The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-17
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A. Ireland, sworn: was IN Abbott's
barber shop when heard q shot nearly !.
overhead aud asked r. f. Ishmel. the
oaroer, what that was. He did not
KNOW. We waited q few minutes and
then heard pulling around. Ishmel
remarked, HE has shot her," and soon
We heard scream. l heard first the |
pistol shot, then the dragging and in |
about four or tive minutes tho scream.
That is all know about it.
Mrs. Henry g. McCready, sworn: We
went to our room about $50 that eve. |
n'nR; nobody with us; went alone; he
came soon after. He had sent for some
music; We had It, but he said he did not
want to hear it; that he did not feel
we'll. | said would 60 down stairs
sgain aud he had better lie down on the
bed; he recruited some. and said don't
go. lie then go, up, Went into the
other room, got the revolver and shot
himself. He was about or ) feet from
me; then ran down the back stairs and
gave the alarm and ran up again. Frank
! Fox WAS the first | remember TO have
seen. One time before he told me il he
ever felt that bad again he would shoot
| himself. | said. "Oh, Henry, don't
think OF such thing as that A little
while before this happened, he. mother
and were up IN our rooms aud he look
cd awful. SAID, 20. Henry don't look
like that Then he took mother by the
arm and We all went down TO the rooms
below aud talked with the others awhile
before he and returned to our rooms.
My mother went back up - the room
with me after the shooting. When he
and went up alone, made
the bed and did some other
things He would not lie down
don't remember how he held the re-
yolyer. He stood facing the room door
on the north. lie got the revolver from
the closet: did not know ii was there.
He faced the north door and shot him.
self. He did not tell me he was going
to shoot himself. only three or four days
before when he told NE that if he ever
abused me again he would shoot HIM
self. That was the time | told him not
TO think OF such thing. He just said
"there." when he shot himself, and fell
| went and raised his head and saw that
he was dead and in minute or tive
went down stairs. | had seen this re-
yolyer before and knew IT, lie was
about his usual work that day. | looked
for the revolver some time before bu'
: could not find it, We had no quarre
that day. He had often had sick spells
ut the stomach.
RE. Ishmel, sworn: Was working II
barber shop underneath and heard
sound like gun and heavy fall. ASKED
one OF three men in shop to look int'
! rear room and see what was matter. IL
! saw nothing and came back
Then in about two or thre
u minutes heard a scream, re
marked, Il guess he has struck her'
; Then heard dragging noise. She CREE
only q few minutes when someooo
; hrouvht her down the front way "n'
they went into the restaurant. KneN
u McCready: not her. There was three Q
i four minutes between the shot "n
q heavy tall, and the scream. Never hear
9 any auarreling up there. Have bee
Q there about three weeks. Was shawn
IS Mr Ireland at the time. Between tn
y shot aud CRY l heard something dr"i
l. o;no. l don't know anything a0ou
. their quarreling
e w. G. Abbott, sworn: Boarded
g restaurant; knew Henry McCready an
/ wife: was in the restaurant that evening
saw nothing in conduct OF either; ca
y hear people go up and down tho sta''
% 70 the rooms in question; don't know
any rows up there. Saw Katie M
% Oready that night, in the restauran
q. aha beckonei to Fred Webster, "a
, musician, to come back into the re'
D. room OF the restaurant; she went ose
70 and he followed; hs at down st the II
70 .trument but did not play while VI
q there. Mr.. F,ls,nssr picked ups pap
d and SAT down, apparently to read; COZ
"a laft. I have seen them together
ID other timss. Peter Hampe and pe'
% Lysseer and Henry Voigt were tnel
* Naver saw any signs Of ind'scretness
st .no mart Of Mrs. McCready and tn
t-' musician.