The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-12
KILLED WIFE No. :
Alfred Morrison Is a Puzzle
TO the Authorities.
BUT IN ORDER TO BE SAFE
They viii Arrest Him! Today
for Murder.

New York, Jan. 11-District Attorne,
Andrews of Yves leicester county an
noInced today that Alfred Morrison viii
be arrested tomorrow on the charge O.
homicide, in having, while. as alleged
in a Somnambulistic condition, shot anC
killed the woman hown as his wife
The shooting occurre d about two weeks
ago, in Morrison's he me in Mount Yer.
non. Since the death of Mrs. Morrison
another woman has appeared, claiming
to be the wife of Morr iSon, to whom, she
says, she was marie d about is years
| ago. Mrs. Ihlenburg, of Middletowr, a
| sister of the dead oman, who was
clamorous for the pro bec ution of Nor
| rison for murder, now declares that the
| spirit of her dead sister appeared to her
in her sleep and pleaded with her not
TO push the complaint rag ainst Morrison.
In a recent issue the NJ w York World
relates the history of tn e strange deed
| of Morrison. Comparing the Worlds
story with the brief dis patch above it
will be observed that a considerable
change must have takes place in the
| views of the authorities within the few
days Intervening. The W orld's story fol-
| lows
| Alfred d'Othrimard MOI rison, professor
of languages, shot his VIII e,Alida, in their
!. Mt. Veron home on the hight of Dec. %.
while in a somnambuHSu.c state
He said he dreamed she was a burg
La T. She died on Dec. 30, generating
hIl from blame. He was never arrested
ana the Coroner also el;honerated him.
He had been married to his wife twelve
years He married her under the name
of Ere deric Wood.
Yeste day it developed that Morrison
under the name of Frederic Gordon, had
married Lillian Archer in Jersey City.
Nov. 5, 1882.
Mrs. GOroon, as she supposed herself
to be, lived at No. 1456 Icnird avenue, this
city. She only learned cd the existence
Of the other wife after tlae latter's death.
The Mount Vernon wife never knew of
the existence of Mrs. Go rlon
When Morrison was Informed yester-
day that the newspapers had learned of
the New York wife he groveIIed on the
floor and wept, tearing his hair and
moaning.
should her name be dr. jagged into this?
She is the only woman L ever loved I
do not love this other woman. I was
a crazy boy when l married. ner. 1 left
her years agp."
This outburst was made at 1880 A NJ
AT 4: p NJ, eight house and a half
later, Mrs Gordon, the New York wife
drove up to MoErison's house with her
mother Morrison saw her coming from
an upper window. He had sent a mes
senger for her at noon, when it looked
as if he might be arrested for bigamy.
Morrison ran down stairs joyously flung
open the plate glass front door, just as
his New York wife stepped into the vesti-
bule.
He opened his arms and the woman
flung herself into them. With her arms
olasped about his neck, she cried;
oh, Fred, how could you leave me for
that other woman?"
You know 1 always loved you." he
answered ardently.
Il thought you did not"-the woman
started to cay more, but Morrison stopped
down and kissed her repeatedly, stopping
further utterance. Then he led her, their
This reconciliation was the culmina-
ton of a remarkable day in the life of
remarkable man.
Not to use harsh term. Morrison is
a psychological wonder, and perhaps
superb actor, Notwithstanding that he
said repeatedly he was crazy. He al |
ways said he was crazy when asked for |
facts he did not want to divulge in his |
past life.
Even when it seemed that he was a
genuine raving maniac he was sldlfuI in |
lodging awkward questions and hold !
ing back important information. For this /
reason he is a mystery that hos not yet /
been completely solved.
Morrison is thirty-eight years old. His /
father was English; his mother French. !
He is a natural linguist, man of pro-
nounced intellectual ability. He speaks |
several languages with the proper &C
cent
He is studious and has the gift Of i'm
was a teacher of French to the children |
of the wealthy residents of Larchmont
and Pelham Manor
lie is five feet nine inches in height, |
weighs about 10 pounds, has square
SlituluSLS. blue NdlciS tE IS q RdStN Coul-
plexion, regular features, thin brown hair
and a brown moustache
In manner he is excessively polite. his
voice is full and melodious and his choice
of words excellent.
He smokes cigarettes TO an abominable !
extent. he is errauc in behavior terri
bly, nervous and subject to strange hal
fluctuations when asleep.
This latter characteristic saved him
from arrest when he killed his wife a
week ago, a few days after his first wife
had charged him with living with an
other woman in Mount Vernon.
1t also prevented his arrest yesterday
when the existence of the first wife be-
came known and a possible motive for
the death of the Mount Vernon wife sug-
gested itself to Chief of Police Foley and /
Coroner Banning.
Even after the reconciliation, when the
train of peculiar events seemed to have
reached a elimination. the Coroner and
the Chief OF Police both said:
He's liable TO do anything queer. He
never meant to kill his second wife. He
loved her. If II had been his New York
wife that he had shot in his sleep it
would have looked curious TO say the
least"
Morrison has lived in Mount Vernon
more than three years. He lived there
many wears ago went away for a time I