Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-06-04
KILLED A BANKER.
W. II. Irvine shoots Dead charles !


LINCOLN, Neb., May 27.-Charles e.
montgomery, president of the German
national bank, was shot and killed
while at breakfast at the Lincoln hotel
Thursday morning by William II.
Irvine, a real estate broker and a
former partner of the murdered man..
Irvine asserted that his wife and
daughter had been ruined by Mont
gomery. He surrendered to the police.
The dining-room of the hotel was
thronged Mt the time of the tragedy by
people who were in attendance upon
the exercises of the quarter-centennial
celebration of the admission of Nebras-
ka into the union. Mr.. Montgomery
was seated at the first table
to the right of the door facing
the south. Mr.. Irvine entered
the door and was seen to stand
moment glancing around the room, evil
IDENTIFY in search of some one. AS his
eyes rested upon Montgomery he start
&c towards him. AS he did so Mont
gomery started to rise, holding
out his hand, either in token of greet
ing or gesture of protest. Draw
ing a revolver from his hip pocket
Irvine raised it and fred two shots at
his victim, both shots taking eff
feet near the heart. Montgomery stag
gered from the table out of the door
into the corridor, where he evidently
tried to reach one of the circular divans
near the door, but he fell to the floor in
front of it and died without uttering a
word. He was picked up and laid on a
bed in parlor c.
In the meantime Irvine had been Sc
cured. He made no attempt to resist,
but. on the contrary, stated that he
wanted to give himself up. He was
greatly excited and stated that Mont.
gomery had ruined his wife in the Cur.
tbs hotel in Chicago February 6
last, and he produced number
of letters and kilograms which, he.
declared, contained the proofs. He
then completely collapsed. He was inn
mediately taken to the police station.
Gossip had connected the names of
Mrs. Irvine and Mr.. Montgomery for
many years. Mr.. Irvine believed that
Montgomery had ruined his home and
digraced the honor of his name. The
facts in the case will probably be de-
veloped later, when Mr.. Irvine pro-
duces the proofs he claims to have in
his possession.
The shooting created tremendous
sensation, owing to the prominence of
the parties. The room where Mont
gomery's body lay was besieged by
curious men. Few were admitted, how
ever. The body lay stretched on the
hoor the head supported by loosely
rolled blanket. His coat and vest were
off, and his shirt, covered with blood,
was drawn up, exposing to view the
two gaping wounds, about m inch
AMI quarter apart, near the heart.
Undertaken Thomas was called and
dressed the body. DR.. Grim, the cor
oner, was called, and, after viewing the
body, impaneled a jury to hold an in
quest. One of the bullets presumably
struck the wall of the heart and severed
the great blood vessel which supplies
the body on its way TO the spinal col
umn. The other bullet struck
to the left of the other on
a rib and glanced off and around
the body, lodging under the skin,
from where it was taken by DIR. Grim.
c. E. Montgomery, the victim of the
shooting, came to Lincoln from Indiana
in 1885, and the following year made
this city his home. He was about 45
years of age and unmarried. He had
the reputation of being a ladies' man,
and his name had been connected with
several incidents of similar character
He had for some time been acting as
cashier of the German national bank,
of which institution he was pres
ident. He was also director of
the Industrial savings bank,
stocltholder in the Columbian national
bank, and in the La Porte TEX syndi-
cate, of which he was also treasurer.
He also owned the Montgomery block,
the Palace livery barn and several
other parcels of realty. His wealth
was estimated at 100000. Mr.. Mont
yomery returned Wednesday morning
from La Porte, where he had been on
a business trip. He is a stockholder in
the Lincoln Hotel Company, and made
that hostelry his home. He was mar
ried in Indiana some fifteen years ago,
but his wife lived but few months.
w. IL. Irvine, who welded the re-
1olver with such deadly effect, is about
80, slender, and well appearing. He
was formerly resident of Lincoln and
lved at 1890 & street. He came to Lin.
,oln previous to the 1887 boom, and
with N. G. Abbott was engaged in the
'eal estate business Two years agohe
to Salt Lake City and
again engaged in the real estate
Last fall he was
elected member of the ter
'itorial legislature on the liberal ticket
During the period of Iryine's resi-
ience in Lincoln Mrs. Irvine, who is
aid to be handsome woman and fond
If admiration, was often seen in Mont
company, and she received
iim at her home. Their names were
connected by public
'umor. Irvine has been married
or nearly twelve years, and his
laughter, whom he claimed Mont
'omery had ruined, presumably mean
ng her reputation, is but 10 wears of