The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-01
SHOT HIS WIPES SISTER.
THEN TIE CRAZY MAN THREW HIS
LITTLE GIRL INTO A WELL.

The Woman Wounded in Thres
Places, But Wni Recover-The CnNd
Saved From Drowning by Men At
tracted TO the Scene by the Shoot
inG-The Man to Be Sent TO Mined9s-
Vile.
LOUISVILLE, Ga, Cot 9l.-Dr. George
w. Kelley, 8 highly respectable and re-
spected physician who moved here from
Warrenton about three ysars ago, aud who
has built up large Aebsactics among
leading citizens. suddeak became de-
ranged Saturday morning about 10 o'clock
and shot hts wife's sister. iuhictiug serious
wounds ia three places aud threw his uttls
girl, child shout 8 years OF age. into ths
well
DR.. Kelley his wife, who is very frail aud
delicate, her sister, Alice. who is attending
MIRA. Kelley and their six ohildFeo, wsrs al
together talking PLEASANTLY in the break
last room after breakfast, when DR.. Kelley
took the children with him 70 see how the
worinen were getting along With a new
dwelling house he was having puE llD, aud
which is over half finished. A short time
afterward Mrs. Kelley told her sister that
something was the matter with she chill
dren, saying, 81 hear them crying. and
didn't like the DOCTORS looks ali the morn
ing" The sister went up to the new builds
ing, when 10 is supposed, DR.. Kelley, fancy
ing She CANA to take the children from him,
drew his revolver and shot her, the dfsu
bali hitting her ia the chiu, when she
turned and ran through the window OPEN
ing onto the piazza.
SECOND SHOT.
AZ she passed the angle OF the window q
shot struck her under the shoulder at tbs
back. She jumped to the ground and
crawled, as she said, uuder the house TO die,
but, regaining courage, sha came out and
rem across the street 20 John Whigham's,
whose wife and several neighbors, hearing
the shot, had run out, and we're Just in time
TO catch and hold the poor young lady from
falling at their gate. She was carried into
Mr.. Whigham's house aud medical ntten-
ton summoned.
In the meantime. after the doctor saw
that his stster-in-law had ESCAPED him, he
surned his attention TO the children, aud,
catching up one Of his little girls, pretty
little miss aged about yoars.
held her over and dropped her into the
we'll. Tbs child caught hold Of the we'll ropa
and ourbing aud called: Papa, papa pleasa
don't put ms IN the well.n But the crazy
man unloosed her hold and she dropped To
tho bottom, 40 or As feet.
by this time some men arrived and dis
armed the maniac and going 20 the well
found the little girl up to her neck I'm water
still holding on TO the rope. One Of the
gentlemen told her tn hold tight and hs
would draw her out, which she did.
All this time the poor distracted mother
was at her window aud Witnessed the whole
tragedy but was too weak TO stir.
SENT 10 MILLEDGEvILLB.
DrA Kelley was bound withropes and oon-
veyed TO one Of the iron cells IN the iaii.
and after short time was taken from there
10 the court house, tried before twelve men
aud sent to Milledgsvllle as insane. It 10
said that he talked nationally, stating thas
he knew that be had shot Alics, that he
aimed ut her heart, and said: 81 didn's
mlss il more than an inch or two," wh ich
was the case. He had no i'll will against
her, indeed be rather loved her for the de-
voted attention she had given
TO his wife and children whom
he really loved and idolixed.
Some people attribute 10 10 whisky, bus DR..
Kelley has not been seen under the infiu-
ence OF whisky for over two years. About
two years ago he had a severe attack, and
at that time swore Off from ever touching
Intoxicating liquors, aud il is believed no
kept his word. Others say il was religious
excitsment. DR.. Kelley married daughter
OF Rev. J. Cummings OF Wsrrenton,
whose younger, daughter (the one shot Miss
Alice, was nursing her sister, Mrs. Kelley :,
in her illness.