The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-04
A WOMAN'S THROAT CUT
sILAs GowDY, COLORED, ATTEMPT
ED TO KILL HIS WIFE.
Her Chances for Recovery Are Not
Good-Gowdy Was Jealous of
Henry Talbot.

silas Gowdy. colored. living at $50 Rhode
Island street, attempted last night to muir
der his wife and succeeded in inficting
with a razor or knife four ugly wounds
across her face and throat, from. which
she can hardly recover.
The woman was unable to talk when
taken TO the City Hospital. and all that
is known of the cutting is the statement
made to Patrolmen Kitzmiller and Stevens
by Gowdy's four-year-old son, who said
that his father had knocked his wife down
and then struck at her with something.
The officers found the child sitting in a
chair, and a smaller one was on the floor
near pool of blood. Another child was
in bed.
Kitzmiller and Stevens passed the house
about o'clock and saw nothing wrong.
A few moments later a colored woman
came running up to them, saying the
Gowdy woman had her throat cut. They
hurried back and found the woman sit
ting on the steps of 'rer sister-in-law's
house, on the opposite side of the street
from her own home. The City Hospital
surgeons were called and Stevens went
to the Gowdy home. Gowdy could not be
found. and no one in the neighborhood
had seen him go away.
The woman was unable to talk. On the
neck. extending from the right ear down.
ward across the windpipe, was a deep
cash. The windpipe and all but one OF the
arteries were cut. Another cut to the bone
was across the chin, allowing the lower
lip TO drop. Another deep cut was on the
La -
soaked with blood, and when she had been
taken into the hospital 1t was seen there
was but little chance for her to live 1t
was necessary to resort to the use of a
tube for breathing purposes.
Clara Day, young colored woman, told
the police that she passed Gowdy's house
about o'clock. At that time Gowdy had
just returned from work and was quarrel
ing with his wife. Henry Talbot, colored
passed about that time and made some re-
mark to the Day woman about Mrs. Cow
dy, who heard what was said and told him
to go along and mind his own business. at
the same time throwing a stone at him.
Gowdy also heard what was said and after
his wife went into the house Gowdy was
heard to make some references to previous
threats of killing her if she spoke to Tai
bolt again. The Day woman said she left
then and heard no more. Talbot said he
was talking TO Gowdy earlier I'm the even
ing, and at that time Gowdy said he would
fill his wife full of lead IL he again caught
her talking to him (Talbott)
Gowdy was in serious trouble once be-
FORE and il was on account OF the atten-
tons shown his wife by Talbot. On Sept
IA Gowdy saw his wife and Talbot on the
street together. He followed them and as
saulted Talbot with a spade knocking
him down and then beating him over the
head with the spade. Gowdy was arrested
and served short time in the workhouse.
Talbot was sent TO the City Hospital
where he hung between life and death for
several weeks.
All of the detectives were called out and
every patrolman was advised of the mat
ter but Gowdy had not been found at a
late hour. 1t was thought that he had
made his way out of the city.