The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-07
SHOT DOWN IN CAFE
HENRY WATTERsoN'S ELDEST SON FATALLY WOUNDS A
 HOTEL PROPRIETOR.
YOUNG MAN VIOLENTLY INSANE
Ewing Watterson Walked Into Hotvl at Saugerties, N. Y., and DeIiber ately Shot M. J. Martln-Mind Al. fected for Years.

ateiy Shot M. J. Martln-Mind Al.
 fected for Years.
 Saugerties, N. r., July 4.-Ewing Watterson, eldest son of Henry Wat terson. editor of the Louisville Courier Journal, who has been suffering from an affection of the mind for several years, became violently Insane and shot and mortally wounded. Michael J. Martin, proprietor of the Market Street hotel The shooting was done in the cafe of the hotel. Watterson run up the street waving the pisto. wildly in the air and firing at every one who crossed his path. He was pursued by friends of Martin, severa of whom had guns which they fired at WatterSon, none of the shots talk ing effect Watterson was finally over aken and captured by policeman md Is now in the Saugerties jail where he raves constantly. It has been impossible for the police to gel d coherent statement from him.
 Young Watterson had not been il town for several months He owns { farm about five miles from Saugerties where he lives with his wife and three children. Martin was surprised whef Watterson walked into the corridor O the hotel late in the afternoon.
 Wanted to See Martin.
 MT. Watterson evidently wanted tt talk to Martin for he waited aroune tor some minutes while Martin con yersed with guest. Watterson, be coming tired of waiting, wandered in 70 the cafe. He walked up to thf oar and frightened the bartender whose back was turned, by shouting
 I'm going to kill youl'
 The bartender turned around looked into the barrel of revolver. The mex moment he dropped behind the bar out of sight and Watterson might have gone around after him had not the proprietor of the hotel appeared at the
 oor When Mir. Martin saw the re solver he said calmly:
 eWatterson, you put that gun bael Into your pocket or I'll throw you ou of this hotel.'
 Shot at Close Range.
 Martin was not mo~e than five fee ,way and was approaching Wattersor The latter had wild look in his eye' as he raised his gun and fired. Martin raised his left arm to ward of ths bullet and the lead struck him just be
 ow the elbow. shattering the bone Then he fired two more bullets whicl entered Martins left side. Martin fel to the floor and watterson rusie, wildly out of the rear entrance of thu hotel
 New York, July 4.-Henry Waiter son received the first news of his son' trouble at the Manhattan club wher' he makes his home when in Nes York The colonel was greatly down | cast He said that he and Mrs. Wat terson had been expecting troubl from Ewing for years
 The Fathers Only Fear. That was our only fear" said Co Watterson. "He was thought to hay
 ,een partially Insane for long time Ewing has a little farm about fiv miles out in the country fAom Saugel ties, where he lives with his wife. tw, sons and daughter. His mother an have for a long time believed hin 10 be insane but we have thought h was harmlessly so. It has been on of those sad cases of religious melan cholia and his symptoms were eS treme sensitiveness and ga disposition to imagine himself offended or in suited for little or no cause. He ha suffered from this religious mania fo three or four years. It Is very elea to my mind that the boy for some req son. or perhaps for no reason at al imagined himself affronted by the mai he is said to have injured"
 This is the second misfortune tha | Col Watterson, the veteran Kentuck. | editor has suffered through his son | within two years. Harvey w. Waiter son, another and younger son wa l killed in New York in November. 1908 through a strange accident He fel from the ninteenth floor of the Trus company of North America building | at No. 37 Wall street in name | that was never explained