Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-27
BAD DARKEY BLOOD.
Rssoks TrouE Attempts to Kill His
Wife and Ends Himself.
a - nsatfon In q Restaurant and a
Tragedy on the steps of the u. VI.
q. A. Building Last Night.

A bold attempt at murder and sensa-
Sonal suicide added to the excitement in
she city last night. Shortly after o'clock
Eva Jones and Mrs. Mary Trou', colored
accompanied by Will Williams, colored
sskspsnion from Moline went into
NOnpson's restaurant, on Second aven-
1e and sat down at the lunch counter.
They had Just ordered something to eat
when Brook Trout the husband of the
woman at the counter entered at the
ksnt door and advancing quickly toward
ne party, at the counter drew a revolver
Asd fred at mis- wife. The bullet flew wide
% its mark as the woman had started to
Jon. and he followed her into the kitchen
Ari3g at her again as she passed through
he doorway. the bullet this time taking
eject in the womsn's left hip. She fell
On ihe floor and he ;hen attempted to
strike her with the butt of the revolver.
Several persons who wereIoutside, hearing
zpen Trout escaped by back door into
Me alley IN the rear OF the building aud
IAN to the corner of Third avenue and
Nineteenth street where he put the
revolver to his own breast and fired, he
staggered few feet to the steps of the
7. n. G. A. building and
FIRED ANOTHER SHOT
sA]hng PROSTATE TO the ground.
Dr.. Sala was on hand in a few mo-
Bents and every effort made 10 revive the
solcide, but with no success The last bull
nj had done its fatal work having entered
near the left nipple taking a downward
course anG lodging in the skin near the
region of the heart The first shot had
sAisred near the right nipple and had
lodged internally. they being both from
u cslibre revolver the same weapon he
had used in the assault on his wife.
Efcrt only lived few minutes after the
ihctors arrived. He did not utter a word
sfer be fell, as several persons who were
Fass across the street ran 10 his side i'm
nediately after he fred the fatal shot.
Ms patrol wagon was called and in turn
7s the corner there a front wheel got
1A3ght in the street car tracks and in
consequence an axel was broken. It was
n0Te on account of awkward driving tn an
anything else which has been noticed be-
Ere in the new driver of the patrol wagon.
Ese body was removed to Kuox's under
Aking rooms and the coroner was notified
szd r'inquest is being held today. Mrs
Trout was taken to the home of her
mother. Mrs. Dorcas Burris on Twenty
'Ss0nd street, where she is resting quite
comfortably today, the shot having ONLY
inside flesh wound in her nip.
LONG STANDING DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
Trout and his wife have not been living
together since last January. Their mar
Esd relations have always been more or
Sss strained and 1t has been known for
BONE time that there would eventually
4e'irouble between the couple, as Trout
and been arrested at St. David, Illinois,
bo making threats against his wife, and
was placed in Jail here for the same
Intense, having only been released last
week. Since he had been at liberty he
had again threatened her, having done so
Do later than Friday night in Davenport
nc always claiming that she was unfai,h>
Mal 10 him and that he would kill her.
u Is supposed he saw his wife with Viii =
Sams yesterday, and being fred with a
Jealous passion attempted to kill her and
himself, as he had told her only few
BAYS ago that he would do 80 unless she
consented to speak to him which she re-
fused 10 do.
As in all similar cases different sto:t s
Ve told OF how the shooting occurred,
one being that Trout after shooting his
vie attempted to shoot S. Pomerov
STealish who threw a chair at him as be
vent through the kitchen, this being tes-
aSed to at the coroner's Inquest. Tt c
s0IoneI's jury was composed of ]. S.
Wivill. foreman G. A. Solander, L. V.
Eckhsrt, B. F. Kuox, John Shelley and
5 r. Wright, who heard the testimony
Of five witnesses: Annie Kelvin the cook
\, Thompson's restaurant. E. d. Sweeney,
). P. GIealish, Joseph Schneider and
officer Carlson, who corroborated the
story as STATED above, the jurys verdict
Seir that Brooks Trout came to his
death from two shots fired from pistol
in his own band. at Rock Islam on JULY
18th.
Trout was arrested reveral dsys ago
81 Was taken before Justice HAYES and
va released on promise to leave the
atty, but has since hung about the city
Papers are now in the hands of Sweeney
4 Walker for divorce. He was about
10 years Of age and has no relatives near
VI than Denver.