The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-25

4 SINUS, VINO was lying upon the kttcher
floor. An examination was made of hi.
wounds and they were pronounced
as fatal and nothing whatever could bt
done for him except placing him in ar
easier position for breathing, which was
done. A bullet wound, the first one
probably that had been fired at him.
self, was found upon his right side al.
most through the abdomen. The second
bullet evidently was fired at his head
for gaping hole was discovered just
above his right ear. Medical attention
was unavailing. and he was permitted
to rest upon the floor until removed ir
| Shilling's ambulance to the police sta
| tion, where he died at 1855 o'clock Tues
day evening. The remains were ther
turned over to Shilling, the undertaken
and removed to his morgue, where they
will be prepared for burial.
Fernando Loutzenheiser. one of the
| boys who witnessed the shooting OF
Jerry made the following statement ia
a News Democrat reporter shortly after
| the occurrence:
MY brother Byron and I ran over
just as the man done the shooting. ]
guess we ran too close to him and he
probably thought that we were going
to catch hold of him and he turned the
revolver on us. / thought he would
shoot, but we got safely away. Jerry
was holding his wife, who was lying or
kneeling on the porch. l didn't hear
him say anything to the woman about
the shooting but he murmered, o, God,
just as though he felt he was sorry
he had done it. / did not see him point
a revolver at the policemen who We're
coming up"
Mrs ]. w. Saint, residing just across
the street, witnessed a portion of the
affair. She said:
II was standing near by when Jerry
came around the corner unwarningly.
He walked up to his wife and dragged
her off the porch. Then he pulled out
the revolver and shot her. We women
hurried away, as we were afraid he
might turn the gun on us. heard three
shots fired, and two of them l know
were fired by the man at himself while
the first one struck his wife. 1t was
a terrible scene. 1 did not hear just
what conversation occurred, but some-
thing was said between them. / think
he asked where his child was, and the
women refused to tell him. think Mrs.
Shifts was seated in chair on the
porch writing a letter."
A boy who also witnessed the shoot
ing, said that Jerry was holding his wife
in his arms and pulled out the revolver
he first pointing 1t at himself, then at
the woman, and again at himself and
again at the woman, as though undecid-
ed whose life to take first. He finally
fired the first shot at his wife.
Charles Dickey, barber in East
Tuscarawas street, who Is close rela-
ton to Jerry, said that the man called
at his place Tuesday morning, and that
he acted peculiarly. He met Jerry up
street and asked him IL he was going to
call on him, when Jerry remarked that
he would go down to the house. Jerry
finally called at the house several times
during the morning and about noon
when he called the last time he asked.
the little boy to accompany him on a
walk. 1t appears they turned down
Cherry street, but soon returned. When
Jerry walked away from Dickey's home
1t was noticed that he walked with his
arms folded back Of him and he looked
down upon the pavement as he started
up the street. This manner of con-
Quoting himself had never been known