The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-24
TRAGEDY AT LOUISVILLE
SUICIDE YESTERDAY FOLLOWED BY
A GREWSOME DISCOVERY.
MutiIated Body of Emily Stuart Found
in a Closet After Her Murderer
Had Shot Himself.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, June 23.-The death
OF II. S. Church. at 4:30 o'clock this morn
ing, was the second act of bloody tragedy
that began in Louisville three days ago
with the murder of Emily Stuart, but
which did not come to light until late last
night, when the police found the horribly
mutiated body of the woman hidden in a
cloest and in the same house the man dying
from wounds self-inhicted with a pistol and
razor.
Several pistol shots near Twelfth and
Market streets caused Policemen Finnegan.
Webb and Hueglin TO enter the small frame
building at No. 1915 West Market street. oc-
cupied by H. S. Church as a grocery store
and residence, the living rooms being just
back of the grocery. The policemen saw
through window clouds of smoke from
pistol. They forced an entrance and found
Church propped up in chair bleeding from
a big wound made in his left breast with a
.s5-calibre Colts revolver and from slash
across his left wrist made with a razor On
the floor was empty bottle labeled laud-
anum. Church gave utterance only 10 his
death groans. He was taken to a hospital
but died early this morning without max
ing a statement. Police Lieutenant Never
had arrived and the four officers began 10
search the premises. This would have been
not the blood-stafned hem of a woman's
white garment been seen protruding from
the crack OF a closet door. The officers
opened the door and saw at a glance that a
woman had been horribly murdered and
her corpse rammed into the closet There
was big wound on the right side of her
face and a gingham apron was tied tightly
around her neck. ''She was choked 10
DEATH" said the coroner when ne arrived
physician said the woman had been
dead forty-eight hours. The blood had
the policemen thought had been made by
the stamp OF a shoe heel The woman was
identified as Emily Stuart from a letter
dated New York, found in a bureau drawer
which the coroner said was a love letter
and unsigned" Another I'm the same hand
writing. unsigned and dated Chicago was
next found.
twelve-year-old girl who lives near the
Church grocery and had often assisted Mrs
Stuart with her housework said to-day that
while in Mrs Stuart's bedroom on Friday
tered, demanded 10 know what she was do
ing there and put her out. He said Mrs
Stuart had gone TO Frankfort. Neighbors
say they last saw Mrs. Stuart Thursday
evening. IL developed to-day that Mrs
Stuart had saved some money by working
as a housekeeper for two men and had re-
Gently bought a half interest in Churchs
store.
Mrs Stuart was the widow Of Robert
Stuart and has some relatives in Louis
Vile She came 10 this city from Frank
fort. Ky. and was fifty years OF age.
Church conducted his 81 ocerv business all
oay friuay, as usuai, pur MS store was
closed most of Saturday. He was hfty-ive
years old and came to Louisville from
Frankfort four months ago. In that city
he has two sisters. The police intended 10
charge him to-day with the murder of Mrs
Stuart. On his death bed they attempted
TO secure confession from him. He only
opened wide his eyes. then closed them and
died without saying . word