The sun., 1900-01-11
SHOT HIS LANDLADY
and KILLED HIMSELF
Horrible Tragedy Resulting in
the Suicide Of Charles
w. Pickel.
HIS VICTIM CANNOT LIVE
wouId.be.Siurderer Made Improper
Proposals to Mrs. l.. a.
Graham which Were Re-
iected and the Terrible
Crime Followed.

The love that Charles Pickel bore for
Mrs. Lizzie A. Graham, with whom he
boarded, eliminated in horrible tragedy
Yesterday Refusal Of the woman to ac-
cede to improper proposals made oy
Pickel resulted IN the loxe.craztd man
murder0usly assaulting Mrs. Graham
with q revolver, after which the would
be lover killed himself with the same re-
volver.
Tie affair occurred about $50 o'clock
and Captain Black and his assistants |
were on the scene fifteen minutes alter. |
On their arrival at the i!ouse, which ls
No lO4 East Thirteenth street, tine police
found Mrs. Graham with three bullets
IN her body and pickel lying on the floor
with his head npan the stove hearth and
his lie blood flowing into the ash pan OF
the stove. The fatal wound was in the
head He had evidently killed himself
as soon as lie nad shot Mrs. Graham.
Lille was extinct when he was found and
his body was turned ov.r 10 Coroner
Eandever and was taken 10 the mofgue.
Dying Woman's Statement.
Although the wounded woman is at
deaths door she did not Loose conscious
ness until aft che Lad given tie alarm
/ aaI her ansi-mortem statement was
tasen. Her ing deposition was taken
~ Magistrate Sasse aud is as follows:
II was engaged in taxing up he as'ie 9
Of the sitting room stove wben he asEt q
me some questions ana when ansaered
no, he asked ne ii meant that as an
answer to his propositions replied IN
the affirmative and then he said, Then
take that
lie was sitting on the couch and lac
fred the revolver. The first shot took
effect III my lace. ! then threw up my
arm n get tue revolver and he fired
again. That vas the shot that struck me
beneath the arm. then said, on,
, Charlie. for Gods sake don't kill me.
! He said something about loving me even
Though was married. ! screamed and
ran to the door. AZ closed the door he
fred again and that shot struck me
. above the elbow. ran out Of the house
and there were SO many doors | feared
that he was following me. AZ ran tt
rr. Mor9an's store my sunbonnet was
ablaze. saw by his eyes that they had
no meaning. | do believe that the inlur
: les received will prove fatal. The villain
hope will be punished. o, my pooi
husband and little children. The reason
e that lie did the shooting was because
7 did not lower my honor to the vii
ain."
There is little hope for the recovery o
Mrs. Graham, and her husband, who i
a clerk in the freight office OF the r, W
e & L. Railroad, at Fourth and Pln'
, streets, las not been allowed TO see hN
"iie since the shooting. TIE doctor!
e fear the shock Of the meeting would XII
? the woman. Mr.. Graham is III an ex
Ta it1ef
4 from a serious attack OF typhoid fevel
and it is feared that the awful affair VII
cause him to have relapse and the re
suit may be fatal.
Knew Pickel Was Jealous.
= MIR. Graham said Yesterday that Mr.
!. Pickel had boarded with them for somt
i. time, and that they thought great dea
/ OF him. He was jealous OF everyont
who came around and would get mac
and leave the house in the sulks.
I when | left the house this morning
, Pickel was at the house. He has los
: considerable time OF late OWING 70 tn'
bad weather, which interferes with. hl
work. l can't account Tor the shooting
and don't know why Mr.. Pickel shoulC
a shoot my wife or himself. Ny ielatlon
E with NV wife we're pleasant and ",
= parted pleasantly this morning when
= = went TO work. lost no time q leavlni
: nv work when | heard OF the accident
. Pickels Strange Remark.
l. The unfortunate Pickel is thought t
II have lost his mind brooding over his IN
e fatuation for Mrs. Graham.
n Last week he said to her, "Lizzie, yol
have too much OF load on your hands.
What he meant will never be known, o
be refused to tell Mrs. Graham. She say
strangeness in his manner that irlgh'
l. ened her.
le "Whv YOU would do me no harm
lr would you?' she said, evidently beie'
ar ing that Pickel would kill her at som
y future day for not humoring him,
le II will not say more than that yo
III have too much oi load On your hands.
s. The convefs sation was never repeete
bv Mr.. Pickel. He was not drinkiI
man aud the opinion is general that h
!, mind vas unbalanced at the time Ls cor
mi,,ed tile crime.
10 Requested a Priest.
ie Before losing consciousness MI
ie Graham not only made dying Gepo'
is tiou, but requested the servicea OF
Y priest In answer 70 her reque
y, one OF the neighbors summoned lie
- NJ. \. Fallon, who remained WI
the wounded woman for sor
time. Mrs. Graham is about 81 years
age and was q widow with two childr
,r. when she was married to Mr.. Giahal
mt Her iorner husbands name was Shlelc
III and was related to attorney a L.
IN. Shields, OF Philadelphia. The two chill
in rem, a girl and boy, aged . and yes
ia respectively, were at St. Patricl
IN parochial school and have not heen
lowed to see their mother since she "
shot. With their father they are a
neighbor's.
Pickel a Wilmington Man.
las The assailant and self murderer v
y years Of age. His relatives live on
Ies. si1= ef to'En. His hody vas