The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-11
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
MURDER AND SUICIDE IN TALBOT
NEAR EAsTON.
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE.
William Il. whItby Kiiis His wife and
Himself-After Shooting the Woman
Three Times in the Head, He Turns
The Deadly Weapon on Himsclf-The
Coroner's Inquest.

Easton, Md. (SpeciaD This town
was thrown into great excitement
when 1t was learned that William E.
Whitby, had, while under the influ-
ence OF liquor, shot his wife and then
killed himself
The shocking affair occurred at Eas-
ton Point, about half mile from Eas-
ton, where the steamers from Balti-
more land, and is small settlement
of about 100 inhabitants. Whitby had
not long ago moved there. He, with
his wife and four small children, lived
in house little apart from the CEN
tire of the settlement. He was an
oysterman and was frequently under
the influence of liquor. Friday night
he came home drunk and began quar-
reling with his wife and told her he
expected to kill her.
he had frequently made similar
threats to her, but she became fright.
ened and went to a neighbors house,
where she told of his threat to kill
her and said she was afraid to go
home. She was soon to have become
mother, and report goes that he
charged her with infidelity, while it is
reported by one of the children who
witnessed the shooting that he got
angry because she refused to do some
preserving he wanted done. Return
Ing home about noon, he found her
out and went over to the neighbor's s
house and brought her home. She sat
down on the front porch and he began
to abuse her, and, pulling out his pis-
tol, shot her in the back of the head.
The little girl standing near said:
"Oh! don't shoot her." when Whitby
replied, Get out of here, or / will
shoot the brains out of YOU" and the
child ran away. Mrs. Whitby rolled
off the porch after he shot her. and
he picked her up and sat her in the
chair again and shot her twice more,
swearing all the time.
The shots brought a number of per-
sons to the scene, and, seeing that he
was observed, Whitby put the pistol
to his temple and shot himself He
did not die for half an hour, while his
wife did not die for an hour.
Word was telephoned to Easton at
once, and Drs. Trippe and Council
and Coroner Fairbanks went to the
scene, but it was impossible to do any
thing for them.
The bodies were put on bed when
the doctors arrived, and an inspection
Of Mrs Whitby's wounds showed that
the second bullet had crossed the first
and her brains were spattered around
her body and face. The second bullet
passed through her jaw and lodged
in the head. The bullet fired through
Whitby's own temple came out his left
ear.
The coroners jury returned the fol-
lowing verdict: Levina Whitby came
to her death from the effects of bullet
shots from pistol in the hands of her
husband, William e. Whitby, who has
since killed himself. In the case of
Whitby the jury returned a verdict of
suicide.
Whitby was a very quarrelsome man
when drinking, and had abused his
wife for years, but she would never
make a complaint to the authorities.
The bodies will be buried at the eX-
pense of the county, as Whitby was
poor man, and what money he made
was spent in drink.