The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-11-27
Corvallis Times
CORVALLIS, OREGON
TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 27, 1896
BECAME SUDDENLYINSANE.
And Shot her Cousin Dead-Former
Benton County Girl-Sent to
Asylum.

Asylum. |
A tragedy occurred in the home
of Eugene Palmer near Albany
yesterday morning. Mr.. Palmer
was for many years a resident OF
Benton county, living many years
near Granger and is we'll known
here. How his daughter, aged 28,
shot and killed her cousin as he sat
talking to her father, IS told as fol-
lows, in the Albany Democrat:
ssMiss sMelcina Palmer this morn
ing at 9 O. clock, at the home of her
father shot and killed her cousin
William P. Palmer. Mr.. Palmer
aged twenty-five, arrived only Sat-
urday from Monmouth on visit
with his uncle, This morning the
uncle and nephew were sitting to-
gether in the sitting room beside
the stove talking, when Miss Palm
er entered the room and took
seat on the sofa back of them. Sud
denly, without any warning she
stood up and fired a revolver,
which she had concealed, at
her cousin, hitting him in the back
of his head, and he fell over dead.
. The revolver belonged to her faith
er which he kept in his bed room,
where she had gotten it. q said
In May; 1905, Miss Palmer was
committed to the asylum, raving
insane. In September, she had
improved so much she was per-
mitted to 60 shone on a three
{ months leave of absence. y Since
} then she had been rational and up
II TO the time of shooting had dis
played no signs Of anything out of
the ordinary Afterwards she be
came wild, rolled On the floor, and
had to be taken charge of. b 3d3's
1sd Coroner William Fortmiller, DR..
3 Trimble and Sheriff d. s! Smith
p Immediately went to the scene of
s. the murder where an inquest was
held Miss Palmer will be brought
totAlbanys where she will be recon-
mitted to the asylum probably the
only solution ofthe terrible problem.
$50 Chicago, Nov. "a. Regardless
Of threats that be would be lynched
if he touches on the race problem
in bis lecture here Tuesday for the
benefit Of the Chicago Union Hos
pital, Senator Tillman announces
that be hopes treatment Of the ne.
gro will be what be will talk about.
He wants no police guard and says
his life has been so often threatened
that be has ceased to give the mat
ter even a thought. - 81 ss.Si ~ -
81 The Senator arrived today from
st. Louis, held a confereocs with
the society, under those auspices be
Will lecture, and left for South Ha
ven, Mich. He will lecture ir
Platteville, Wis, Monday and re-
turn to Chicago. 't0o<, .''' - .-'5
n"''sI am surprised that Chicago
should be aroused by threats Of 6
negro uprising" be said. ''It's ri
diculous. I shall talk directly OF
the race problem Ny lecture or
the question Shall the Uliteo
States Anr ex Cuba?" will bring
the race issue at once into the lime
light. The negroes say I have boast
Led of taking part in lynchings. Thil
is untrue. Thirty years ago I wa'
in one or two riots, but they were
political and had nothing to de
with lynchings. I have never beer
present at lynching. But have
eaid that I will lead a mob to lynch
any man who has attacked wo
man, black or white. II hardly
think III retract that statement.
"The fact that the Chicago re
groes have asked the mayor to pre-
vent my lecture is no surprise
They have had such liberties in ths
North that they presume TO controi
everything. / am not afraidof.ar J
negro that lives. Threats agains
my life have been made 81
often that they don't even ass me
the Importance Of incidents.
want no polio man to guard mf
I'll walk The streets of Chicas
alone. suppose negroes will seel
admittance to the lecture hall. IL.
them come. A race war? Impossi
ble."
More goods all the time a
Nolans., s.,a &c.,