The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-16
MAN ACQUITTED
OF MURDER SHOT
Woman He Made q Widow
Wounds DR.. Simpson.
MARRIED HER DAUGHTER


New York Dentist at His Former
t,oms--Mrs. Hornsr Admits Using
Pistol on Son. law, and Lstter's
wife Defends Hsr Mother's Action,
eaylna Husband Made Move as
Though 20 Draw Weapon.
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Northport, N. Y, July 1a.-on the
threshold OF the home that once had
been his, but which was shut to him
after he shot his father-in-law on Dec.
27, 1905, DR.. james W. Simpson was
shot by the wife Of the man whom he
had killed. Simpson was acquitted Of
the murder OF his fathsr-in.law In spite
OF testimony which his wife and his
mother-in.law gave against him. The
killing, however, had alienated his
wife from him, and 1t was when de.
manding to see her In order to arrange
with her TO make their separation per
manont by means OF u divorce TINT tho
bullet came crashing through glass
door. II entered tho dentists abdomen
and lodged in the lower part OF the
right lung He buried to New York,
where be went to Roosevelt hospital
to have an operation performed.
After receiving q frightful wound
Or. Simpson showed that he had mar.
velous fortitude and nerve Suffering
intense pain, knowing that internal
hemorrhage was sapplng his life, he
Travelled alone from Northport to Long
Island City and from there with little
help, made his way tu Roosevelt hos
pital. And On the way, knowing he
was looking death closely In the face,
he said solemnly:
II mny die before morning. If | die
It will he with n conscience clear of
the murder of my fathcrin-law."
Wife Loyal to Neither.
The shooting Of Simpson came ms mn.
other tragic incident IN Il household In
which wealth Ind caused discussions
which turned daughter against her
parents. Not until her father had been
shot by the man whom she had mar.
ried and to whom she had been loyal
did the daughter return to her mother
and desert the man who Ind done the
killing So bitter was the feeling of
mother and daughter toward Simpson
that when they knew he was lying on
their doorstep hisading from q danger
GUS wound they did not lift finger to
help him.
When Dr. Simpson, who was one OF
the mest prominent dentists In this
section, killed his father-in-law. Bart
Icy T. Horner, the revulslon of feeling
which Mrs Simpson felt toward her
husband was such that when the Jury
acquitted the dentist she denounced
the twelve men for what she said was
a gross miscarriage Of justice.
Simpson had lived in the home Of his
father-in-law, who was wealthy re-
tired tobacco planter. There were
many Qunrrels In the household, and
Mrs. Simpson always stood with her
husband. but after the killing Of her
father she and her mother told the
dentist never to enter their home
again, and It was because he was about
to violate their injunction that he was
shot.
Statements from DIR. Simpson and
from Mrs. HOrner as to the circum
stances attending the shooting dis
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