Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-07
Mrs. William p. Hutton and
Thomas J. Garrett Are
Struck by Bullets.
AFFAIR AT LINDEN, Nd,
Is BEING INVESTIGATED
Officers Are Told That Man, Intoxi-
Gated. Threatened to Kill Her
and Then Himself.

In a revolver duel at the home of Mrs
William =. Hutton, at Linden, Md, last
night, Mrs. Hutton was shot four times.
and her assailant. Thomas j. Garrett, also
was wounded, receiving a bullet in the
lower part of the abdomen. Garrett was
brought to Garfield Hospital late last
night and 1t was stated at the hospital
today that his wound is not serious. Mrs.
Hutton's injuries, though more serious
than Garrett's. are not expected to prove
fatal and she was able today to give an
account of the duel. i'm which, after being
shot by Garrett, she fired bullet which
struck him and then escaped from the
house and summoned aid.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Hutton. she has been separated from
her husband for several weeks, and has
been living alone in the home at Lin
den, her husband having gone to Can
ada. Garrett, she told Montgomery
county officers today. has for some time
been forcing his attentions on her. al
though he is a married man with d
family.
Says Garrett Was Intoxicated.
Last night about o'clock. Mrs. Hut
ton told the officers. Garrett came to
the house. much under the influence of
liquor. AS he entered, Mrs Hutton
says he drew a revolver from his
pocket and told her he intended to end
his life.
Mrs. Hutton told the officers she begged
Garrett to refrain and said he then told
her he meant to kill her first and then
blow his own brains out. Mrs. Hutton
said she escaped from him and ran to the
upper floor of the house. when Garrett
called after her that he was coming up 10
kill her and then to commit seuicide.
Mrs. Hutton said she obtained 30
caliber revolver from a bureau drawer
and met Garrett as he came up the stairs.
She thinks I've fired the first shot, which
penetrated her righ thigh. Other shots
followed quickly, one passing entirely
through the woman's right leg, another
penetrating her right wrist. while
fourth entered her right shoulder and
passed almost entirely through. Another
bullet was DETECTED by Il steel of the
womans corset.
Mrs. Hutton Fires One Shot.
In the meantime Mrs. Hutton had fired
one shot, the bullet lodging in the lower
part Of CARROTS abdomen, and he fell
TO the foot of the stairs. Mrs. Hutton
was able, she says, to get out of the
house and TO walk distance Of about
seventy five feet, where she fell and lay
until neighbors, attracted by the sound
of the fusillade of shots, arrived.
Dr. George II. Wright. in charge of the
sanitarium at Forest Glen. was summon
ed and dressed the wOman's wounds.
Only one of the bullets from CARROTS
revolver remained in her body, the others
having passed through. The one which
struck her in the shoulder. DIR. Wright
stated, passed almost through to the OPP
posite side lodging just under the skin,
where it remained.
x>f nd up,1 had
ly bruised spot on her side, where the
remaining bullet struck and was stopped
by the corset steel, DIR. Wright said Mrs.
Hutton's injuries would not, in all proba-
bility, prove fatal or even dangerous.
Officials Make Investigation.
The shooting was reported late last
night to the Montgomery county author
tiles at Rockville. and Sheriff Howard.
States Attorney w. Outerbridge Spates
and others went to Linden today to make
an investigation. States Attorney Spates
said, after questioning Mrs. Hutton. that
he probably would lodge a charge of as
sault with intent to commit murder
against Garrett, but that his course In
regard to Mrs. Huttons part in the
shooting had not been determined.
Garrett, who is thirty-two years old,
has been employed for some time as an
assistant engineer by the Southern Rail
way Company His wife, who is an in
valid, lives with her parents in Rich
mond, Va. but Garrett. it is stated. has
made his home In Washington. He is
the father of five children. Garrett, it is
stated, is son of Maj. Thomas J. Gar
rett of Alabama, who for many years
was an employe Of the United States
Senate.
Mrs. Hutton. who Is twenty-five years
old. before her marriage was Miss Saidee
tives living here at the present time. Ac-
cording to her neighbors at Linden, her
conduct since the departure of her hus-
band has been irreproachable, and the
neishbors lay full responsibility for last
nights shooting on Garrett.