The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-21
TRIES TO MURDER.
W|FE.THEN SHOOTS
SELF DEAD
Elmer Lepine. of Windsor, Sends
Two Bullets Into Woman's Body,
and Third, Intended for Her,
Wounds Her Sister-in- Law.
Turns Revolver on Self When Police
Come To Arrest Him-Both
Victims Will Recover.

recently teamster for the Mclean
Lumber Co, Windsor made an at
tempt to kill his wife, from whom no
was separated, in the home OF her
half-brother, ID. c. Stowe, No. lis
Langlois-ave., Windsor, about
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and COM
mitted suicide when Police Sergt.
Nash went to the Stowe house, few
minutes later, TO arrest him. Mrs. Lee
pine was shot in the shoulder ana
groin She is in the Hotel Dieu. Tho
hospital authorities say she is not in
dangerous condition and Will doubt
less recover.
Mrs. Stowe was also shot, but the
wound is of only a superficial nature
and she was not obliged to go to the
hos itai. The bullet just lacerated tho
flesh on her left hip.
For some months past. Mrs. Lepina
has been employed in the Glenwood
hotel Mt. Clemens. Recently Lepine
visited the hotel and insisted that his
wife return to him. She refused, With
the result tina tLepine threatened her
life and said he would have her ar
rested by the immigration authori-
ties. The proprietor Of the hotel had
Lepine arrested, but he was rot
prosecuted, his wife refusing TO push
| the complaint. Lepine then left Mt.
Clemens.
Mrs. Lepine came TO Detroit on
Tuesday. and met Mrs. Stowe, tho
wife of her half-brother Mrs. stowe
invited her to cross over TO Wind
sor to see Mr.. Stowe, who Is just re-
covering from typhoid fever Mrs.
Lepin expressed fear of her husband,
who was known to be in Windsor:
but she finally accepted the invita-
ton. AS the two women were enter
| ing a Windsor store, Lepine appear
ed and, tapping his wife on the
| shoulder, asked her If she intended
to live with him again.
Receiving an answer iI the mega
! tive, Lepine shen declared that She
would not return to Mt. Clemens.
| After finishing their shopping, the
| two women went to Mrs. Stoves
hcme. No sooner had they entered
| than Lepine raped OH the door. Hs
asked To see his wife and was per-
mitted to enter. He renewed his re-
quest for his wife to Join him again,
and once more she declined. Then,
apparently reconciled 10 her determin-
alton. he asked permission OF Mrs.
Stowe to see her BABY, Ruth. who was
playing on the floor. The mother
granted his request and he picked up
the child and held II on his knee for
y While. Then, dropping the infant,
and without the slightest warning, he
pulled out his revolver from his hip
rocket and began firing at his wife,
who was IN the same room with him
and the baby. The first bullet entered
her left shoulder She started to run.
but another pail struck her in the
groin before she got cut of the room.
Mrs Stowe, on hearing the first
shot, ran to the rescue Of her baby.
AS she was running cut of the room
With the child. a third shot, intended
for Mrs. Lepine. plowed through the
flesh on her left hip.
Both women ran into the home or
Harry Morrell. next door. Mr.. MOI
rel telepnoned for the police, and
Sergt Nash soon responded AS the
officer pounded on the locked door in
| the Stowe home and called, Elmer,
where are YOU" he heard a shot in
! the house. Forcing an entrance, the
sergeant found Lepine dead on the
| floor lie had placed his revolver in
his mouth and blown out his brains.
tis body was taken to a morgue.
Coroner LaBelle will mold an inquest
or Jan. g. The body will be cared for
by Mrs. John Cray. Churchst.. sister
OF the suicide
In the Morrell home Mrs. Lepine
was given temporary surgical atten-
t,on and then removed IN the city am.
bulance TO the hospital. In speaking
OF the tragedy, Mrs. Lepine said that
whisky was the cause of all the trou-
Bile; that the only difhculty with her
husband was that he drank too much.
She said she was sorry for Elmer, bu.
now felt safe and relieved.
Lepiue Is said TO have been drink
ing heavily on Tuesday. Shortly be.
fore the tragedy he was in the Cam
rau hotel Wyandotte-st. east. in the
heigh5oIhood Of the shooting. and Is
said 20 have had several drinks there.
TO Frank LaMay. VINO was in the
hotel, he showed mis- revolver and
said to him:
I'm going to do good job to-
night"
LeMay paid little attention to the
remark, having heard Lepine talk
that way before
Lep!ne and his wife we're raised
near Puoe. fe wmiles southeast OF
Windsor. Rud were married about ID
years ago About year age she sayJ
he held a\reyOlver NJ heI head and
threatened to Kill hcr if she didn't
stob admonish.ng him III regard To his
drinking habits. On this occasion she
left him and never returned 10 live
with him She is 81 searg old