The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-15

Chicago, Feb, l4-Mrs. Stella Dur
ply, whose wealthy young husband,
George w. Durphy, shot Damon P,
Padfield when he found the latter VITA
his wife in a room at the Grand Pa
cihc Hotel made the above statement
in telling the unhappy story OF her
life.
"He will kill me yet" the unhappy
wife added. "a have ro: known a hap.
py moment since ! met him five years
ago. Now have horror of him.
try to sleep, but when cose my eyes
see his glowing face and the two
binding pistol flashes. am inno-
cent of any wrong and am the victim
Of his insane Jealousy and nhuman
cruelty. Until now, not half of my
story has been told
Mrs. Durphy was talking in the
apartments of her mother, Mrs. {, r.
Tatum. In the Hayden Hotel al 1852
East Thirtysixth street at ; O'Clock
last evening.
Pleas for Protection.
When she was arraigned with her
husband before Justice Caverly yeste"
day morning Mrs. Durphy appealed to
the Justice to save her from him.
Protect me- she cried, or he will
surely carry out his threats and kill
or harm me. He has often struck me
and pressed a revolver to my heal
He has sworn he viii throw yitro in
my face to disfigure me in the eyes of
other men.
The ju tiee merely advised Mrs. Dur
ply TO stay close to her home. The
hearing cf the charge Of assault tut
murder against the Durphys was con.
tinued to February 23, so that PadfielI |
may recover from his wounds and ap |
pear as a witness. The husbands |
bond, signed by John Corbett and |
Geoge Jackson fthe firm of Corbett |
& Jackfon, who accompanied him to
court, was reduced from $4,000 TO
$1,000. Mrs. Durphy was placed under
5000 bond, signed by her mother, to
appear as a witness.
Padfeld. the man shot by Durphy
while he was with Mrs Durphy in his
hotel room, improved rapidly at the
Emergency Hospital yesterday, and is
expected to be out in ten days If
there is no blood-poisonng.
Padfield's Wife Overcome
Mrs. Padfeld, who is with her 6
year-old son in Belleville, H.. is al
most overcome by the sensation invol
wing her husband
Mrs Padheld's parents are indig
nant over Padflelds position and none ,
of the wifes family will visit the ,
wounded man, the father in Belle ,
vile yesterday declaring yehemently:
I'VE are sorry he was not killed
II is pity he still lives"
suit for divorce by Mrs. Pad
field in Belleville probably will be the =
sequel to the shooting.
The wounded man apparently de.
ceived both his wife and Mrs Dur
ply as to his true character. His
wife trusted him as the soul of honor
and Mrs. Durphy believed his story 4,
10 the effect that since he knew her r.
IN boyhood he had become a well-to dc
physician, able to purchase splendid
automobiles
500 Reward for Padfield.
In Cairo, ILL.,. 500 reward for his
arrest was offered on charges of com
mon petty swindlng.
At the Hayden Hotel last night {
Mrs. Durphy told for the first time the
story Of her unhappy married life and
the events leading up TO the shoot.
ing
Her cheek bone and right eye were o
black and her nose was bruised from o
the blows with which her husband beat {
her to the floor after he had shot Pad p
field. and the physician that attended h
her said the woman was on the verge q
d a nervous collapse y
MY husband is rich and influential q
he can do almost anything. Nv If
friends and my homer are the only
possession ! have in the world" said Ia
Mrs Durphy And then she added: e
Il endured everything a wife could z
from a husband. b
Il married at nineteen-too young d
I knew nothing That was nearly three 81
years ago. I met Mr.. Durphy at some
social affair on the West Side and he 4
instantly began paying ardent court Il
had came TO Chicago from Louisville
KY. my birthplace. several years be.
fore
The mistreatment by my husband
began almost before our honeymoon u
was over. Mr.. Durphy was wildly
madly iqsaneIy jealous. Why. il en
ragged him even for me TO spend pleas
ant times with my girl friends I
could not have any friends come to ID
onr home. and finally came 20 shun q
even mentioning the name 4 any 81
man. hs
Psdfield Childhood Friend. n
That is why Mrs. Darphy never CO