The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-06-03
rev z WAL4A SOUTH ~.
PAUL vsCTrM Or MURDER
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STARTED FROM QUARREL



rick J. GseAxEx~ tive sock broker os
So9sh 81 Pxal. sAns and instantly
killed lis wife. May MetIosAa Glib
sss1x. following up she raurder y few
zsa1Fss hses By shooting Rev E j.
Wash Of ske 81 Augustine Catholic
eAzrxh. Who died . short time after
rzr1 G4ks<0nx then calmly Ave hin-
self ~ 10 tAe pckise-
TIE 6o1h~ tragedy took place i'm
Ze4zssly after GfAs4uns and lis wite
Tad re<zrre1 FROM Minneapolis, where
he lad h-@E treated ~ the Lawrence
-szzasn-Tz- since LzxE Wednesday for
ALCOHOLICS He saS SO far refused 70
make any statement as to the cause
wafch led to- tie crimes
IL was sish the permission OF DR..
L&xr-Gee that Gibbons eft for his
home. euE he xss under TIE rare Of
A C. Arte-so-- one Of the nurses. and
IL Was understood that he sas 10 re-
E@rn Immediately after seeing his
cAiA9re2 and attending 10 some i'm
pore2rs business be had pleaded as az
excuse for seasing the sanztorium-
Gsarref Between CoucIe-
As sooa rs THE couple entered their
bone. Anderson il the meantime
stopping a. q hesel- in is said a quar-
rel e-s1e6~ Mis- GEheozs started to
prepare the ~rveainz meal Only one
Of the seven children happened I o be
sn the house. q 1eyezr-old girl She
afser~ard told the police that she
heard her father threaten TO kill his
xtfe and. terrified. she fed TO a
EsIghnor and gave the alarm, but TOO
Late
Two shots rang out in rapid success
sion. and The nan Eas then see to
Jump int his rig. which vas still wait
ing a. the door. and drive swiftly
g~ay.
He drove directly TO the home Of
Father Walsh. at the rear OF the
church called the priest out and.
after . few head words, shot him
through the head twice. The priest
staggered toward his study and drop
ped dead In the hallway.
After The double crime, Gibbons
Aeft his horse and buggy standing in
front Of the fathers house and walk
ed 10 the police station. On the way
be met his l2-year-old son TO whom
he said in passing: Il have killed
the priest
Boy Thought u a Joke.
The boy thought ne was iesting
and only laughed, but when he saw
bis fathers rig outside the priests
house. be realized that something was
wrong and hurried home, where he
found his mother in a pool of blood
dead on the kitchen floor.
Gibbons continued his a TO the
station and when he reached there he
repeated: Il have killed the priest"
He -as Immediately locked up, but
refused 10 talk when pressed for an
explanation Of his awful deed.
No II heard what husband and
~ife were auarreling about. She was
facing him across the kitchen when
the first shot was fired, which only
grazed her left cheek bone and burned
her face. Apparently she turned and
fed. for the second bullet took effect
al the base Of the brain and passed
entirely through the head, causing in
slant death.
News Spreads Fast.
The news Of the shooting ran quick.
ly through the town and cries OF
Lynch him. Lynch him." we're fire.
quens- Fearing that the threat might
be put into execution, Chief Of Police
Brown. after consulting with Mayor
Lytle. decided TO take the prisoner to
st. Paul In ar automobile 10 rescue
him from the indignant mob.
When Gibbons was told OF his dan
ger he said: Let them bring the
rope. II they will only let me tell my
story. there wiIi be no banging"
Patrolman Frank Day, who arrested
Gibbons, says the prisoner was no,
under the influence OF liquor. He Ia
corroborated In this by Edward Moran
the oldest policeman In town. who has
known the prisoner for many years
also by the chief OF police, who SAYS
the man was not drunk at the time
but asked insixtantly for whisky after