Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-25

Failing to effect a reconciliation with
his wife at a meeting last night, Gus
Englin entered her home, 800 Fifteenth
street, about 2:30 this morning and
drove her out, shooting her on the door
step, firing shot at his 14-year-old
daughter and. after running a block.
ended his own life. Mrs. Englin linger-
ed until o'clock when she died. Englil
expired almost instantly. Thus comes TO
close a chapter of domestic trouble, a
suit for divorce will be stricken from
the docket. and the injunction of the
court restraining the husband from mo-
Testing his wife pending the trial of
the case is no longer of force and eff
feet.
Girl Tells story.
Maureen Englin, the daughter, who,
by grabbing the muZZle of the revolver,
escaped injury or being a part of the
tragedy, tells the story as follows:
II was sleeping with mamma, and 1
woke up hearing noise in the house.
| do not know what time it was. Then
mother called me, and said: Listen,
some one is in the Kitchen Then
heard something fall down in the kitch
en-. When mamma heard that she
jumped out of bed and ran out the
front way. She ran outdoors and over
to Grotegut's, next door. Then | got
up out of bed. | heard mother ring the
door bell next door. Then | tried to
find my way out, and just got to where
the piano stands and heard mother
scream. She said: Gus, don't kill me.
Then I heard some shots fired. BY that /
time | found my way out to the front |
door. Then | saw my mother run and
heard her scream. She ran past the |
house. Then she fell on the white |
stone in front of the shop. 1 was stand !
ing on the porch. He jumped over her
and came between the house and shop |
and shot at me- l grabbed the gun and |
turned it away l don't think he shot |
at me more than once. l lodged him
and ran into the house. Then he ran
southeast. l honered Murder several
times, and then l screamed for help. A
lot of men and women came then.
Mamma went over to Giles last night,
but do not think she knew he was 60
ing to be there. He wanted her to live
with him again. She stayed about ten
minutes, and then came back. He. has
threatened to kill her more than once"
Separated Three Months.
Mr. and Mrs. Englin had been
separated three months, she filing
bill for divorce, in which she charged
him with drunkenness and cruelty.
Upon her petition an injunction was
granted restraining him from going
onto the premises occupied by her.
She charged extreme cruelty to herself
and TO the children. In the latter part
of April he filed an answer, in which
he alleged that she was always quarrel
some, that she drank liquors, threw
knives and other kitchen utensils at
him. He charged that she stayed much
OF the time at the home of her parents
and around the saloon of her brother
and father. and took the daughter there
to sing in the saloon. He admitted, as
charged, that she notified the saloons
not to sell him liquor, but said that
was done to provoke him to getting al
divorce; that she had told him that If
he did not like it to get the divorce
Would Live With Her.
In his bill he stated that he was new
ertheless willing to live with her, and
his action last night in trying to effect
a reconciliation tended to show the
truth of the statement. However, she
was otherwise inclined and refused to
accede to his wishes Where he was
from the time of the meeting to the J.,
time of the murder is not known :
He gained entrance to the house
through a rear window to the kitchen,
and his weapon was a 32-calibre re- |
volver. 1t was evidently loaded to its
fullest capacity. for four shots are ac-
counted for and there were four empty
chambers when the gun was found. q
The bullet entered near her breast bone +
and went through her right lung. She r.
lived about two hours. r
First Shot Missed. IL
After numbering his wife and fail
ng in the attempt to shoot his daugh- o
.er Englin turned and ran southeast | a