Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-07
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Condition of Mrs. Heddinger,
Shot by Mrs. Grace Butch,
Is Very Serious
DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING
The Case Seems to Be One of Base In
gratitude Upon the Part of the Wo-
man Who Was shot-Mrs. Butch
Says She Shot to Kill Her Design
ing Rival.
Special to Tines-Republican

Mrs. Grace Butch here yesterday feVeal
a strange state of affairs between the
two families involved as we'll as a case
of base ingra titude upon the part OF the
woman who was shot that will preclude
any sympathy for her on the part of the
public. The shooting occurred in the
Stevens block.
Mrs. Heddinger, bleeding from
wound in the face, the ball entering to
the right of the nose and lodging III
the back of the skull, fell unconscious
while her assailant made her escape by
the aid. of a hack driver who brought
her to the building. A few minutes later
she was captured near the Woodbury.
house on Fourth street by Offlcers
ohm Ohlund and Gus Carlson, ana
bcked up at police headquarters on a
eaarge of disturbing the peace.
| She will proably be arralgned Tor
n:1rder for her victim is lying at the
pont of death at st. Joseph's hospital
Were she was removed a half hour
afar the shooting.
| 4lternately hoping for the recovery
lof Ter victim and expressing desire
tina she would die, the Butch woman
at tie police station this morning tele-
pholed for Attorney Dan Sullivan and
prenred to give bond for her appear
lance.
Il ope the---------will ole, she
said enormously, while Mr. SULLIVAN
cauticed her to stop talking.
Bef.re that she told Captain BrldWel
and a ,eporter for the Tribune that she
hoped Irs. Heddinger would live.
| Il SHIT her deliberately. she salo
but 1 ave a fearful tempter and she
goaded me to madness. I hope she
won't de for, tough as am, 90 MOI
want to have the charge of murder or
my SOUL.
According to the Butch womans
story, sln returned here from Omaha
| last Sunay and entered the cara
Shannon esort at 400 Pearl street. She
left Sioux City two years ago, after
violent qu;rrel with her husband, who
she claims, was intimate with Mrs
Heddinger.
Monday light she says she saw her
husband anc cautioned him not to again
visit Mrs. Ieddinger who, with he1
two children Lelah, aged IA, and Ruth
aged 10, livesin room 81, Stevens BLOCK
| II told Frank if he went back to mel
lpd 60 after 10th him and her with a
gum she sale, IT bought the revolver
32-caliber yer Johnson, yesterday
He promised o behave, but about
O'Clock this morning thought Ia 60
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Found Husband With Rival.
| IT got hack and drove to the
Stevens block about 4:5O TINS
morning. knew where her room was
and went there and knocked. Presently
Frank opened the door and When ne
I saw me he ran ,ut and made his get
away. walked in. There was the
woman. who ha6 stolen my husband
Her two kids were with her. The KIDS
were crying. W. had words and she
told me she had Franks clothes there
I remanded to see the clothes and sne
showed 'em to me. They were in
| wardrobe. / was fearfully angry then
told her she should never see him
again.
"Then she tainted me. She said
D-n you, I've got him and III keel
him. I'm going out to Woodland parl
with him today and I'll have a gooe
time while you're kicking about me
With that pulled the gun out OF my
dress and said to he-:
you'll never do that
She Shot 10 Kill.
"She screamed and grabbed up Some
fbedclothes and tried to protect herself
Then saw she had gun in the bed
I aimed right at her s.ace.-she wa!
| only a few feet away--and fired. Shit
screamed again and with blood squirt
ing from her face kept coming toward
me. turned and ran and she stag
gered thru the open door and fell il
the hail."
When the housekeeper,, who lives OF
the fourth floor, reused by the shot
rushed down stairs into tie hall, no on
was in sight From the open door o
room 81 "a faint light streaming alont
| the floor revealed a huddled figure OF
the floor. It lay on a lot OF bedclothes
which were fast being dyed red by thu
| flow of blood from the woman's face
The children Of Mrs. Heddinger wer'
| leaning over the body Of their mothe
shrieking wildly.
Lodgers reused by the firing, rushed
into the street in pursuit of the Butcl
woman, who had leaped into a hacl
and started west on Fourth street Sht
hurled the pistol out of the window
between Court and Virginia street!
where twas found by officer Newell
Crowd Cried Murder.
"Stop that hack. Murder, murder!'
cried the crowd, pursuing the vehicle
| officers Ohlund and Danielson heart
the cry and dashing into the middle o
the street stopped the galloping horses
The hack. driver leaped down, and al
he stood parleying with the police tn
door of the hack flew open, a tall whit
figure jumped to the asphalt and raj
swiftly away, Ohlund in pursuit H
caught her near the Woodbury. hotel
| Throwing his arms about her he pin
| toned her arms to he,' side.
81 amt got no gun" the woman
cried: "lename go. amt done nothing
| Yes, / did. l went up there to Kill
Mayme and Frank and then shoot my
self. She deserved death, for she stol
my husband"
Meantime Mrs. Heddinger was re
moved to ST. Joseph's hospital OF
advice of DR.. c. NJ. Wade. She re
covered consciousness yesterday fore
noon and saw her children who We're il
charge OF an aunt. a Mrs. Hickey. Sh
told DR.. Wade the story of the shoot
ing. She claimed Butch was not i
the room She declared the R,1tc