The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-21
THIRD EDITION.
A TERRIBLE CRIME.


and Gives Himself Up.
A terrible murdef was committed
last evening at No. Ills Walnut street,
the particulars OF which are as follows:
Howard Cooling, aged 81 years, car
riage finisher residing at tho above
place went to Cape May yesterday
morning ON the steamer Republic, and
In tho evening his vito went to Asbury
III. h. Church, leaving her two llttle
children at home. When she returned
about 9 o'clock, she asked the children
II their father had come in, and upon
receiving negative answer went into
the kitchen to prepare him some sup i
per.
While thus engaged she heard him /
staggering in through tho hall way. |
aud upon going into the dining room (
found him resting on chair. She was /
greatly vexed and as she turned to go |
To tho kitchen said;
You drunken hummer, you're full !
again"
This enraged Cooling. and rising |
from the chair he struck at her when |
she caught his arm and scuiile en-
sued, during which they both fell to
the ilOur with the woman underneath.
He snys that no struck her on tic
head with u mustard bottle, but the
Indications are that her neck was
broken by the fall, and that he also
chooked her afterwards. When he saw
her eyes stared open and blood oozing
from her mouth, he was frightened
almost into sobIicty.
Realizing that he had injured her
badly he started Tor 1t physician bat
did not even mention to his nelghbors
VINO were sitting on their
That there was anything
wrong in his home. He ran like a
tray man down Walnut street to 10th
thence TO King and then to the Office
OF DR.. Josephine NJ. Il. White. Dr.
White had retired but in answer to
Coollngs urgent request came down
stairs prepared TO accompany him. On
the way to his house Cooling at first
said that his wife had fallen In a fit
but minute or two later said:
II must tell the truth | struck her
on the back OF the head. She Is bleed
ing at the mouth and / am afraid size
will die. -
Dr. White says that when they
Ieached Tenth and Walnut streets
Cooling said:
II wont so home I'm afraid I'll be
arrested"
He then ran down Tenth street and
DR.. White thought he intended to try
and escape consequently she was very
much surprised TO lind him at the
house awaiting her,
After the doctor entered the room,
she found the woman lying dead upon
lounge, where ii was evident Cooling
had placed her before going out. While
the doctor was examining the body,
Cooling came In, very much excited,
and Inquired how his wife was, and
upon being Informed that she was
dead, ran down in tile cellar with the
nrowed intention OF killing himself.
Dr., White called to him to come up,
and advised him to go to the police
station at onreand surrender himself
which he Afterwards did.
In speaking of the case the doctor
said: AZ think death was Instantaneous.
The exact cause of her death am I'M
able to tell at this time. There are no
EiguS OF n struggle and SO far as | am
aijle TO see there are 10 bruises on her
person W. at ver. except IA blue mark
on her heel. under the jaw bones. This
could have been caused by Cooling
trying to choke her. II he had struck
her with the bottic IL Is very probable
that there would have been some
muises ON her head
When Cooling started to the hall he
psas accompanied 10y two OF his neigh,
bors, Thomas Anderson, OF No. ll5S
Walnut street and benjamin Downing
OF lll4 Walnut street.
NneH lneS fllIPfeu Tie SllllOli l)OWn-
ing said to Cal tain Francis, who was in
charge:
This man wants to give himself up
He has hurt his wife, and the case Is Il
bad one"
After Cooling was searched he was
placed in coli on tho second floor,
where lie laid down t. sleep oil tEe ef-
fects OF his debauch.
Dr. William q. Winner, who was
cant For i,,s NNi,tt, ,.,t,.{.,t ga.
house soon after she did. He examined
thu corpse and SGrliiel her knowledge
TINT lie was extinct. ut being a cor
oner's cgse, said nr, Winner, we did
not make d very Closo examination
leaving tile body where W. found il
We fpulld no evidence Of a blow upnl
the head, but We dill ind purple marHt
unon the neck, which seemed to indl
s,nie iht sllo WAS chukad To death
The bloc Ting from the mouth cJrruta
oles THIS story
Shortly before midnight the coroner
and his PLY siciiril Df. Joseph R.Smfth
arrived at the house. when the latte
made an examination and found tina
the woman's neck hdl been broken. i
Is supposed that IN falling She strdel
something which caused the dlslOca
tiun.
A post .mortem examination va.
held this morning the result Of wtirl
will be made known ut the Inquest
which viii De held this evening at til
City Hall.
The only witnesses to the homicid
was The two children OF the accused
Leslie, aged Z years and Mabel. age
q years. These children were rafat
for last night b. Mrs; Benlnmiu Down
ing, oi Ne. lll4 Walnut street, an
will be leel7ed afterhy relatives. -
Inc murder uiflnIFl frpupFDil