Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-08
NJ MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
A Woman. Giving Her Name as MRS.
Ed. Palmer, Found With a Bullet
Hole in Her Breast Ed and Bet
Phillips Under Arrest

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON, Pa, September r.
Mrs. Ed Palmer" of Pittsburg, was
found dead this morning in her room
at the Duane Hotel here, with a bull
let hole through her heart and revolt
yer by her side.
Two well known young Washing
day night, are in Jail awaiting the
action of the coroner.
The woman came to the hotel about
nine o'clock Wednesday night and
registered as Mrs. Ed. Palmer, Pitts
burg She was accompanied by Bert
and Edeker Phillips, brothers, who are
connected with the Washington Tin
Platemill The three remained to-
gether at the hotel until late hour,
and other guests, it is stated, heard
them quarreling.
The porter of the hotel states that
the two Phillips left the hotel at 70: Is,
but one of them, Bert, returned later
and went into the room. The porter
slept on couch in the hall near the
woman's room, but did not see Phil
lips leave the room after that.
Later in the morning Phillips came
in through the house, having left the
woman's room by means of a window.
He cautioned the porter to be quiet
and he would fix everything up. He
also told the porter not to tell the
police he had been there.
Mrs. Palmer left two letters, one add
dressed to Ed. Phillips and the other
to Miss Martha cambridge, Chillicothe,
o. These were taken charge of by the
district attorney.
Bert and Ed. Phillips came here from
Bridgeport, O., where they are well
known. Their father has charge of the
tin mill here.
Tonight, Ed. Phillips acknowledges
that he has been living with the dead
woman in different places under the
name of Ed. Palmer. By the en-
treaties of his people he had agreed to
give her up. Bert Phillips says that
when a separation was preached last
night she said she would kill herself
if Ed. left her. She carried the reyol-
yer in her satched and she showed it
to them. Ed. has wife and four chill
dren living in Bridgeport, o.
Edeker Phillips, aged 80 years and
Bert Phillips, aged "a years, are ma
tives of Bridgeport, and are mill
wrights, the former having been en-
ployed as a roller at the Aetna-Stand-
ard mill until very recently. Edeker
Phillips departed from the latter city
last week for Pittsburg, his family re-
naming at home, and it is said that he
was accompanied by woman. Bert
Phillips, who has been married for
about two months, is now residing on
the Island. Both are well known in
Bridgeport and it is said have an ex-
cellent reputation. Their father is at
present in charge of tin mill at
Washington, Pa.
The name of Mrs. Edward Palmer
does not appear in the Wheeling di
rectory and the police are therefore
unable to Identify the woman by that
name. However, she may have been a
resident of this city.
The woman claiming to be Mrs. Pal
mer was formerly an inmate of alley
c, in this city, according to the state
ments of the Little Washington police
authorities, but the police of this city
and other parties having a knowledge
of the denizens of that neighborhood
were unable TO fix her identity last
night, they only recalling Carrie Pal
mer, who did not live in the alley at
all, but on Tenth street. This woman
is said to have gone under the name of
Emilia while in this city.