Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-16
WOMEN CAUSE SCENES
Wife and Sister-in-Law of a Con-
demned Man Scream
and Weep.
DOLINSKI HANGED AT CHICAGO
He Was infatuated with His Wife's
r. Sister and Murdered Her
Husband.

Chicago, Oct George Dolinski
was hanged in the county Jail here
at noon for the murder of Anton Lisle.
While he was making his last con-
fession to Father G. +. Slominski, the
condemned mans wife walked into the
entrance to the county Jail. She was
carrying her youngest child, and two
other children tugged at her skirts.
The woman had been half-distracted
since Thursday when the doleful story
OF her husbands fate was told her so
bluntly and she had collapsed. While
her husband passed a sleepless night
IN the death chamber she had paced
through the rooms of her humble cot
tage. Hoping for last farewell from
her husband, she finally trudged down
to the Jail early in the morning.
They told her she couldn't go in.
But I'm his wife," she cried.
mo once can see him now" some
one told her as gently as possible.
Started for the River.
When the full truth finally dawned
Apon her she began to scream and
weep. Then she beat her head against
the walls of the corridor. But Jail
guards and others took her in hand
and led her out into Dearborn street.
In desperation the woman staggered
toward the river. There she could find
rest. She would have jumped into
the stream at Clark street if she hadn't
been restrained by some men who fol
lowed.
Shortly after Mrs. Dolinski had been
taken away Mrs. Isle went over to
the Jail to see the man who had killed
her husband. She, too, was refused
admittance. Finding her pleadings in
vain the woman began to scream and
tear her hair. Her means must have
penetrated to the death chamber. Jail
guards tried to comfort her, but the
more they tried to sooth the more fran
tic she grew. Finally they had to
lead her away forcibly Then orders
were issued that no more women were
to be admitted even into the vestibule
Of the jail. and guards were posted
to see that the orders were carried out.
Story of the Crime.
The crime for which Dolinski paid
the extreme penalty was the murder
of his brother-in-law, Anton Isle,
year ago. Dolinski became infatuated
with Mrs. Lisle, who was his wife's
sister. That his clandestine wooing
might not be interfered with, Dolin-
ski sent his wife on a visit to her par
ents in the old country. His wife out
of the way, he wished to marry Mrs.
Isle, who seemed to return his love-
Isle, however, became suspicious.
Nov. 81 the two men met in pasture
north of Irving Park. When the po-
lice found Lisle's body there were four
bullet wounds in it and the throat was
cut Dolinski was arrested, but he
declared that he and Isle had quar-
relied about money matters, and that
he had been compelled to shoot his
brother-in-law in self-defense. The evil
dence against Dolinski, while mainly
circumstantial was sufficient to con-
Vince, the jury that murder had been
done in order that Dolinski might mar
ry Mrs. Isle.
Heard of Her Husbands Arrest.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Dolinski, in Eu-
rope, heard that her husband had been
arrested, but the report also said that
1t was for her own murder. Suppos-
ing that she could get him out of his
predicament by appearing and thus
disprove the charge that he had killed
her, Mrs. Dolinski, with her infant,
hurried back across the Atlantic and
arrived in Chicago only to discover the
real state Of affairs She did not aban-
don her husband, however, but did all
I'm her power to aid him. She visited
him in Jail Thursday, and when she
learned that the supreme court had re-
fused to grant supersedeas, she fell
In a faint. Dolinskl spent his last
night in a barber chair, alternately
snoring and gazing at his image in a
mirror