The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-31
GUS SAUR=-G. VAN WERDEN


peared between the two houses and ran
out to the street and stopped a man and
woman In buggy. Windsor continued
across the lots. as the injured man went
back to the sidewalk and laid down and
was apparently in great pain.
Mr.. Windsor asked the fellow what was
the matter and was told that the woman
in the house shot him. Green told him
that he had a fuss the night before with
his wife and they were sitting on a bed
in the middle room, when she pulled a
gun from under the pillow, and he had
Knocked her arm down and started 10
run. As he left the room she shot, and
as he pulled the door to she fired another
shot.
n. L. Brewer. a bartender was the
man in the buggy who was stopped by
Green, and Mr. Windsor's statements
were corroborated by him Mr.. Brewer
remained with the injured man while
Mr. Windsor went to a telephone and
called the police and a doctor. Green
was laying on his face on the sidewa tx
a little to the south of the house.
Mrs. Matte Smith lives in the house
just north Of the place where the shoot
ing occurred. To a reporter for the Eag gle
she said:
Il was in the front part of the house
when / heard something and I thought
and broken q window. Then came two
more similar noises and a few minutes
afterwards / heard a racket on my porch
and went out TO see what it was. / found
q man laying on the porch. He asked me
If l could help him, for ne was shot by
a woman. He wanted my husband to
come. My husband was away and / was
badly scared. and / told him to go away
that there was a buggy passing and for
Il Two 70 laI,,
away"
Chief Burt, A NJ Sutton and George
Downing accompanied the patrol wagon
to the scene and Coroner McCollister
reached the place soon afterward. Green
was placed in the wagon and taken to
st. Francis hospital, where DR.. Clark
dressed the wounds The bullet entered
the right leg on the inside and about
three inches below the hip. 1t ranged
downward and came out in front. The
wound is a very slight one. The bullet
did not touch a bone.
The chief and Mr.. Sutton went inside
the house. They pushed the door open
and the woman laid so close TO the door
that il could not be opened entirely.
They then went in and looked around
and then covered her face with a quilt
and window curtain and waited until the
coroner came.
and the kitchen were two bullet holes.
One was at the upper right hand panel
and about four inches below the top of
the door. This bullet came from the bed
room. as this side of the door was powder
burned and the other side was splintered.
The bullet struck a rafter in the kitchen,
TO another rafter and then
fell to the floor and was picked up Mr..
y. L Brewer.
H. 9TH E1In xxru- NO hn ton of ha
lower left hand panel of the door. This
was a small. smooth hole and evidently
came from the kitchen, large splinter
was broken off in the bed room and was
LAYING at the side of the woman The
3S-calibre bullet remaining in the gun
would go through the hole in the upper
panel but would not go through the
lower panel. and this started the mystery
regarding the shooting. The coroner be-
lieved that two guns had been used in
the shooting 4 32-calibre bullet would
go through the hole in the lower panel.
Just to the west of the womans head
was found another bullet, badly battered,
and an investigation showed that this
bullet struck the partition between the
front and middle rooms. There was
slight indentation in the wall, and some
particles of lead were found in il. Three
small splotches of blood were also visible
1
and one-half feet above the floor. 1t IS
that the bullet that killed the
woman struck this wall and rebounded
TO her side
Try as they could, no one was able to
show how the bullet penetrated the
over panel Of the door from the kitchen,
Or why this hole was SO much smaller
than the other. The coroner maintained
hat two guns were used. and still sticks
As.- h s,.1-a fsx~~aff ion,
terday goes to substantiate this
The remains of the woman We're taken
10 Mueller's undertaking rooms and pre-
pared for burial. 1t was found that the
bullet entered Just over the right ear and
,ame out directly on a line and over the
eft ear. The ear was slightly powder
burned. and the hair around the hole was
'inged. showing that the gun had been
held close 10 the head when fired
Coroner McCollister. accompanied by
Sheriff Schad and a reporter for the
ca gle went to st. Francis hospital Sun
lay evening. TO see Mr. Green and OBJ
ain from him a statement Of his side OF
he case.
After some preliminary questions re-
,arding himself and the woman. during
which he stated that they were married at
-awton. .. r, shortly after the opening
Il the new country. Mr. Green told of the |
u.
ows:
Saturday night she went ND town. and |
little before 10 o'clock I found her in a l
vine room in McCarty's saloon. on East /
Douglas. Two men were with her, and /
hey were drinking. wanted her 10 go 1
iome. but she begged me 10 let her stay |
while longer. and I left Shortly after 1
0 o'clock I went hack and told her she 4
must go home with me I told her 10 /,
aid something. and I slapped her. and /
he began TO cry. She cried all Of the /
Tsy home. and we guarded all Of the /
-ay. We reached home about II O'Clock /
"Neithsr OF us got Gp Sunday morning |
or any length Of time She got IN once \
nd went in the front room and smashed /
vase and some other things on the
cor. and after while came back to bed.
I noon I got up and got dinner. but she
emained in bed. She sent the little boys
own TO a neighhor's to play with some
Their boys. and that is the last saw OF
hem. The cid gentleman went up town
nd I was going 70 SO. but she begged !
le not to leave I wanted some tobacco
o told Aiilt Bentley. her brother. 70 get
for me, and I gave him a nickel TO |
ny II.
after they were away I went in the
pom and sat down or the bed and began |
tlhAilS 10 iei aN''lt taSN NlSHt SHf vas |
tting on the edge Of the bed. and was
, her left.
After We had tailed 4 while she said
rat she had enough % ne and was going !
Kill me. I had given her the Euu a
hile before. and she had il under the
How. I had the gun IN ny pocket dur
x the morning. but she begged ne -
I've II 10 her when was talking about
Ding M town. ard / did 50. She pulled !
ie gun from under the pillow and aimed
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