Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-11-01
STOPS AID FOR HIS WIFE
Chicago Vessel Captain Fatally
Wounds Her on Schooner.
KEEPS CROWD BACK.
Vessel Made Fort and Shotgun It's Effec-
tive Armament-Jealous Gambler
Kills Wife's Friend

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct 30.-After shoot
ing and fatally wounding his wife III
jealous quarrel, James z. Cummings,
captain Of the schooner Henry Cowles,
now in winter quarters here, armed him
self with a shotgun today and threat
ened to kill any person who attempted
to board the vessel
inside the abin Mrs. Lillian Cum
mlngs, the wounded woman, was suf
ierlng intense pain and her cries could
be heard by those standing on the river
bank. For nearly two hours Cummings
held the crowd at bay, but finally sur
rendered to the police. Mrs Cummings
i was taken to the Peoples hospital.
Capt. Cummings is owner of the
schooner Henry Cowles and has sailed
the lakes for many years
Jealous Gambler Stays.
DUBUQUE, Ia, Oct. 3O,-Maddened
shot Roy Sumner in the back. killing
him almost instantly. The shooting oc-
Cured near a railroad station where
Sumner and Mrs. Clark were bidding
each other goodbye.
Mrs. Clark escaped by jumping into
the cab of passing engine. Clark says
that he warned Sumner he would kill
him it the couple ever met again.
Maps Between Murders
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 80. After
numbering his wife and their two chill
dren, and sleeping beside their bodies all
night, William G. Cocker went at sul-
rise to the home of his neighbor, r. S.
Gressett, and killed him before the eyes
of Mrs. Gressett. Coker h1d himself IN
der the steps of Gressett's home and
shot him as he left the house
Mrs. Gressett, who is a relative Of the
governor of Virginia, ran out of the
house and found her husband in a pool
of blood. Gressett was not quite dead,
and Cocker prepared to shoot again.
Mss. Gressett fell On her knees and
begged Cocker not to shoot. Gressett also
pleaded, but Cocker only advanced closer,
poked the gun into Gressett's body and
fired again, the second shot killing him
instantly.
Immediately after the shooting Cocker
sent word to officers to come to his home
in Greenwood and arrest him. AS the
officers drove up to the Coker home they
heard the report of gun, and when the
house was entered they found Cocker
stretched on the floor dead.
Murders Girl Wife; Suicide.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 30
Within five minutes after he had sent
bullet through the brain of his girl wife,
Albert Hennerle, aged 80, jumped on a
moving street car and, to escape the
vengeance of a mob, shot himself
through the head, dying instantly.
Shooting in a Bank.
CHENOA, Ill, Oct. 3O.-In q remark
able ARRAY William LIE Due, q farmer,
instantly killed his brother-in-law, May
or Charles Nickel, in the Chenoa State
bank Saturday. He then killed Hugh
D. Jones, a wealthy land owner, bar
ricaded himself in the vault, from which
in various fusillades during the after
noon he wounded two more men.
For over six hours LIE Due held the
town at bay. The fumes of burning sui
phur failed to dislodge him from his
steel fertilization. Chloroform and ether
were employed with the object Of stupe-
flying the murderer, but without avail.
Baf11ed in their efforts, the citizens were
talking of lynching, when Sheriff Ed
wards arrived from Bloomington, in re-
Spouse to an appeal, and after a long
conversation with LIE Due induced him
to surrender at o'clock at night. He
was taken to Bloomington and locked
up in the county Jail to prevent lynching.
Shoots Wife and browns Self.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Oct Bold
ward Rebel, late of Grand Marias, shot
his wife five times at Munising, Alger
county, and, leaving her for dead,
jumped from a dock and drowned him
self. The woman is expected to recover.
Ardent Suitor Fatally Shot.
CUBA, Mo-, Oct. 3O-Being forbidden
to call upon the daughter of Wesley Che
ney, a wealthy farmer, Leslie Jones, son
of a retired merchant, went to his sweet
hearts home and with the aid Of a lad
der gained access to the second story
Here he was caught by the girls father
and shot three times. The wounds will
prove fatal
OLD CUSTOMS HANDICAP.