Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-19
MODERN OTHELLO.
Possessed by jealousy Tries to
Murder His Wife.
DOES IT IN THE MODERN STYLE

With . Revolver Instead of u Pillow, and
Adds Another Modern Feature by Trying
to Kill Himself-Deed Done Because the
Wife Stayed Out Too Late at Picnic
Woman Gets Bullets in Her Shoulder
and Hip, Man In His Forehead.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-Because his wife at
tended picnic and did not return until a
late hour Othello Collins, colorcd man
living in Englewood, attempted to muir
der her by shooting her twice. Thinking
that the wounds were fatal Collins turned
the weapon upon himself and fired one
bullet into his forehead. Both husband
and wife are now in the Englcwood Union
hospital and it is thought will recover
The shooting took place yesterday morn
ing in the little frame cottage at 6O09 Ada
street, owned and occupied by the Collins
| couple. Collins is light complexioned
colored man only 81 years of age. He is 4,
| chemist by profession, but finding that
occupation dull went to work for Robert
ID. Hunt, room 1852 RoOkery building, as
| janitor. COllins's work kept him from
home until late, he usually arriving about
| O'clock
Demon of Jealousy Possesses Him.
He returned at that hour yesterday
morning and was surprised to find that
his wife Alice was not at home. She had
told him early in the morning before he
left home of her intention to attend the
Mckinley picnic at Sixty-third street and
Ashland avenue with some colored &C
quaintances. This, however, would be
/ Ill II.
home in plenty of time to have his early
| morning lunch ready for him. When Col
Inns returned home his late supper was
! not on the table, neither was Alice, his
| wife, home to greet him. He sat down
and waited for her. An hour passed away,
and she did not appear. The longer he
waited the less tranquil the state of his
| mind became, until Collins became con-
| WINGED that his wife was unfaithful to
him. Jealous thoughts filled his mind
| until he determined he would kill his wife
when she appeared and then kill himself.
| Paid No Heed to Her Protests.
| He secured his revolver, and when he
! heard his wife's steps at the outside of the
| door and heard her open it Collins at once
| upbraided her for being out late, and with
being unfaithful to her marriage vows in
seeking the company with other men.
Mrs. Collins excuses of being with friends
were of no avail, and when she protested
against his charges he paid no heed, but
aiming the revolver at her fired three
shots in quick succession. Two of the
shots took effect, one striking her under
the right shoulder, while the second one
penetrated her left hip, the third blowing
its way into the woodwork of the room.
Found Both Stretched on the Floor.
| Mrs Collins fell to the floor with the
blood squirting from two gaping wounds.
| Collins then turned the revolver on him
self and fired one bullet into his right
temple. When the neighbors startled by
the shots, rushed in followed by police
man, they found the wife stretched out on
the floor, while not six feet away was the
husband, while the carpet was splattered
with blood. A physician was called, who
helped to quench the flow of blood, and
then both husband and wife were carried
to the Englcwood Union hospital.
| Wounds Not Necessarily Fatal.
| There the house surgeon said that while
both We're badly hurt the wounds would
not necessarily prove fatal. Mrs Collins the
worst wounded of the two, is only 20 years
| of age, and has been married to the man
who shot her a little over year.
! They had lived peaceably together until
the shooting, never having been known to
quarrel before.