Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-10
then he placed the revolver to his heart,
but quickly dropped it.

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bed breathing heavily, and Annie spoke to
her, but she did not answer. She was
dressed in wrapper, and her eyes were
wide open and rolling in the death agony.
Frank said: 'I killed her because 1 loved
her." He spoke to her and called her by
name, but no reply came from the lips that
were already sealed in death.
The murdered woman had eaten break
fast about o'clock. Annie said she heard
OF no trouble at all: The wife was dressed
in the wrapper in which sae died,
and at the table was IN excellent
spirits, kissing Annie and her mother,
and hoping that they would love her as
she loved them. Frank, working late at
night, usually slept till noon, but he got
up at Ii o'clock. He came down dressed
for the street, and bade his two sisters
good-morning. Mrs. d. A DALEY, of
Bennett Station, married sister, and her
baby were present. Mrs DALEY said she
thought her brother had gone out, but
instead he returned to the room, and five
minutes after he had been down stairs he
committed the deed. When Mrs. Daley
reached the scene of the murder she said
Frank was standing on the bed throwing
his hands wildly and tearing his hair. She
told MIN to calm himself, as the fatal work
had been done and that kind of conduct
wouldn't help matters
ATerribIe shock to Garvin's Mother.
The tragedy was terrible shock to Gar
Wins aged mother and his sisters. AT first
they could scarcely realize what had been
done.
Coroner Mcdowell and his clerk Grant
Miller soon arrived and impaneled jury.
The inquest will be held this morning The
post mortem examination was made by DR..
Guy McCandless. He found three bullet
wounds. In his report he says one bullet
struck the abdomen, passed through the
stomach and lower lobe of the liver and
lung, and came out at the back through the
spinal column. This ball rolled from the
wife's dress where it had lodged when the
police first picked her up. The bullet cut
the abdominal artery, and she died from in
ternal hemorrhage. The doctor thinks this
shot was fred while the woman
was standing. The second ball passed
between the fourth and fifth ribs, just below
the heart. The bullet went inward and
backward, clear through the body and out
at the back and was found on the floor.
The third bullet struck within half an inch
of the second, and passed through the body
to the right of the spine. This one was not
found. Chief Murphy has one Of the bullets
and the doctor another Both were badly
fattened. The internal organs were found
TO be healthy. Strange to say, little blood
one small pool on the bed. The revolver
was stained with blood from the fingers Of
the husband.
Guarded { o Prevent Suicide.
At the lookup Garvin was searched and
mis- valuabIes given to Chief Murphy. His
suspenders and handkerchief were taken
from him to avoid suicide, and he
frequently said he wanted to die. A guard
was also placed over him. That he in
tended to commit suicide after killing his
wife is shown by the following unsigned
statement which he had written on a piece
of pasteboard and was found in his coat
pocket:
l send mother a kiss for the last time, and
tell her love her with all my heart and all
the rest of the iolks, too To Mr.. Yost, of
the Gazette office, give my back salary in
return for money lent me- bid all my
folks ana Gus goodby, and tell Gus, al
though l did not return the money, surely
would have done so had / been able to.
hope be will forgive M. Tell Sister Annie
love her and hope she will remember
me.
In explanation of his crime Garvin stated
that his wife said to him in the morning
that he was too poor to buy the kind of
clothes she wanted. A controversy then
ensued. 1t is believed that this is what led
up to the murder. Garvin has been the ar
tist on the Commercial Gazate for sew
eral years and his associates give
him a good character They all
speak well of him, saving he was quiet,
harmless, honest and a boy of good habits
He is % years old and his wife 20. He was
married quietly Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
John II. Miller, of Buena Vista street, and
the TACT was kept from his fellow news
paper workers.
First News of the Marriage.
Miss Redpath went to Chicago last March,
where her father Homer Redpath, had
gone to live until after the Worlds
Fair was over, when he intended to return
The girl came back last Saturday morning
and visited her brother, Harry Redpath, at
III Clark street in the afternoon, taking
Garvin with her. The folks liked the young
man. Mrs. Bechtold, sister of Mrs. Harry
Redpath, said yesterday that Cora's
father and mother had not been
informed of the marriage, but that
the girl had intended during the day to
send them the certificate. Mrs. Harry Red
path and her mother went to the Garvin
home as soon as they heard of the shooting,
anu made arrangements to have the body
moved to Clark street this morning.
1t was stated that Garvin had quarreled
with his wife in the Gazette Office
Thursday evening, but this is de-
MED by Carrie Redpath, q
niece. Carrie is about IA wears old, and
called at the Gazette Office with Cora. Frank
came down from up stairs, and greeted his
wife pleasantly. Carrie says parade was
passing at the tina, and he took hold of his
wite's arm and they walked to the door
From this circumstance she thinks the re-
port OF the quarrel originated. Frank and
bis wife put Carrie on the cars about 8
o'clock and she went home
(IerviO in ona of bie -
wife and Carrie Redpath had gone to the
postofice Thursday evening. Then he
stopped in half-dazed way, and said he
didn't know what had happened afterward,
but Carrie could tell. The latter received
letter from young man in Delaware,
which was addressed in care of Cora
Infatuated With HIS Young wife.
Garvin's working associates state that he
hadn't been himself fer several DAYS. He
was silent and apparently in trouble They
say he was Infatuated with his wife and
loved her deeply.
The Redpath family were famous for
their beauty throughout Allegheny county.
Before leaving for Chicago last March |
Homer Redpath, the father, lived on Logan |
street. He was we'll known here by the |
sporting fraternity. There are seven chill |
dren still living. Edward Redpath.
who is remarkably handsome man,
e proprietor of a hotel in Chicago. |
Tthe other children are Fannie,
also married, Mrs. Josephine Spence, and |
Laura, Birdie, Sadie and Olive. Not only |
are the girls famous for their beauty. but |
they are all gifted with considerable theatri- |
cal ability. Cora, the murdered girl, was
for several years a trapeze performer for |
Baraum & Bailey. Olive is now travelling |
with company playing 1.-THE Firemen's |