The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-28
Shoots His Wife Twice and
Kills Himself.
FAMILY TROUBLES THE CAUSE
The Story as Told by One of the Sons
Inquest Commenced and
Continued Till Today.

AT 8 O'Clock yesterday morning dou-
bic tragedy occurred at the Feakes resi-
dence in Upper Astoria. The neighbors
were startled by three pistol shots in
quick succession and in a few moments
the Feakes children ran out of the house
in frightened manner and sought shell
ter of those near by. Investigation soon
revealed a sad sight, Lying at full length
upon the floor OF the bedroom was the
body Of Feakes, then lifeless, while upon
the bed was his wife with two bullets
in her chest. The oldest child at home,
George seventeen years old, tells the
story as follows, and testified to the
same, substantially at tho coroner's in
quest last evening"
my name is George and I was II
years old the 14th of last June. When
| heard the first shot this morning It
was just 8 o'clock and Twas still in bed.
l jumped up and ran out of the win
dow from my room onto the porch and
then over the roof of the kitchen and
jumped into the yard. After l got into
the yard l went back and asked my
brother, who had gone to the window
and looked in, II father was dead, and
he said yes. 1 went into the house and
asked mother where she was shot, and
she said in the side and breast, and she
told me to go for a doctor and l went
and got DIR. Fulton and came back with
him. 1 heard her scream after the first
pistol shot and when came in SHE told
me she was shot and father was lying
on the floor dead. Yesterday my father
slapped one of my sisters and told
mother when she came home. She told
him to let the girls alone, and he, said
ha not cba tha mn
to take care OF them, and she said: Well,
you and your proof can go down to the
court house tomorrow This happened
in the evening. They also had a little
difficulty over dog Of mothers which
he claimed killed his chickens. Since
mother came back from San Francisco
where my little sister was killed by the
street cars, she has run the business
handled the money, etc. Before that ne
managed it. He did not like this. She
got about $3.50 from the street car COM
pany, and because she handled all of the
business was probably the cause of most
of the trouble.
Father seemed to be all right yester-
day He got up early this morning and
made a cup of coffee, and took a cup in
to mother. After he took the cup back
to the Kitchen he came into the bed
room again and said: Say your prayers,
you are dead woman The baby then
cra'wled over in TIE way and she said.
don't shoot, Fred and threw up her
hands, knocking the pistol which was
aimed' at her head so that the bullet
went into her side. The second shot was
fired into her breast
II do not think the trouble about the
O'Hara note for which no was locked up
in Jail had anything to do with this mat
ter We found a big butcher knife and
dagger laying on the table this morning
| did not know that he had a pistol
Saw ole of the knives some time ago
when he shlarpened 1t up. Do not think
he Thought about committing the deed
last night until after mother came home,
but he must have had 1t in his mind for
some time. Think the knife and pistol
were hid outside somewhere. I heard him
go out last night after we went to bed.
The pistol was a 80 American bull dog"
AT the coroner's inquest DR.. Bartell,
who is associated with DR.. Fulton in the
case, testified as to the finding of the
body Of Feakes on the floor, lying near
a burelu which ne must have struck
with his head in falling, with wound
in the head from pistol shot which
that the wife was found in bed In her
night clothes. She had been shot twice,
one bullet entering the right side ranging
backward and downward. the other hav-
ing entered the right breast. also ranging
downward, in line with the first one.
He said q pistol was shown them which
they were told was picked up up near the
body Of the dead man and which was
then in bed with her. 1t was a flve-cham-
Der revolver and three of the chambers
were empty. She said Mr.. Feakes had
done the shooting. Mrs. McBwan and
the children Of the family were the only
ones in the house. The doctor thought
Mrs. Feakes was not yet in condition to
testify before the jury.
The jury also examined George Feakes,
who told substantially the story ne gave
to the Astorlan. The inquest will be con-
tinued this morning.
The deceased man was member of
Seaside lodge OF Workmen, in which ne