Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-08-03

and the killing was probably the re-
suit of Jealousy. accentuated by one
Of the parties being under the iniiu-
ence Of liquor
Edwards was cut In several places,
the wounds that caused death being
In the left lung. causing strangulation
from hemorrhage The weapon used.
a small pocket knife. The affair oc-
Cured about 8 o'clock, and the corpse
was removed TO Hoods undertaking
rooms. and Peryis came down town
and was arrested by Marshal Wickline
as he was going into the Horseshoe
club, where he had been employed as
a porter The marshal turned him
over to the sheriff and he is now con
fined in the county Jail.
The affair occurred at the home oil
Edwards, who lived with his wife and
baby in the first house this side oil
the Animas river bridge on the east
side of the avenue.
When seen in Jail this morning,
Pervis was very uncommunicative ana
seemed greatly distressed. He said,
however. that the trouble arose over
Edwards abusing his wife. when he
tPeryisJ interiered and the fight en-
sued. Peryis had been boarding and
rooming there 50 it was natural that
he should be there.
Mrs. Edwards version of the af-
fair is in substance as follows: Ed
wards had been drinking some
enough to make him cross. She had
been confined TO her bed some days
on account Of sickness, and was still
in bed when seen this morning; the
baby had been crying and Pervis
picked 1t up to pacify 1t, when Ed
wards ordered him to put it down,
which he did. The baby continued to
cry and when its mother asked the
father to take it up, he refused, and
the mother again asked Pervis to take
up the child, which he declined to do
So she got out of bed to take II up
herself. when Edwards struck her op
the face with his open hand. and Per
Wis demonstrated with him. which in
creased his ire so that he hauled of
10 strike again. But before he could
strike the second blow Peryis jumped
and grabbed him from behind. With
an oath Edwards exclaimed to Per
Wis: I'm kill you," and then ensued
the struggle that ended in death
Edwards. who was much shorter
than Pervis, wrenched himself loose
and turning, grappled with his adver-
sary and threw him onto a cot by the
bed. In the scuiile Mrs. Edwards was
struck twice by the feet of the men,
leaving painful bruises, She ran out
and over to the water works pump
house screaming and calling for help.
Mr.. Daniels returned with her and
the men were then fighting in the
kitchen. They were both all covered
with blood and the floors in both
rooms were all bloody. Mrs. Edwards
MIR. Daniels took hold OF Edwards and
stopped the fight. The wounded man
walked to the pump house and sat
down in chair and tainted away. DR..
Lackey was telephoned for and upon
his arrival, after sewing up some OF
the wounds, had the injured man re
moved to the hospital. where he lived
but a short time.
Mrs. Edwards maintains that her
husband and Pervis were the best OF
friends, and lays the trouble all to
drink. She says her husband was a
good man to his family when sober.
and that his only falling was whiskey.
Mrs. Edwards is Canadian, is
white and does not show the trace OF
any negro blood, though she claims
there is faint trace OF African in
her veins. The couple had been mar
ried three years, and have one child
perhaps two years old.
Her husband worked at cooking
plastering and barbering, and was a
regularly graduated physician. having
a diploma from Gross Medical college
He spoke German French, Spanish.
and had some knowledge of Swede.
Mrs. Edwards was entirely alone
in her trouble this morning, sitting
up in bed, while the great splotches
of blood scattered over the carpet OF
the front room and the bare floor of
the kitchen were still in evidence.