The Portland daily press., 1897-05-31
JEALOUS MILDRED BREWSTER
Shot Her Supposed Rival With 4
Pistol.
She Left Note, Showing the Deed Was
Planned-The Victim Is Dead and She
Cannot Live.

Planned-The Victim Is Dead and She
Cannot Live.
Montpelier, VT, May 29.-As result
of one woman's Jealousy of another. this
town was today the scene of murder
and suicide Late this afternoon, after
eight hours of Inconsistencies, Miss
Annie Wheeler succumbed to the terri
BILE wound inflicted by her jealous rival,
Miss Brewster. At the same time the lat
| ter was rapidly sinking from the effects
of the bullet in her own head and her
death is hourly anticipated. That the
| affair was particularly cold-blooded and
thoroughly premeditated, has been proven
upon investigation. Wrought up by the
continued attentions of John Wheeler to
his namesake, although no relative, MISS
Annie Wheeler, it is now known that MIL
dred Brewster deliberately planned the
killing of her rival, by purchasing re-
volyer in Barre, and in the coolest man
ner, practiced with the weapon for day,
and even an hour or two before she COM
mitted the deed.
Last night she packed her trunk as II
destination, replied that she did not
know: She arose about 5 o'clock this
morning and going some distance outside
the city, spent some time in practlc1ng
with the revolver. She returned home
about half past six.
In Miss Brewster's room was found a
long letter, which seems somewhat in
lows:
Don't blame lovesick girls for they
were made thus loving A handsome
girl is something, one real good, willing,
| self-sacrificing, more, but one who loves
almost to distraction most. Take those
lukewarm, Indifferent loveless beauties,
you would become martial martyr. She
is the premium wife whose feryid, glow
ing whole-souled devoted love knows no
limit; who is spellbound, magnetlzed,
entranced, beside herself, when beside her
lover, .whoses love, torrent like, sweeps
all before it, making all possible allow
ances for inperfections in the loved one
and magnifying to the highest degree all
his desirable and loving traits of charac-
ter.
''MILDRED BREWSTER.
Mildred Brewster is the daughter OF
wealthy farmer living in Huntington,
vt. Her victim came from the same
town.
Both young women, who We're we'll
known and popular, We're, 1T is said, IN
love with John Wheeler of this place. Al
| though this young man bears the same
name as the victim of Miss Brewster
| JSthlouSy, UucI6 10 liz lClholOiA DCunSoli
! them.
For long long time Wheeler has been
paying attention to the young woman
| who bears the same name and 1T is I'M
derstood they were engaged to be married.
| Matters came to climax yesterday
when Miss Brewster learned that Wheeler
was to take his betrothed to Barre to
attend the Memorial day exercises today.
| Early this morning the Brewster girl
| went to Miss Wheeler's boarding place,
and on going to the latter's room stated
| emphatically that Miss Wheeler must
give up her lover. She said she had a
| prior claim to his affections and warned
| Miss Wheeler that if she did not give him
up she would kill him.
| Miss Wheeler paid no attention to the
! statements or threat of her caller, and
completed her preparations for meeting
| her betrothed at his boarding house, &C.
| cording to a previous agreement.
| Miss Brewster waited until Miss Wheel
er started and they were seen walking
together, afterward. No one heard the
conversation, but on the surface there
seemed to be no quarrel between them.
| However. as they were passing along a
| by-path which leads to the boarding
| house whence Miss Wheeler was going,
when shielded from view by a rocky
ledge which skirts the path, Miss Brew
ster suddenly drew a revolver and fired
| SuOU dlIuOSU DOlIlU DltI1h lllUO Ullc o1tG
of Miss Wheeler's head AS her victim
fell the Brewster girl pointed the revolver
at the right side of her own head and
discharged it,
The sound of the shots was heard by
the Wheeler family, and John Wheeler
and others hurried along the path to find
out what had happened. They came upon
the two girls at a bend in the path, and
| found them both unconscious, with blood
pouring from their wounds. They were
taken to the Heaten hospital as soon as
aid could be summoned, and at noontime
both were still alive, though no hope was
given for the recovery of either.
Wheeler. the man in the case, was
day that although he knew something of
Miss Brewster's feeling, he had persis-
tently refused to give it the least atten-
| ton, as he was in love with Miss Wheeler,
and was engaged to marry her, and he
claims that on one occasion he even told
Miss Brewster of the relations existing
| between him and the Wheeler girl. He
also said that he had heard Miss Brew
ster had threatened to kill both Miss
| Wheeler and himself, but had never tax
en- the threat seriously.
The families of both girls are greatly
agitated over the affair. They are among
the most prominent residents of this sec
| ton.
Both girls were about IS years of age.
Wheeler is about 81. He is a member OF
the Young Mems Christian Association
and the Capital Guards.
Murderess Will Recover.
Montpelier, VT, May 30.-It now seems
possible that Mildred Brewster, yester-
days homicide and would be suicide,
may recover, though she has a 32-calibre
bullet in her brain which physicians have
failed to find. Mrs. Brewster, however,
during the last 10 hours, has grown
stronger and regained consciousness this
forenoon. Being asked by DIR. Chandler
if she remembered what she did yesterday
she replied, Eyes" and inquired if Annie
Wheeler was alive. When told that she
was not, she closed her eyes, but said moth
ing. The doctor asked her if she still
wanted to die, and she said she did. Wes-
| ley Brewster, her father, is much dis
tressed over the affair and hopes his
daughter will die. He stated today that
he believed his daughter was insane.
WESTBROOK.
| An alarm of fire was rung in SATURDAY.