The herald., 1898-12-31

enter the office, but was content to wal
until the man came out. King did not appear
and she went back to Mrs Straube's about
l:3O in the afternoon, where she took a small
cup OF tea, and later went away. She evi
IDENTIFY returned once more to the city hal
to wait, for she was observed again by many
people connected with theI building
Benny, the 13-year-old son of Mrs. Straube
had gone to the office of King after the
money, but had been told to return for il
about o'clock. Benny went to the build
ing about that time and saw the Kerr wo.
man. She asked him to go to the city en-
gneer's office and inquire for King. The
man was not IN, and when Benny asked fol
the money he was told that it had been
sent to his mother earlier in the afternoon
Such had been the case, for friend of Kings
had called at his former boarding place and
given Mrs. Straube $40, saying that King
would give her the balance the next day
The friend spoke about arranging a meet
ing between King and the Kerr woman. to
whom he referred as "Mrs. Kane" but Mrs.
Straube said that she would not be willing
for such meeting to be held at her house.
She knew how desperate and miserable the
woman was and feared that disturba nee
of some sort would result if King called.
THE FATAL SHOT
In the meanwhile the woman had been
keeping watch in the city hall building,
pacing the corridors, but nearly always re.
naming at the foot of the main stairway
or closN to the door of the engineers office,
| which is on the second floor. Shortly after
8 o'clock she wandered away, for about that
time King entered the building from attend
ing meeting of the Elks society and went
to his office to complete some work. Some
time after 8 o'clock Hickman, the colored
janitor of the building, was asked by the
| woman if any one was in the city engineers
office. He repliet that there was. She said
tnothing, but waited, and a few minutes later
the woman repeated her inquiry. Hickman
said he would 60 to the office and see. She
replied that she did not ysish to put him
to that trouble. He walked into the office
again, though in search for some keys, and
when he came out he noticed that the wo.
man had walked down the corridor on the
opposite side of the building. He thought
nothing more OF the matter, and went about
his work.
1t lacked few minutes to o'clock when
King left his office and started down stairs
There were no eyewitness of the shooting
but the woman had walked to the landins
and stood leaning against post, waiting fo,
King to approach Some words NAV have
passed between them, but they were moi
| heard by any other people in the building
The woman stepped close to King, who is ,
very tall man, and, pointing a revolver al
his stomach, fired one shot. 1t entered abou
two inches below the navel and penetrate,
the smaller intestines.
Hickman, Special Officer w. Wells and 7
! Norton heard the shot and the two frs
rushed to the landing and there perceive,
the woman with her left arm around Kino
while in the other she held the smokin
revolver. King was slowly sinking to tn
boor. When the men rushed to her sid
the woman, according to the statement Of
Hickman, tried to hide the weapon under
her cloak.
One of the men; caught hold of her and
took the revolver away. ''Oh, letme have
It: Let me have it," she cried, Historically
Il wanted to kill myself; wish it had been
me first. If he had not treated me so mean
it would not have happened"
Wells gave the woman into the custody OF
some clerks in the street superintendent
office while he went to the aid of the wound
ed man. The police were notified and King
was removed to the receiving hospital, while
| the woman was taken to the station and
piyen into the care of Matron Gray.
A DESPERATE WOUND
After DR.. Hagan had examined the wound
he told King that he would, in all probabil
ity die from the injury. The young man
made an ante-mortem statement, but at his
request its contents were not dvulged. An
attempt was made by the officers to inter
view the woman, but she was in such ter
rible state of Mysteries that nothing could
be learned from her. She moaned and cried