The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-09
SENT A BULLET
into HER BREAST
HUSBAND WAS GOING AWAY
AND YOUNG BRIDE TURNED MUZ-
zLE OF REVOLVER AGAINST SELF.

Mrs. II. f.. Hubbs Probably Fatally
wounded HerseIf-sRid IL Was an
Accident, hut Torn Note to Her
Husband Told StOry-MRrried Only
Three Weeks Hubbs Went to
DaytOna, Fla, with Wealthy New
1orISer-Other Attempts at Suicide
Alleged.
After a welded life Of only three
weeks, and following four alleged at
tempts to end her esixtence with chloro-
form, Mrs. F. +. Hubbs, "A years. of
age, shot herself through the left
breast with a 32-caliber pistol in her
room. at No. $40 Henry street west,
early yesterday afternoon.
Sitting on the side of her bed with
the smoking revolver still in her hand,
and with blood flowing from the
wound Mrs Hubs declared to
the inmates OF the house who rushed
to the room when the shot was fired,
that the pistol had been accidentally
discharged. A torn note to her hus-
band who was just across the street,
told the police another story, how
ever.
Doctors were hurriedly summoned and
she was later carried to Telfair Hos
pital. But little hope is entertained
for her recovery.
Had Been Watching Wife.
Hubs stated to Patrolman NJ E.
Fleming, the first officer to reach the
house after the shooting, that he had
been sitting up with her for a week
TO keep her from taking her life.
The final attempt, according to the
man who says he is her husband, Is
the fifth that she has made to end her
own life.
The story leading up to the shoot
ing is an interesting, though not un-
usual, one, except that the au-
tomobile plays a prominent part. 1t
was only little over two months ago
that Hubs and the woman now lying
at the hospital at deaths door saw
one another for the first time.
Boarded with Girls Mother.
She was then Violet Hendrix, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Elmira Hendrix, of Day
tona, Fla Hubbs went to Daytona
with w. H. Latin, a wealthy New
Yorker, who had several automobiles
TO enter in the races at Daytona. He
secured board at the house of Mrs.
Hendrix and he and the girl soon be-
came fast friends.
According to the story he tells about
the affair, he never cared for the girl
and only married her to keep her from
killing herself.
This statement was not made by
Hubbs until he was shown that she
had left note, which indicated that
he thoroughly understood why she had
used the pistol. This note, which had
been torn up, read, when pieced to-
gether, as follows:
"Say Ii Was an Accident"
MY Darling Fred: Do not tell any
one why 1 took my own life Say that
it was an accident. Violet"
Hubbs, when first seen, said he had
no idea why she wanted to kill her
self. He said he supposed 1t was an
accident, as she herself had stated
that it was. When confronted by the
fact that notes had been found, sew
eral of them, he agreed to make a
clean breast of it.
He said he went to the house of
Mrs. Hendrix to board, and the
girl became infatuated with him. He
left Daytona, he said, and went to
Palm Beach, but was called back there
by a telegram. When he arrived he
claims to have learned that Violet Hen
dirk, the daughter of the lady with
whom he was boarding, had taken
chlorororm three times.
Married Three Weeks.
She begged him, he said, to take her
away with him. He refused, and
told her plainly that he did
not care for her That same night
she again took chloroform, he alleged
He then consented to take her with
him. He said they went from Daytona
to Jacksonville, and were married there
about three weeks ago.
Hubbs, however, cannot remember
either the day of the week or the
month that the ceremony took place.
He insists, however, that the marriage
took place, and says it was performed
at the Court House. He does not know
who performed the ceremony, but said
he "supposes 1t was the judge"
He admitted that his wife had
threatened to kill herself a number of
times since they came to Savannah.
but said he did not think she would
do it. He stated to Patrolman Flem-
ing that he had sat up several nights
to prevent her taking her life, though
later he would not admit this.
Were About to Separate.
The cause of the shooting appears to
have been that the two were preparing
to separate. Hubbs said the separa-
ton was to have been only temporary,
hut this is what probably led to the
shooting. He stated that his mother
is i'll in New York, and that he was
preparing to go to her, while his wife
was to be sent back to her mother
There is very little chance for the
woman to get well. She was shot
through the left side, the bullet pass
ing below the heart. The kidneys and
the lower part of the lungs were in
5ured. An operation was performed at
the hospital, from which she rallied. 1t
is thought she has a slight chance for
recovery, though the chances are all
against her. Mrs. Hendrix, her moth
er, has been wired, and is expected in
the city to-day.