The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-06-17

the reason and she said Warner had told
her that had said bad things about
her and that had willed all my pro-
perty away from her, told her that
this was not true and finally persuaded
her to return with me. We could not
get rid of the Warmers however. They
were over inside of forty-eight hours,
boarding at the house and trying to
poison my wife against me. She want
ed to go with the Warmers to place !
north of Deloit on Sunday. l did nor
think best to 60 AS welhad our COW and
chickens to take care of, but they in
sisted and | went along. We were
caught in the rain and did not get back |
until Monday. The Warmers were with |
US off and on almost every day. Finally |
they said they were going back to
Charter Oak and | was glad. Then
my wife said she wanted to go with |
them. She had just visited them and
they lad been with us and I told her
she must not go. l begged Warner to
go and leave us in peace, 1 said nv
wife and l could get along alright if
| left alone. Warner said he would not
| go without my wife. The days of anx
iety and trouble and worry over the
matter had made me desperate and |
rushed to my room for my little rifle in
tending to scare Warner out of the
house. My wife was in the bedroom
dressing to go with Warner. She saw
me take the gun and tried to take it
from me, in the scutfle the gun was
discharged and she was shot.
was beside myself with grief and
rushed from the room when Warner
and his wife both grappled with me,
Warner saying had killed my wife. 1
broke away from them and ran out
doors with Warner after me. Thinking
my wife had been killed, and wanting
;, to end it all, l pulled revolver from
my pocket and fired twice at myself,
shooting myself in the head. LIDO not
: know whether shall get we'll or not.
, The secoud bullet is still in my head
Sometimes hope will not get we'll
a All can say is that no one can be sor-
' rier than am that my wife is hurt. l
!, love her and if we both get we'll shall
try to show her that it was all mis-
; take, and that the shooting was unin-
3 territorial as far as hurting her was
a concerned Jim Warner is to blame for
e the whole trouble, and if he will let US
n alone in the future we will get along
. all right"
t This is the story almost word for
r word as it came from Mr.. Porter's lips.
b The REVIEW does not vouch for its
l. truthfulness as it has no desire to take
is any part in family quarrels of any kind
r, Mr.. Porter has been resident O
~ Denison for about 80 years. He has a
" times been subject to periods of grea
d mental excitement, owing to wount
W in the head received during the war
Of Mr.. Porter was born in western New
se York in lS42. At the age of IA he wa
to compelled to earn his own living ant
to help support his fathers family
VhAo A4O uAo OAUll dlGSI LIS OitileouOh'
When lS he enlisted in the Gath Ne,
On York. He was in Caldwells brigad
ne and served in the army during 1856!
he 1862, 1868 and 1864. He participated i
er engagements in the Virginia can
be paigns, being at Manassas, yorktown
lis Williamsburg. Fair Oaks, during th
ng seven days fight under McCauslan'
at the second battle OF Bulls Run, Anti
st. tam, up Mary's Heights with the Iris
as Brigade, in the battle of Gettysburg
where he was with the brigades th
we withstood Pickett's charge, at Spottsy
nd vania and finally in the battle of Il
ell battle of the Wilderness where he W
me shot through the eye. piece of she
ess being still lodged in his head. F
get was taken prisoner but returned b
lld cause so severely wounded. He W
ne for months in a Union hospital, near
ne. losing his sight entirely. He was d
lsit charged in 1854, and tried to lea
ted harness making in New York sta
BILE but his eye sight would not permit.
urn came to Iowa in 1866. Working fort
way Illinois Central and later for t
we'd Northwestern in this vicinity He "
nad married in 1864 to Emily Banker a
It 1t they have four children Geors
ext Charles May and Rose all of whom s
ong living. In later years Mr. and M
1es- Porter both became' invalias, tn
she tempers became incompatible and tn
ned were divorced. Mrs. Porter has be
dry cared for by her children and is $
hen living in Omaha,
ay 1t is to be hoped that both Mr.. 8
tax Mrs. Porter may survive their wou
At and again become united family.
me. -.
NOV If you want to make sure of y
she hay crop get a Mccormick Mower I