence. She had TO be supported BY two
relatives TO a chair, where she told what she
knew of the affair which left her widow.
she said:
''Meyers was % years old. He was with
me at the picnic, but / came home about
$50 o'clock, and was in bed, asleep with nv
child, when the shooting took place. We
were always good friends of the Hardings,
so far as ! know, but Mevers was in the
habit of going to the Hardings' when Mr..
Harding was not home l told him he
ought not TO do this, as it would give him
bad name. l did not think there was any,
thing wrong going on, but l was afraid it
would make people talk if he went there so
frequently when Mr.. Harding was not
there. / told him it did not look
right to wait until Mr.. Harding had
gone off to work, and then to go and call on
Mrs. Harding. l did not know whether my
husband came in the house Saturday night,
before going to the Hardings, or not. He
did not die until II O'Clock, but he never
spoke word afterhe was brought home"
Mrs. Meyers is apparently older than her
husband was, and was not very neat in her
appearance or dress when she came down.
stairs.
He Saw a Woman in White.
Officer A. j. Anderson was the first one to
appear on the scene after Mr. Harding
started for the doctor. He had heard the
shooting while on his beat on Fifth avenue,
and had run up the hill. As he neared the
Harding house he saw a woman in white
with blood stains down her left side. She
was screaming and wringing her hands, and
staggered as if she was about to fall
The officer caught hold of her and asked
her what was the matter. She replied, be-
tween her screams, that "a man in the
house" had shot her. Just then some citi-
ZenS came up, and turning her over to them,
Officer Anderson ran TO the house and
found Meyers lying on his face on the steps
and walk leading from the back door, He
rolled Meyers over on his back, and dis
covered underneath him the revolver which
had been used so effectively. 1t had four
empty chambers. Meyers was still alive
when the officer had him carried to the
house below, but he breathed his last about
II o'clock
Mr.. Harding Had Never Been Told.
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