The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-04
SHOT HIS WIFE TWICE.
THOMAS HARRISON'S JEALOUS
DEED YESTERDAY.
Then S1ashed His Own Throat
With a Razor-Both Still
Alive.

Thomas Harrison, who lives on the
monte Vista tract, near the county
Hospital. early yesterday morning shot
his wife twice and then cut his throat
with a razor, severing the windpipe.
His wife is in very precarious cond-
ton, but he may recover.
Harrison has been insanely jealous
of his wife for some time, and last
summer she commenced suit for di-
vorce from him, but dismissed it shortly
after at his solicitation and on his
promise to behave better toward her.
Among the sources of trouble were his
objections to her going to church. she
bsing religiously inclined. He said that
too many men saw her and he dld not
like it. For a month or so after the
suit was dismissed he allowed her to go
church, but soon began to oppose It.
The neighbors all say that Harrison
had no ground for the belief that ne
expressed in his wife's infidelity to MN
and that she was a most exemplary Wo-
man.
Harrison evidently intended to XIII
both his wife and his two children, 1or
he had nailed up all the windows ana
locked all the doors, taking the keys
out of all except one, and to the latter
circumstance Mrs. Harrison owes her
life, if she lives, for 1t was by that
door she escaped him. He came TO
the bedside yesterday morning and ac-
cused her of infidelity to him. she
denied it and sat up to talk to him.
After a few words he attacked her with
the butt of a revolver, cutting her mead
badly. He dragged her from the bed
and threw her on the floor, where she
struggled with him and screamed to the
children that their father was killing
her and that they must escape.
He shot her in the arm near the elbow
and also through the lungs, and after
the last shot she staggered to her teet
and made her escape through the front
door, in which the key had been left.
She was seen by one Of the neigh
bors named G. II. Stubs and helped
over to the house Of Joseph Burns,
where she was put to bed, and told her
story.
Stubs and Burns aroused August
Rost, another neighbor, who armed
himself with a gun, and they proceeded
10 look for Harrison. They found the
children's bed on fire and eXtinguished
it, Then they hunted around, follow
ing the trails of blood that were every
where. and finally found Harrison lying
on his back in an clubhouse.
The trail of blood showed that, after
finding the children had escaped, he
cut his throat while sitting on his bed,
and threw down the razor. He had
gone through the house and yard, evil
IDENTIFY looking for his wife, and had
gone up the ladder to the hay NOW,
as if he thought she had gone there,
for there were bloody marks on the lad
der and a pool Of blood at the edge OF
the NOW. Then he had gone to the out
house and laid down to die.
He and his wife were both taken 10
the County Hospital where their
wounds were dressed by DR.. White, the
Superintendent. They We're resting as
easily as possible last night.
Harrison some time ago employed
detective to watch his wife and secure
evidence Of her unfaithfulness, and the
detective told him after Investigation
that he had no reason to doubt her, but
Harrison would not change his belief
After he was taken to the hospital ne
wanted General A. L. Hart telephoned
and when told that General Hart had
moved to San Francisco, said he would
like to get some other good criminal
LAWYER. It was evident that he real
lied the position in which he had
placed himself and intended to make
of