The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-13

made no attempt whatever TO leave the
premises. III was shortly after mid
night when Medical Examiner Perkins
telephoned TO Town Sergeant BlgDee or
Cranston, and acquainted him with the
facts of the case. Chief Bigbee at once
hitched up his horse and. taking ON
Ger Trainor with him, stared tor the
Palmer residence. When near the
house they met officer Reynolds, and
he accompanied them.
Chief BlgDee at once commenced an
investigation, but was not able TO learn
much from the servants in the house.
Mary Farrell, the cook, who was down
stairs when the tragedy occurred, stat
ed that she had heard what she termed
two or three 'thuds, one after another,
ana then she heard "A woman scream.
She ran upstairs and found Mrs. Palm
er partially lying on the floor and she
thought she was dead. a revolver was
lying on the bed and Mr.. Palmer had
gone 10 the telephone and was calling
a doctor. She and the other servants
all stated that they had heard no trou-
bic through the day between Mr.. and
Mrs. Palmer, and everything appeared
to be harmonious.
Chief Bigbee was unable TO find any
thing further at the house, and after
having some talk with Palmer h.
remove him from the premises, az the
man appeared 10 be laboring under too
much excitement. The chief left Off
GERS Trainor and Reynolds To guard
him during the remainder OF the night
with instructions 10 watch him closely
Palmer however, made no attempt at
violence. but passed the balance OF the
night in walking up and down the
room, occasionally bursting into tears
and regretting the fact that he had nor
killed himself instead of killing his
wife.
At about O'Clock this morning,
Palmer was taken from his home 10
the Eighth district court room. at the
town house in knightsyille. and there
he was seen by the News man. Palmer
presented a pitiable appearance, and as
he shook the reporter by the hand his
entire frame trembled with convulsive
excitement His eyes wandered wildly
around the room and he appeared TO Be
almost mentally unbalanced. After
few minutes he took "A seat and i'm an
swer to the question of what he had TO
say Of the affair he replied Nothing,
nothing at all. ] have no more recol-
lection Of the affair than you have. My
mind is perfect blank"
BY degrees Palmer became calne-.
and finally told the following sttgJ,
stopping from time TO time TO clasp his
hands TO his head and moan piteously
I'VE had company at the house yester-
day afternoon and everything was very
pleasant. Fred Talbot and his wife,
who is my cousin, and Miss Grace Sal
isbury, also another cousin, and her
tiance, William j. Tully. were the
guests. We men folks went up into thu
billiard room and we drank quite a lot
of beer. About o'clock | went down
into the cellar TO look after the steam
heater, and ii was there | drank some
Mount Vernon whiskey. When j came
UP again / drank more beer. and it
came pretty swiftly.
This mixture, | believe. must have
made me crazy. and you can say that
Mount Vernon is at the bottom of the
affair. There was not even a little spat
between my wife and myself. / have
not the slightest excuse for their was
no provocation. / just became crayv for
a while and don't remember anything
about what | did. until | saw my WIFI,
lying on the floor. | have had the grip
for about six weeks and have been TAX
!Dg iron. hut have not touched airy
hard liquor"
II do not know what time our friends
went away, but | have since been told
that they left about $3.50 o'clock, or
little after that. The pistol | used H.
one Of a pair that / purchased when W,
were stopping at Warwick Neck i
bought the weapons as the locality wa
lonesome, and there had been some
talk OF burglars. / have never, how
ever. had any occasion 10 use then.
and they were kept In a bureau drawer
They are 32-calibre, hammerless, rapi.
fire revolvers. That is all | know, Oh.
but why didn't ] kill myself instead OF
killing her, she had donts~o harm anc
why did ! kill her?
a. 4 4
room excitedly, and then grasping the
reporter by the shoulder he burst int"
tears and said you should have seen
her poor little dog looking FOR her this
morning, IL was awful, awful; OH why
did | do IT," While he spoke Palmer'a 3
eyes rolled very much as do those Of
an insane man. and ~ looked as " he
was not far from losing his reason.
chief Bigbee stated that the revolver
found lying on the bed had the five
chambers empty. but the other one
found I'm a bureau drawer was fully
loaded. The chief said that he really
believe that Palmer had no recollec-
ton whatever Of what he had done, and
he was isposed 90 think that Palmer
was not responsible.
shortly after 10 o'clock Amos ID.
Palmer was arraigned before Assistant
Judge Palmer i'm the Eighth district
court and was charged with having
murdered his wife. Addie y. Palmer.
The accused. who was represented by
William ". Tilllnghast. ESD, OF Prov
~ rce waive examination. was ad-
iu rcd probably guilty. and was hel
q. the neyt grand Jury. without bail.
Tn proceedings in court only occupied
a few minutes. aud In n short time Pal
mer was taken to Cranston by Chief
Blgbee and was consigned 20 the care
OF Warden Wall