The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-09-16
LIVELY IN SLEEPY EYE.
A Sensational Shooting ARRAY Equals
the Elevator Scandal of Other Days.

the Elevator Scandal of Other Days.
Charles Kimball, a member of the
Sleepy Eye barber firm of Kimball &
Hammond, and for short time en-
ployed in the barber shop of Charles
II. Tenney, at this place, together
with Mrs. M. J. Toomey, former
Redwood county woman, with a
residence iu or near Morgan, were
the principals in a tragedy enacted
at Sleepy Eye on Tuesday afternoon
of last week.
1t appears that for two years past
Kimball has been boarding at the
home of Mrs. Toomey, and was very
much infatuated with her. Instead
of going to the barber shop that
morning he remained at the house
of Mrs. Toomey, and it was at that
time that the trouble began, Kim
ball accusing her of paying atten-
ton to another man. The quarrel
ing between the two continued un-
til noon, when some of the boarders
came to dinner, and it is said that
Mrs. Toomey nodded her head at
one OF the men, motioning towards
kimball and winking, inferring
that Kimball was both angry and
ugly. The boarder returned wink
that gave Mrs. Toomey to believe
that he understood. Kimball saw
the procedure, and, thinking that a
Irritation was going on, he jumped
out of the chair and began ordering
all of the boarders out of the office,
threatening to shoot any one who
dared to remain. There was an in
slant clearing of the house. Kim
ball remained in the house with
Mrs. Toomey until 5 o'clock that
afternoon, when Mrs. Toomey came
running out of the house and started
for that of neighbor, Kimball fol-
lowing her with a revolver in his
hand and ordering her to return.
She paid no attention to his COM
mand and entered the neighbor S
house, secreting herself in bed
room. Kimball followed, and,
rushing into the bedroom, began
firing his revolver at Mrs. Toomey,
two bullets taking effect, one in the
shoulder and one in the arm. He
then took her in his left arm, and
with the revolver in his right hand
started to cross the street to her
home.
By this time a crowd had gather
ed, attracted by the shooting and
excitement, and it was here that
City Marshal ESanz put in his APP
pearance. He ordered Kimball to
drop his weapon and throw up his
hands, and Kimball replied with
two shots at the marshal, neither OF
which reached their intended vic
tim, but came very near hittin g
some women in the crowd.
The marshal, not being an expert
marksman with his revolver, started
for one of the hardware stores,
three blocks distant, to get rifle.
In the meantime Kimball had be-
come perfectly crazed, and had
given orders in loud voice to the
crowds in every direction that he
would shoot the first person that
made move toward him. During
this excitement Mrs. Toomey sue
ceeded in getting away from him
and rushed into her house, locking
the doors.
Kimball then very deliberately
took drink from bottle he had in
his pocket and began making a
speech to the crowd, ordering them
again to stand back, and to advance
at the risk of their lives. Several
times some person ordered him to
lay down his weapon, but each time
he replied with a bullet from his re-
volver. In his speech he said:
"She fooled one man too many, and
thinks she can fool me. / have given
her all the money / earned and now
she turns me down and now goes wink
ing and flirting with others. TOomey
will be glad when he reads this in the
papers and finds what / have DONE"