The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-10
THOMAS, SLAYS HIS OWN WIFE Bloody Uxorcide in the
 Gulf City. SURRENDERED TO THE POLICE Painter Held Sponse as He Fired
 the Fatal Shots. Tragedy Took Place over wheeler's Restaurant and Jealousy Is Said To He the Cause of the Re-
 volting Crime.
SURRENDERED TO THE POLICE

I Mobile, May g. -(SpeciaD D--One of the most sensational and revolting homi- cides in the history of Mobile county. occurred at II 80 o'clock this morning on the second floor of Mrs. Wheele's s restaurant on Spring Hill Avenue, when Mrs. Harriett Miller Thomas was the victim and Andrew Thomas, her hus- ! band. was arrested for the crime. Immediately after the killing the po- lice department was notified and De- tectlves Murphy and Detail Bruen went 10 the scene, and mounting the steps. looked up and saw Thomas. pistol in hand.
 Come up. I won't hurt you" he shouted. When the officers reached him they asked where his wife was. Thomas replied. There she is.'' and pointed to the prostrate form of the
 young woman lying on the floor. She
 was dead
 The dead woman and her slayer were
 hurried to police Headquarters and Cor oner Hirshficld was summoned. In ths meantime Thomas had been placed in cell The young man had removed his shoes and socks and was washing his feet in the lavatory. He was un- concernedly smoking a cigarette When interrogated, he said that he ' and Mrs Thomas hsd trouble last night. He married her in Mobile County Her
 name at that time was Harriett Miller and she was raised one mile west of Spring Hill. He Is a son of stephen Thomas of Wheelerville, Further than this, he declined to talk.
 At this investigation by the coroner. held after the autopsy this afternoon, the following was adduced: Story of Crime.
 Last night Andrew Thomas uuarrelletl with his wife and struck her. He was Jealous of some one, the neighbors do
 not known of whom. The man and his wife quarreled again today They lived with Andrew Thomas's mother, over Wheeler's restaurant. in the
 rooms where the tragedy occurred Thomas is painter and had been in
 the city in the morning. He went to
 his home shortly before II o'clock Ills
 wife was there with his mother and A
 reiativr, a young woman, Miss Lorena Thompson.
 | At the head of the steps leading to
 their living rooms the man spoke few words to his wife then shot her in the breast. As she fell he shot her again. The first witness heard was
 Miss Lorena Thompson, first cousin of
 of the dead woman. She saw Thomas
 beating his wife and heard her beg
 him not to kill her. saw the first shot
 fired and heard the second. He held
 the hand of his wife with his left hand
 when he shot her. The evidence of J.
 w. Wheeled was somewhat in conflict
 with that of Miss Thompson. He said
 that the first indication he had of the
 trouble were. the screamS of women.
 Thomas mother yelled that Andrew
 was killing his wife.
 He rushed up the steps toward their
 room and passed Miss Thompson, who
 was coming down the steps. When
 he reached the head of the stairs. he
 saw Andrew Thomas strike his wife, but before he could interfere, Thomas
 pulled pistol from his pocket and shot her in the breast
 He looked around for few seconds then fired a second shot at the wo-
 man, evidently the one which struck her head. The jury after hearing evil
 dence. ordered that Thomas be held for
 murdr, pending a preliminary hear ing.
 Tbomas's Criminal Record. Andrew Thomas is one-eyed, a man | O fabout 1S5 pounds weight. and Is painter. In the spring he boarded a Spring Hill electric car on the top | of the hill and cut the throat of Con | ductor Pope. He was tried and got | of with twenty-nine days hard labor on the county road. He concluded his servitude day or two since His i wife was a young woman and had em- ] ployment at Frederic's Dye Works on | Dauphin street. She bore a good rep utation and, while living with her l husband, resided on Pine street be- tween St Francis. street and Old Shell Road The bullet. from Thames Arms Company pistol which ended her life. e.;ered her left breast. She had a cut in the forehead and the left op- tic was blue black from a blow.
 thought to have been dealt by her , husband.