The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-18
SHOT BY HIS WIFE
HE WOULDN'T SUPPORT
EDWARD p. WILSON PROBABLY
FATALLY WOUNDED IN THE
STREET WHILE ABOUT TO
GO TO WORK.

NEW YORK, Sept is.Enraged be-
cause he would not pay her the weekly
sum for her support 10 which Re
had agreed in a police court, Mra.
Elizabeth Wilson. aged twenty-eiEht
shot her husband. Edward Il. wilson.
aged twenty.nine, Of No. Iis East
~Fffty-second street. when he appear
ed for work In front OF No: i4e Centre
street, The bullet entered Wilson'S
left side, and surgeons at the Hud
SON Street Hospital. where he wnz
taken. say that II is iilseis 10 prove
fatal.
Mrs. Wilson, Who, Il Is believed is
mentally irresponsible, made no at
tempt to escape and admitted The
shooting. She was Immediately ar
rested, taken to the hospital. where
Wilson identified her as the one uho
shot him, and then taken to the po
lice station and later TO The Tomba
Police Court for a~rraignment.
Wilson was employed By tho Rob
ert r. stillson Printing Company. az
No. 122 Centre street, and was on his
way to work when his wife shot him.
He had been employed there for three
years and was a good workman. His
fellow employees knew he did NOT live
with his wife and that their relations
had been unhappy. He had told them
he feared she would do what she did
yesterday morning.
Mrs. Wilson was before her mar
riage Elizabeth Ludwig. daughter oil
Charles Ludwig, a wealthy wholesalc
drug dealer OF this city. Her family
opposed the marriage. aud after an
engagement of seven years she elop-
ed with Wilson. She was then for.
hidden by her family to enter their
home. Her father. Il is said By
friends Of the family. died from grief
caused by brooding over his daughr
ter's marriage.
After Wilson had deserted her and
had discontinued his allowance 10
her of four dollars weekly, Mrs VIII
son earned her own living by doing
odd bits OF typewriting for friends.
Melancholia seized her subsequently,
Dr.. Lester Boos. Of No. 2s3 West 1891
street, who has long known Mrs. Wn-
son, when seen by a reported last
night, saids
mfrs. Wilson has not been mentally
responsible for some time. Several
months ago l advised her to enter d
sanitarium, but she refused TO do 80.
because. she said. she had no money
and did not wish 70 be indebted n
any one. She seemed to know. how
ever, that she was not wholly In her
| right mind"
According to Mrs. Wilson's story.
Wilson. after their marriage. wanted
her to continue her work as q typo
writer. A child was born to them, but
died when a year old. and she says
that after the chiid's death Wilson de
serted her entirely. She knew he
made good wages and insisted upon
MS supporting her. When he refusSG
she had him arrested on a charge or
non-support, and In a police court bo
promised the Magistrate he would PM
her "a a week. He did not keep hiz
promise and their troubles eliminated
In the shooting.
A%rraigned In the Tombs Court, be
fore Mapfefrato praon Mrs xrtt,r-'
lost the composure she exhibited al
ter the shooting. and acted i~nsaneiy-
She kept crying out about her lnfznf
son. Edward. who died ON january ls-
They have taken Eddie away she
walled, and she seemed not to realize
her position except that her child
was dead.
Magistrate Bress c5:@ssed her To
the Tombs without bail TO await the
result OF her husbands injuries.
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