Evening journal., 1910-03-31
JEALOUSY BACK
OF SHOOTING
William Simpson, Indicted on
Wife Murder Charge, Tells
Of Affair
DAUGHTER ON STAND
FOR HER FATHER

when the Court Of Oyer and Ter
miner opened this morning william
Simpson who is charged with the mur-
der of his wife was again called to
the stand. lie testified that for days
previous to the shooting he had been
drinking but at no time wanted 10 Kill
his wife or any one else.
He was cross examined at length
by Deputy Attorney General Woloott
regarding the amount of whiskey he
had drunk previous TO the shooting
He said he had bought a revolver in
Wilmington the day before the shoot
ing for protection In going through
Folly Woods. He had no intention Of
shooting his wife no said. He idenu-
fled the pistol taken from him and said
he shot his wife but did not mean t.
He denied that on the night before
the shooting he had told the Lewis
brothers he would kill McMullen, his
wife and himself before morning. lie
was questioned at length regarding
the statements made To Constable
Jenkins regarding the shooting Of his
Wife He denied having made other
statements attributed to him He had
not said more than few words, he
said.
He said he got a pint of whisky the
morning of the shooting. Before the
shooting he said he told his wife she
would have to leave the house as he
| did not think she could raise his little
| girl there.
Child Testifies For Father.
Emma Simpson. daughter OF the
prisoner. testified that she rcmem-
berod when her father was kicked In
the head by horse Tho child said
her. father was sick In bed for three
weeks after tho accident Following
that the child said her father would
start to do things and lay things dowr
and forget an about what he had beer
doing.
Mrs. Sarah Herman a sister Of SIM
son. testified that he had visited he
J at Mt Pleasant and Chesapeake city
She said she had noticed Simpson ha'
peculiar ways and would change sub
iects ia conversation. This was withi
six months after Mrs. Simpson ha
{ left her husband. the witness said.
p Mrs. Margaret Humcs another sis
D ter said she had noticed pecullariu'
e about simpson
? Mark Brown said he had know
e simpson for eight years he put hii
10 plant corn last July and he stoT
r ped and felt his head and said. "rha
woman is doing IL all" He acted pc
{ culiar in other ways, witness said o
s one occasion he said he unhitched
/ pair of horses and left a reaper d
Clayton street He noticed that a
b times he was quite peculiar
William p. Brown testified tina
Simpson had worked on his farm las
July and August Simpson had pecu
; liar ways witness said. When sen
P to do something he often did the op
, positc. Because of these peculiar ac
tlons witness said he did not conside
simpson responsible at all times an
, that he did not know the dinerenc
between right and wrong.
t John II. Jenkins was the iirst witnes
called In the case In court yesterday al
ternoon. He adhered 10 his original testi
monv as to statements said to have bee
made by Simpson following his arrest b
Iockessin.
Dr. James A. Draper who attended Mrs
Simpson said he found one bullet ha
: passed through her left arm. Another bul
let had made a circuit from the left sid
OF the back. cut the spinal cord and lodg
ed in the womans shoulder. This woun
paralyzed the woman. DR. Draper SAID
il was the opinion Of the doctor that th
wound in the woman's back was morta
and caused her death. From the beginnin
there was no hope Of her recovery. h
said
Dr. Joseph p. Wales. surgeon In chic
Of the Delaware Hospital at the preser
7 time. said ho took mp the case OF the We
{ man in January when she was helpless
owing TO the seyering Of her spinal cor,
When she left the hospital on Februar
H. Dr. Wales said the woman was nea
, death. He said he had no hope Of her r.
covery from the first timo no saw he
81 From the waist down tho woman wa
. paralyzod. Exhaustion, he thought. cause
g her DEATH
{ DR. Willard Springer. Of Newport, szi
% he attended the woman after she had LEI
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