The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-16
SHOOTS W0 MAN;
THEN KILLS
HIMSELF

b Long continued on his way TO the
house. In the meantime Mrs. Gilbert
had breakfact. and was still IN the
dining room when Long entered, lock-
ing the door after him.
why are you locking the door?"
Mrs. Gilbert asked in some alarm.
Long replied in surly tone 10 the
effect that II was none OF her business.
Then Mrs Gilbert asked II he had
pulled the shade down in the dining
room and more hots words followed.
Mrs. Gard was at work In the Hitch
en- and the dining room and a few
minutes later Mrs. Gard heard Mrs.
Gilbert and Long go into the formers
bedroom and close the door. Directly
afterwards Mrs. Gard left for the meat
market and was gone about is min
utes. During that time there was no
one else In the house except Long and
Mrs. Gilbert Il was in that interval
that the shooting lis supposed TO have
occurred.
Mrs. Gard says she noticed nothing
unusual on her return. The door lead
ing TO Mrs. Gilberts bedroom re-
NAMED closed, but this was frequently
the case In the morning.
Tragedy Discovered.
II was not until peddler came TO
the door about 9:45 O'Clock that she
discovered what had occurred In her
absence. AS she was talking 10 the
pedder she heard moan and II
seemed 10 come from the bedroom,
Opening the door, which CHANGED 10
be unbolted. she made the horcify!ng
discovery and cried To man passing
on the street TO cali the police.
PatroImen Grimm and Theisen were
hustled to the scene or the double
tragedy from their beats and they took
charge of the place pending the ar
rival Of several detectives from police
headquarters in patrol wagon. The
detectives recognized in the man who
lay dead i'm the little bed chamber a
man whose face was familiar 10 them.
why, that's 'Snooze' Long they
said. almost in chorus.
WelI-known Character.
Snooze. Long was q welLknown
character In the downtown district.
His brother, Ed, better known as
Windy Long. Is veteran hack
driver and even a more familiar char
acter than was "Snooze." There's not
cabDy In Detroit but knows Windy"
Long and his brother 'Snooze." The
latter was formerly in charge OF Col
quhoun's night lunch wagon. stationed
on the campus. and he has played host
TO many a late diner while acting in
this capacity. He had been staying
in Mrs. Gilbert's place for several
months past. He was extremely fond
OF the woman and exceedingly jealous.
Recently he met Detective Robert
Clare on the street while In the COM
pany OF Mrs. Gilbert and introduced
her as his wife.
Ii was a gruesome spectacle that
presented itself to the officers as they
fung open the door leading 10 the
death chamber. Long, attired In his
trousers. shirt and slippers. without
coat or collar, lay on his left side on
the floor, alongside the bed. with blood
pouring from the wound in his head.
His right hand still held the revolver,
a 3S-calibre aair Four cartridges had
been emptied and one unexploded
shell remained.
Woman's Face Covered With Blood.
Mrs. Gilbert was unconscious on
the bed, her face unrecognizable from
blood. Through misunderstanding
on the part OF the police the ambul-
ance was not called at once. AS soon
as IL received the call. however, the
east end ambulance made record
run to the house and removed the
woman 10 st. Mary's hospital, where
she was placed ar once on the oper-
ating table The bullet which struck
the head entered in the corner OF the
left eye and is thought TO have lodged
In the brain.
AS soon as she learned of the &C.
currence, the daughter, Hazel, went
TO the hospital and begged TO be TAX
en- TO her mothers side. Mrs. Gil
bert was then under examination. and
the daughters request had TO be de-
MED. AS soon as the patient was re-
moved to ward, however the daugh-
ter rushed to the bedside and buried
her face in the sheets.
HE told my mother last night she
would be sorry sobbed the girl.
while waiting In the reception room
at the hospital "She went out 10
see some friends on the west side.
When she came back, Long accused
her OF being i'm the company Of an
other man and gave her an awful
scolding for IL. That Is when he
said she would be sorry. But Their.
was nothing at all In his accusation.
knew where my mother had been
and | stuck UP for her But Long
wouldn't believe word of II. He
was insanely jealous. and he had nc
reason TO be. What was my mother
ia him anyVay?"
Before she knew the details of the
shooting. the girl exclaimed:
did they get the man? / know
who shot my mother. It's that man
Long"
Then she was told that Long had
committed suicide and she gave way
TO another 1T of weeping.
"Oh. such an awful story. How can
bear IT, II will kill my poor grand
mother."
The latter lives near Wayne. Mich.
and Is In poor health. Relatives Will
try TO keep the news OF the tragedy
from her
Woman Twice Divorced.
Mrs. Gilbert was twice married.
Both her husbands are divorced. Her
first husband was George Kelley. faith
or of Hazel. who is chief record clerk
for the Home Telephone Co. After
being divorced from him, the woman
married James Gilbert, but the union
proved a most unhappy one. Gilbert
is also living and is said to be In De-
troit.
Long was about 80 years old. Coro-
ner Bennett took charge OF the re-