Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-01
IT MAY BE MURDER
Mrs. William Glass Death and
the Circur stances.
CORONER ORDERS An INQUEST

Post-mortem to He Followed b. . Rigid
Inqoisition Into the the Cause = Charges
Against the Husband Who IL Under Ar
rsst-Facts Related by Relatives.
Up stairs over 226 Seventeenth
street lies the dead body of Mrs.
William Glass. who expired in con-
vulsions at 3 O'Clock this morning.
This afternoon at O'Clock under the
direction of Deputy Coroner L. V.
Eckhart a .post-mortem examination
viii be made by Drs. G L. Eyster and
c. c. Carter on the remains to ascer-
tain if death was at .ributa BILE to such
causes as are more than limited at by
surviving relatives of the dead
woman.
Mrs. Glass was taken suddenly ill
last Wednesday night with bysteric
seizures such as she had been sub
Ject to before, aud DR.. G. l. Eys-
ter was called in to prescribe for her.
He administered hyperdermic injec-
tions, which quieted her, but was told
at the time that Mrs. Glass had been
beaten severely by her husband.
Under the influence of the opiate the
patient recovered. but was soon after
seized with violent pains accompan-
led by distressing commissions. which
continued until yesterday, when DIR.
Eyster was again summoned. He
found her then in dying condition
and she continued to sink until the
hour of her death. Having learned
what he did of the treatment of the
deceased at the hands OF her husband,
DR.. Eyster declined to give death
certificate, and Officer Kramer, who
had also learned of the stories of the
woman's abuse, notified Coroner
Halves of the circumstances. That
official i'm mediately delegated Dep
| uty Coroner l.. V. Eckhart to hold an
inquest, and he summ9ned a jury
composed Of Henry Van Houten,
foreman; j. w. Day, Frank Wivill,
II. P. Hull, David Robinson and H.
c. Harris.
Body IL Badly Bruised.
The Jury in charge of the deputy
the body. and about the hips and alb
domen it gave evidence OF bruises.
being black and blue in several
places where it is alleged the woman
was kicked. The inquest was ac-
cordingly continued until tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. when the re-
port of the post.mortem will be
made by Drs. G. l.. Eyster and c. G..
Carter. Upon the result of this and
the examination which is TO follow
will be determined the cause of the
woman's death.
! Mrs. Glass was SO years of age and
the daughter of Mrs. Elvira f.
Burtis, who makes her home with
her daughter. Mrs. Isaac Parry. 1t
was az the latter's home. too, that
Mrs. Glass death occurred. De.
ceased married MIR. Glass a few
months ago, running away with him.
She was the divorced wife of j. W.
Britton, by whom she had one daugh-
ter, Zoe Alice, who survives her.
Her maiden name was Celia Burtis.
She leaves with her mother
two sisters, Mrs. Isaac Parry and
Ms Jennie Colonv..an two brothers
| ISui w. anu Oduiu cl w ~ DuHdlO.
Glass Is Under Arrest.
This afternoon Isaac Parry swore
out n warrant before Justice Halves
charging Glass with the murder OF
his wife and he was arrested by
Officer Phil Miller and locked up.
Glass is an ex-member of the police
force and previous to DOMINIC blue
| hn
W fe secured divorce on the ground
of cruelty and desertion and she has
since married again.
Glass is known to be OF an ugly
disposition and having an ungovern.
able temper.