The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
HAD QUARRElLED WITH WIFE
Mrs. John K. Patterson, the Woman Slain, Was Sister of Bissett's Wife. Mrs Bissett Makes Statement
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NNO- '<- deaths embrace.
 The shooting took place at about 11:4j o'clock yesterday morning, and two hours later the victim expired at the Hillman hospital. The little one to which the woman held so tightly was not her own child, but the one of the murderer. The providence that watches over the inno- cence of childhood protected it, for the infant was unharmed. With it's eyes wide open, without a whimper it lay on the breast of the dying woman until a neigh bor, Mrs. Poe, came and took it away.
 Bissett Wounded.
 Bissett, after shooting his sister-in-law received a bullet wound, which the neighbors thought was self-inflicted, but this he denies. He attempted to make his escape. but was caught by Policeman Dougherty, who had heard the reports on Seventeenth street, between Avenues and H. He was taken by Policeman Nix to the county jail, where he remained until late yesterday afternoon, when he wounds to be treated.
 The Tragedy Described.
 According to the story of some of the neighbors, who saw the shooting, Mrs Patterson was sitting on the front steps wien Bissett was seen to approach from the direction of Seventeenth street. What conversation took place could not bt heard. The man is said to have had his hand in his pocket as he came to the gate, and the woman rose and fled jump ing off the east end of the porch. Sht was a frail woman, and the weight of the infant made her stoop as she jumped It was at this moment, 1t Is said, thai Bissett, in close pursuit. fired the first shot. the woman falling heavily forward to the ground, several feet below, on hel back. Whether this shot took effect is not known, but Bissett Is said to have jumped over the prostrate woman ant fired three shots at her
 By one witness 1t was said that ht then ran through the front door int the house and another shot was heard B, another 1t was stated that after the frs shots fired at the woman on the ground Bissett turned and fled straight back by the dividing fence. All agree as to the essential circumstances that he pursued Mrs. Patterson to the end of the porch jumped after her and stood over the woman and the child and fired several shots.
 Bissett was married seventeen months ago to Miss Dalton of Waterloo, Ky a sister of Mrs. Patterson, and at the time of the tragedy Mrs. Bissett was liv- ing with Mrs. Patterson on account of Bissett's alleged cruel treatment. They were practically separated although they were not divorced. Bissett claims that as he was walking by the fence in front of the Patterson house man from inside shot at him and that he did not enter the yard, although his hat was found at the end of the porch. This, however, Is not borne out by single witness to the shooting. Among those wit nesses are Mrs. J. A. Harvill of 400 Seven teenth street, south, Mrs. Allen, a next door neighbor and Miss Octavia Donald son, living across the street, directly op- poste, at No. 1616 Avenue D. They did say that Bissett had threatened number of times to kill not only his wife and baby but Mrs. Patterson and her husband as well.
 Mrs. Outlaws Statement.
 Mrs. Outlaw of 1904 Avenue D. said:
 "Bissett was at my house twice yester- day. He said dozen times that he was going to kill his wife and baby and the whole household and then kill himself. I kept him from killing his wife yester- day about the same time that he mur- dered Mrs. Patterson today. She had gone to get her armed dressed. Mrs. Patterson with the baby was in my house at the time. All the while he kept looking at every car that came from town as if to see his wife and swearing that he was going ter to keep her children out of the way if his wife should be In my house for he would shoot. I watched the cars and when I saw Mrs. Bissett I slipped out and got her into a negro's house in the rear of mine so that her husband couldn't see her. I have heard him say hundred times that he was going to kill his wife,"
 Mrs. Bissett's Statement.
 Very much affected by the terrible strain she had undergone, Mrs. Bissett made the following statement last night:
 ''We have been married about seventeen months. About two months before the baby was born, while we were living on Avenue c, near Eighteenth street, in a house jointly occupied by ourselves and Mrs Pilgreen, my husband assaulted me with a stick. It was necessary at this time for the physician to take two stitches. That night a lady living next door had him arrested for this assault upon me. For this offence he stayed in jail two days and nights, and sent me word to come to him. went to the jail and there he promised to treat me kindly if I would not have him prosecuted Be fore leaving he again promised he would treat me as he ought to- and we would live right
 Pausing for a moment to recover from the over-tense nervous condition the trag- edy had produced upon her, Mrs. Bissett continued her statement by saying:
 About two weeks after this Franks father bought a grocery store on First avenue and Seventh street, where he was employed as clerk. Contrary to his pledges. however, he kept staying away from home. sometimes until as late as 3