The sun., 1908-07-14
HlS MOrHER-N-LAW SHOT HIM
DIR, SIMPSON WAS TRIED FOg
NUMBERING HER HUSDAND.

Dentist Cans TO See HkIs wsre aud Mrs. Her.
ner Puts q Bullet In lRim--Eze .Csupss
Alone From Northpovs 60 Hospital
Here-Famiiy Had Qaarrelled Much.
Or. James W. Simpson. the dentist who
was tried and acquitted In Riverhead. L. L..
for the murder OF his father-in-law. Barley
T. Horner, in 1907. was shot yesterday sftes-
noon at Northport by the dead mans widow.
Ella Horner. as he tried to got In the Hosner
residenoe to see his wife. His mother-in-
law fred at him twice through the door.
the second shot striking simpson In tho
right side over the liver. Simpson was
brought to Roosevelt Hospital In New
York at his own request last night. He
was in good condition and will be put undar
the X-ray to-day for location OF the bullet.
Mrs. Horner was released on bail by order
| OF the District Attorney
Dr. Simpson got to Northport on the 1
O'Clock train from New York and after
| alighting at the station walked to the
Horner house by the turnpike road. dis
tance Of about halt a mile. The stories
Of what occurred at the house differ soms-
what, but according to simpsons statement
made to Justics OF the Peaos Richard W.
Hawkins he walked up on a sida porch
on which bay window Of the dining room
opens. He saw Mrs. Horner 10 the room
and went to the window. which was
screened.
4Is that you. Mily'" he asked Mrs.
Horner.
! Mrs. Horner asked him what he wanted.
Il want to see Julia" he replied.
aGet out Of here at onoel |" Mrs. Hornsr
| replied.
DR.. Simpson says he saw Mrs. Hornsr
| walk toward the back OF the dining room
and he went to the door, expecting her to
| open it. He had stood there but moment.
he says, when she fired twice through the
upper part Of the door. which 10 plate glass
The first shot missed. but the second shot
hit him.
He staggered away and down the road
| toward the village and the sanitarium OF
DIR. j. p Heyden.
Mrs. Simpson was In the kitchen at the
back Of the house. She got to the door In
time to see her husband staggering down
the road. The Hornsr house Is isolated and
| no one outside the household heard the shots
| or saw the doctor leave the house and 1t was
not until the doctor himself made known
the fact that the shooting became public.
When he got to DR.. Hsyden,s his wound
was dressed and DIR. Heyden advised him
to 60 to New York II he felt able. DR..
Simpson aoquiesosd, but first called Justice
Of the Peaoe Hawkins. who went to the
sanitarium and took deposition from DR.
Simpson. The dentist told Of his visit and
what had occurred and said that IL was his
mother-in-law who had fred the shots. as
he had seen her shadow behind the glass
DIR. Simpson was then driven to the station.
where he caught the O'Clock train back to
| New York.
Justice Hawkins issued q warrant for
the arrest Of Mrs. Horner and gave it TO
Constable Hanger 10 serve. The constable
drove out in q carriage TO the home. where
he found Mrs. Horner and Mrs Simpson
| apparently waiting his coming. Both Of
the women we're calm and went to the
Justices office on Main street without
delay.
The news Of the shooting had spread
|
| ton OF the village was on the street when
the constable drove In with the women,
but no demonstration was made. Con.
| kins a revolver which he said Mrs Horner
had handed to him at the house.
| Mrs. Horner wanted to toll her story,
but Justice Hawkins refused to let her say
anything until Roland Miles, her attorney,
,rr;ual Diafri,f tfnrpav 1aor0a IT Eiv-
man Of Patchogue was told by telephone
what had happened. He ordered the
release Of Mrs. Horner on bail and Justice
/ Hawkins fixed the bail at 5000. which
was at once provided by Mrs. Simpson.
who gave the property about the home
| stead as bail. and the women and Mr.. Miles
| were driven back to the Horner house by
the constable.
Mrs. Horner will appear for examination
| tomorrow and will then tell her story of
what happened.
DR.. Simpson displayed remarkable nerve
in making tho journey from Northport
to Roosevelt Hospital In New York. He
suffered intensely all the way and was
pretty weak When he alighted from the
train at Long Island City and boarded
,, Thirty-fourth street ferryboat Several
newspaper men met him a. he got of the
train and assisted him into tho ferryhouse
He was unaccompanied when he leet
Northport and took rear seat alone In
| the third car Of the a:18 train. Several
! passengers noticed that he was In dls-
tress and when they volunteered TO aid
him he told them that he had been ahos,
but felt that he could make bis way TO New
York without putting anybody to any
trouble, He wore a fat brim straw hat.
blue serge suit. blue striped shirt stained
with blood on the right side and carried
a crook handled bamboo cane. He
walked unsteadily and leaned heavily ON
the cane,
Porters in the ferryholse brought an
invalid roller chair to wheel hin, aboard
the boat, but he became angry at sight OF
it and exclaimed: Take 1t awayi can
get along without it,
On the ferryboat he took seat outside
the womens cabin, where, surrounded by
reporters, he told the story Of tho shooting,
He groaned from time to time, but gritted
his teeth and held himself up, and In dis
jointed sentences told how he went to North
por. to prevail upon his wife TO divorce
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