Evening star., 1902-01-28
TRADEDY IN CHICAGO HOTEL
MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND HIM
SELF.
He is Dead and the WOman's Chance
for Life is Very
Slight.

A dispatch from Chicago last night says:
Harry ]. Ziegier of 316 West King street,
Lancaster. Pa, fatally wounded his wife,
Anna, and then killed himself this after
noon at the Wellington Hotel. note left
by Ziegler declared that he and his wife
had decided to die and that as he lacked
the nerve Mrs. Ziegler had promised to
commit the act.
The woman before being removed to the
Samaritan Hospital in dying condition
declared that the shooting was done by her
husband.
Ziegler and his wife arrived at the Well
ington Hotel this morning and were assigned
to room. The two were young and ap-
parently happy. They retired to their room
and about 3 o'clock a call came to the
clerks office. When the bell boy arrived at
the room he found the woman tugging at
the door. Blood was flowing from a wound
in the back of her head.
oh, my husband has shot himself she
cried, forgetting in her fear for him the
PAIN IN her wound.
A note addressed to a morning newspa-
per was found in the room. 1t read:
MY photo belongs to your paper. We
decided to die, but l lack the nerve to
shoot. so my wife, Anna, will do it. Send
my body home to 316 West King street,
Lancaster Goodbye
Mrs Ziegler was conscious for some time
after the arrival of a physician. She con-
showed that the husband lacked at first
the determination to carry out their plans.
But she, too failed, and eventually, she
said, her husband shot her, and then think
ing she was dead turned the weapon upon
himself
Mrs. Ziegler's father is Samuel P Ad-
ans of this city, who is said to- be wealthy.
He was recently in charge or the police,
having lost his way while wandering about
town. He is seventy-one years old, and, it
is said. has been ill.
When taken to the hospital it was
thought Mrs. Ziegler could not recover Af-
more signs of life and, although the
chances are slim, some hope is entertained
for her.
Ziegler came to Chicago from Manila and
soon began his connection with the Adams
family He noticed an advertisement for
an attendant, and was engaged to care for
Mr.. Adams. Anna Adams and Ziegler be-
came attached to each other, much to the
displeasure, it is said of the girls mother
sister and brother.
In the latter part of November Ziegler
was quietly married to the Adams girl in
a Baptist church in Woodlawn. The in
valid father accompanied the couple to the
church. No others of the Adams family
appear to have heard of the marriage un-
TIL recently, and when they did ZiegIer
was told that he would have to leave the
house. Ziegler went to st. Louis and in his
absence he is said to have made endeavors
to secure divorce from the woman whom
he had married in Lancaster Ziegler's
correspondence shows that he had been
addicted to the use of drugs
From symptoms which developed in the
Womans condition tonight there seemed
to be evidence that she had been poisoned
An analysis will be made tomorrow Of a
bottle of beer found in the hotel room
where the tragedy took place.
a dispatch from Lancaster, Pa last
night says: Harry j. Ziegler, who fatally
shot woman purporting to be his wife,
and then committed suicide at Chicago to-
day, was a native of this city, and lived
here until three years ago. He was twenty
six years old and son of William j. Zieg-
Ter, station master of the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad Company. The latter is
a respected and an esteemed resident
when boy Ziegler was wayward and un-
manageable When drinking he frequently
got into serious trouble. He served a term
on the schoolship Saratoga and three years
ago enlisted in the regular army and was
sent to the Philippines. The last heard of
him was year ago, when his father re-
he said he had entered the hospital sery-
title of doctor
Zlegler was married about five years ago
to Miss Harriet Baker of this city who is
now at her home here, and from whom he
had not been divorced
When seen tonight Mrs. Ziegler said she
had last heard from her husband at Chi
cago in November, and that he then wrote
to her that he would never return to Lam
caster. Since then she had learned that
he had been married II don't pity him"
she said, but l feel sorry for the girl