Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-29
THE GlLcHRIsT MURDER.
Further Particulars of the Killing Of
Mrs. Giichrist Near Hampton.

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! Mrs. Gichrist Near Hampton.
Special 20 Times republican.
Hampton, Oct. 29.-The particulars
of the case of Truman Gilchrit's MUIR
dering his wife Friday morning show
that the act was evidently done when
Gilchrist was in a fit of insanity. The
testimony at the coroners inquest
showed that Gilchrist and his vote had
been married about five years ago, that
they had lived on a small piece Of land
about fourteen miles northeast OF
Hampton for about two years and that
Gilchrist had been engaged in quarry
ing rock and doing other work for the
farmers in the adjoining community.
He was a quiet, reticent man, but was
never considered at all irrational by
any of the neighbors, and he had, as
far as any testimony could be produc-
ed. gotten along happily with his wife.
They were in the habit of going to
town together whenever they went at
all and he always seemed to be con-
tented with his lot. Not one word of
anything which could go to show that
they had any trouble could or was
brought out in the evidence. Gilchrist
had been working for the last four
days for Thomas German, picking
corn. and had gone home the night
before. Mr.. German accompanied him
almost to the Gilchrist home. A neigh
Dor by the name Of Piatt was at the
Gilchrist home all the evening preced-
ing the killing and was conversing
with Mr.. and Mrs. Gilchrst. Piatt
said that he had no suspicion that any
thing was wrong and that they both
appeared as they always had. Piatt
only lived about forty rods from the
Gilchrst home.
The morning that the killing took
place Gilchrist came to the home of
Joe Bushayger, about one and half
miles from his own home. He was very
scantily attired, being without outer
clothing of any kind. He told the
Bushayger family that he had killed
his woman. Bushayger and other
neighbors took Gilchrist in charge and
then they went at once to the home.
They found Mrs. Gilchrist dead on the
bedroom floor shot thru the right side
Immediately below the arm pit and an
empty double barreled shot gun, with
one discharged shell in it, laying on the
bed The two little children of Gill
christ's We're playing on the bed with
in a few feet of the spot where their
mother lay dead. One of the children
is three and the other is about eight
months old.
Coroner Brown of Hampton was sum-
moned at once and he impaneled jury
consisting of Fred Sweet, l.. j. Stern
berg and Emanuel Esslinger, who
after hearing the evidence found a
verdict which was substantially that
Mrs. Gilchrist had come to her death
from the result of shot gun wound
which was administered to her by her
husband.
Gilchrist was brought to Hampton
and is at present in the county Jail
being arrested for murder. He has
shown evidneces of INSANITY since the
shooting took place and 1t is the gen
eral concensus of opinion that he was
insane at the time the act was COM
mitted.
Gilchrist is not we'll know in Hamp-
ton. altho his parents have lived here
for some time and he was a resident
here about two years ago. He has new
err been very successful in farming or
In the work that he was engaged in.