The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-22
The Brutal Deed of a Balti-
more Husband.
MOTHER or VICTIM A WITNESS
Charles P link, It Is Thought, Was In
PEELED to the Act by His Aversion TO
Children-Intended to Kill Himself, But
Nerve Failed After First Shot.


band. Charles P. link, yesterday after
! noon about las O'Clock, in the kitchen of
their fat, 904 Hopkins Avenue. in North
east Baltimore. The injured woman was
| hurried TO the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
| where she died about two hours later
link was arrested.
The motive for the crime is thought to
| have been links alleged aversion to chill
dren. Mrs. link was to become a mother
shortly. and her husband, it is said, had
| remarked repeatedly that he regretted
the coming event. 4
Patrolman Ruhl was standing on the
corner Of Ashland and Hopkins Avenues
when he heard cries of .'Murderl" and
| piercing screams coming from the house
He ran to the scczie. followed by Sergeant
Zehner. who had heen on the steps Of the
| stationhoUse. q short distance away.
Arrested With Revolver in Hand.
RuhI dashed up the stairs to the sec
! end floor. where he found link. he says,
with revolver in his hand, which he
| pointed at the officer as he entered The
policeman grabbed the weapon and twist
ed 1t out Of links hand before it could be
! uioIAlest EtA Zl1E LlleI aASCldlLHGu ali III
tention OF shooting the patroIman- Ser
geant Zehner had come up by this time
and link was taken TO the stationhouse,
where he said that the shooting Of his
| wife was accidental.
in the back room Of the second story,
which had been used as q kitchen. lay
Mrs. link, with the blood oozing from a
| wound IN the right temple. where The bull
| let hsd entered Playing beside asr. en-
fITnfV trnnTquF n gu4f no %,
/ suddenly come to her. was Ella May link,
/ two years old, her tiny hands reaching
/ OFT toward the crimson streams of the
mothers Hfeblood. The child was only
| partly dressed On a small table near
| by was a basin OF water, which had been
| used to battle the child. alongside were
/ the clean clothes, placed there With the
/ intention Of attiring the baby for pro-
/ posed trip downtown later in the after
noon On another table were the nIeager
/ remains CT the dinner-for the husband
and father had been out Of work for
| some time and the resources were scanty.
Mother an Eyewitness.
| Mrs. Araminta Jones. the mother of
Mrs. link, vas the only witness. Be
tween sobs she told reporter the story
of the shooting and the causes which she
! believes led I'D to il
| "Oh, it is an awful thing" she moaned:
1 Z don't think that I shall ever get over
it, My darling girl. who had never said
q cross word to NE in her life, to be
| killed before M eyes."
Then, forcing herself with strong ef-
! fort TO be calm, she continued:
They had always lived happily to
t gether. Charlie had 2 very bad temper
and used to say some awful hard words
I to his wife; but ! don't believe they
h,I
! sensitive girl and would never talk back
to him She would break into tears as
soon as Charlie spoke harshly, and he
would see the tears. and would put his
| arms around Der neck and kiss her and
| the whole matter would be forgotten.
He used to work at the Baltimore Cop
| per and Smeftfng Works. on Clinton
Street, Canton. but about two weeks ago
he said he was sick and did not 20 to
work and he has not done anything since
We nursed him for several days, and then
he kept saying that he would go to work
the next day But ne never did SO.
An Appalling Request
Yesterday morning Emma came down
stairs to where I was. 7 noticed at once
there was something the matter with
her; she appeared so nervous and fright
ened asked her what vas the matter
anu c4AG SdA1 Ollr ElOLIET- you con
! know what Charlie said TO me Just nowI
He wants me to take the baby and go with
him into the front room, where he would
lock the door and kill US and then himself
1t has frightened me so don't know what
to do Charlie came down after her and
nut his arms around her and said Emma
was only fooling. / didn't mean any
thing She told him: IF you want TO
kill anybody, don't kill the baby and me.
but kill yourself I said: If you want
to leave go to your home and let Emma
I stay with me
Shorty afterward, as 1 intended to 20
downtown to get some things, and as
Emma still appeared as If she was afraid
to stay alone with him I asked her to
take the baby and 60 with me. She said
she would and asked her husband If he
cared. He replied; No; go ahead She
then took the baby upstairs and got the
clean clothes out Of the front room and
proceeded to wash the child and dress it.
had presentiment that something was
going to happen and I went up myself in
q few minutes.
Emma was at the table putting or
baby's clothes; Charlie was sitting be-
hind her by the window. twirling the
chamber Of a revolver with his fingers.
Mother and Baby Fall
Il saw that my daughter was afraid OF
him. for while she was dressing the child
every minute or so she would glance be-
hind her at her husband. was about to
again tell him to put the thing away.
when-oh. my Cod viii I ever forget the
horror OF that moment? -I saw the shine
of the revolver as it passed my darling
girls head. heard the report that fol-
lowed. Oh, it was terTible-teTTfble Ny
daughter fell from the chair, the baby
falling in another direction. I could not
speak Charlie gazeG for moment as If
he had not realized what he had done.
and then cried oh. I did not mean to do
it. I ran downstairs screaming MURDER
and out into the street Charlie followed
after me and then ran back upstairs.
where the officer found him with the re-
volver In his hand"
Captain Manning was soon at the house
where a curious crowd had assembled He
started Investigation and ordered
everything kept as It was in the room
until the arrival Of the coroner. It is
the opinion Of Captain Manning that link
intended to kill his wife and child and
then himself, but that his nerve failed
him when the time came to send Juliet
into his own brain
At the hearing before Justice Lewis
later in the afternoon link made no tate
ment. When he was told that his wife
was dead he almost fell in a half faint
but was caught by Sergeant Zehner and
Turnkey Heath. His eyes had q peculiar
glare in them as he listened to the charge
against him. Coroner ScaIiy summoned
jury, which win meet at the Northeast
ern police station at o'clock tonight.