The herald., 1898-01-28

suage OF the murqerer, who told the
story of the killing yesterday in the city
Jail with seemingly as much unconcern
as II he was discussing the weather. He
had already told of their previous rela-
tions, and from that statement and
those of others the foregoing facts were
obtained. AS to his actions after he saw
the woman Sunday, he said:
ARTHUR'S STATEMENT
when 1 saw on Sunday that she was
avoiding me 1 was almost wild, and the
very devil seemed to get into me. did
not show my excitement and soon cooled
down. I then debated in my mind
where was the best place to catch them
together for 1 wanted them both. The
next day l went to Main street pawn
shop and bought revolver. The man
showed me several, but 1 selected a
3S-caliber Smith & Wesson, and had him
load 1t. From that time until today /
have been looking for them. l could
have got her any time, but wanted him
(meaning Kennedy too; 1 would have
got him this morning had not been
drinking so much that my arm trembled.
was drinking all the time. l was not
sober from Sunday until now, and l am
not sober now.
Il did not see either of them until this
morning. About 10 o'clock was at First
and Main streets, and the woman passed
me. She saw me, but did not speak tc
me. and this so enraged me that almost
shot her then. l saw that she did not
have on her working clothes. and l
thought she was going to meet that man
Kennedy. I followed her up First
street to Broadway, and saw her go to
that marmalade store where she used to
work. l knew she would be out again
soon, so l went into the saloon at the
corner of First and Broadway and got
drink. Knowing that my time to act
would soon come, l went to the water
closet to fix my pistol. 1t was difficult
for me to draw it from my hip pocket, so
put it in my right front trousers pocket,
and when went out had my hand on it.
FOLLOWED AND SHOT
II waited for fifteen minutes Just in
side the saloon and when / saw her come
down Broadway L waited until she went
down First street and was almost to
Spring street. Then / followed. She
went down the west side of Spring street
and l went to the other side and walked
down about as fast as she did l thought
she was going to meet that man, d--n
him, and 1 waited to see. Just at Third
street l saw her meet him. They talked
for moment and 1 saw them start
down the street together walked fast
across the street and got behind them
had my revolver in my hand in my
pocket. When they were about half way
to Fourth street they had to go out into
the street because there was some OBJ
struction on the sidewalk. He took hold
of her arm to help her across the gutter.
Then l rushed up, intending to get
ahead of them, but their changing the
direction of their walk prevented this.
thought they would turn on me, so 1
drew my pistol and fired at her. She
fell and the man glanced around to see
what was the matter and let him have
it. l was only about six feet away and
thought 1 got him. 1 wish I had
killed the -. He hollered and
jumped into the street. l shot at him
again and then 1 turned to her and
pointed my pistol almost against her
and fired again. 1 don't know just what
happened then, but somebody grabbed
me and l was taken up the street by the
police and another man who said he
was an officer and from there l was
brought here. Do I regret it? No, not
in the least I studied it all out. only
wish l had got the man, too.'
THE WOMAN TEMPTED HIM
"What will be your defense?" was
asked.
well, l will not say now just what it
Will be. L have q defense and I will
TIC ShA nod tol Il ,,rl,t I i: I. "a
do it. When I first knew her it was not
as my mistress. / liked her and she
liked me. 1 wanted to marry her and
I only wanted to wait until sufficient
time had elapsed since my wfe's death
to make the matter respectable. She first
suggested that 1 live with her. Then
went to the devil My children would
have nothing to do with me because L
lived with her. They said that they
knew what she was and called her
prostitute. 1 took up for her and said
she was not, but 1 guess she was. +
trusted her, but every time my back was
turned she began receiving the atten-
tions of other men and l found it out
She promised to quit, but she never did
I ruined my life for her and | had no
peace of mind. 1 made up my mind
that no woman could put me to the wall
and live to gloat over me, so l killed
her."
HE WAS NERVOUS
Arthur was so nervous when he was
brought to the city Jail that it was diff
ficult to remove the handouts from his
wrists, so much did he tremble. 1t was
not the tremor of fear but resulted from
continual drinking and excitement. He
was on the verge of an attack of delir-
ium tremenS and Dr. Hagan had to give
him sedative. He was locked in one
of the upper tanks until o'clock, when
he was taken to the coroner's inquest,
which was held in Kregelo & Bresee's
undertaking parlors.
AS soon as the tragedy was reported
a minute of the time it occurred, the pa
troll wagon was sent to the scene. The
officers in charge of the wagon found
almost the entire block on Spring street
between Third and Fourth streets
crowded with hundreds of excited peo-
pie. Deputy Constable Ware had been
the first officer to reach the place after
the shooting. He was on a street car
going south on Spring street and saw
the last shot fired. Some.man whom he
did not know grappled with the mur-
derer before he reached him and as soon
as Ware got near enough he seized Ar
thurs pistol and Wrenched it from his