The morning call., 1893-11-10
WAS. NOT JEALOUS
Captain Hedberg Trusted
His Wife.
AN AFFECTIONATE COUPLE.
The Crime at Fort Sheridan Had
Hidden Motive.
A FRIEND TELLS ANOTHER STORY
A. w. Wilson, Who Was With the
Hedbergs Just Before the Trag-
eey, Discloses Secrets.

The friends of Mrs. Hedberg, widow OF
Captain II .dberg, who was shot by Lieu
tenant Maaey at Fort Sheridan, are in
dgnant tDat Tumor should have gone
abroad thEs the murder was due to Jeal-
ousy. In this city, where Captain He'd
berg was sld Mrs. Hedberg is we'll known,
no credeDCe is given the story about quar-
rel betweea the two officers over an affair
Of honor.
The maa best qualified to express an
opinion on the tragic occurrence and Its
probable NJ otives kept his lips sealed for
the sake Of Mrs. Hedberg and the memory
of her husband. But when reports were
persistently circulated from the army bar
racks in Illinois, where Hedberg fell with
bullet through his breast one confirming
another as it were, that the fatal quarrel
was brought about by Mrs. Hedbergs con-
duet, this man stands up for what he pro-
| foundry believes to be the truth.
| Until few days before the murder OF
| Captain Hedberg he spent nearly month
| ia Chicago and at Fort Sheridan with the
happy couple. About week ago he re-
turned to San Francisco. He is A. w.
| Wilson, the restaurateur. whose friend
| ship for the dead officer began IN Sweden
| many years ago.
II wish TO give the truth of this affair, as
| it was not known BEFORE" said he. Some
of those people interested in the defense OF
Lieutenant Nancy have made up scan
| dalous story out OF whole cloth, just to
make out good case for the defense. The
| idea or jealousy or misconduct on the part
| of Mrs. Hedberg is simply monstrOus
| There was never more affectlonate or
III ore devoted couple. Everything he did
| pleased her and they were never really
happy apart. When | went back to the
| Worlds Fair met them in Chicago. Cap
| tain Hedberg was mem Der Of the Union
League Club in Chicago. He gave me a
visitors card and there | saw him every
day and many times day. In this club
members can take their wives and daugh-
ters into the diDing-room. We had dinner
with Mrs. Hedberg in the club, and on one
occasion after dinner | spoke TO her about
her husband, whose term OF active service
| was drawing 20 close.
Mrs. Hedberg,' l said, your husband
will soon retire OIL pension and he in
tends going home to live in Sweden. GU
won't like that, being an American. What
do you say?'
"'Wherever my husband goes | go,
was all she said.
had to be absent from Fort Sheridan for
four or five days he was with me in Chi
cago while his wife remained at home.
| Morning and evening at meals he used 10
talk about her in the highest terms Of
praise. Jealousy or distrust was never
thought of. On the contrary he told me h e
was exceedingly happy in his married life
and always felt he could not do hall
enough for his wife because she was SO
true aud aIfectionate to him.
II was with them until few days be-
fore the murder. The captain was hot
tempered, but that was his only fault. He
served in the Swedish army with the rank
of lieutenant after graduating at Upsala
University. Then he came to the United
States and fought in the war of the rebel
ion, after which he worked himself up to
the rank of captain. Many time he told
me that because he was not a West Point
man other officers treated him with cold
ness that frequently amounted TO snub.
West Point lieutenants showed their
| disreSpect as far as IL was safe to do so
and took orders from him with bad grace.
1t was feeling of this kind that caused
the quarrel. Lieutenant Nancy drew his
pistol On Captain Hedberg when Hedberg
was unarmed and fired deliberately, kill
ing him outright. Now that is the whole
trouble, but 1t is hushed up by the army
men. and instead dirty story maligning a
good woman Is circulated from the bar
racks.
''Mrs Hedberg will come home to San
] Francisco as soon as she can settle up
business affairs at Fort Sheridan. Then /
suppose she will teach music and singing
to support herself. Her old friends here
and in Berkeley will receive her with open
arms, as / and my wife will, for we who
| know the true circumstances believe she
! has been OutrageOusly wrOnged."