The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-23
OHIOAN ALLEGES
IT'S SUICIDE PACT
Husband Is Badly Wounded,
While Wife Is Dead.
TRAGEDY IN CHICAGO HOTEL
Man, in Statement Says He Made .
Failure In Business, Met With
Reverse and He and Mate
Decided to End II All.
CWestern Newspaper Union. Special
News Service.)

(Western Newspaper Union. Special
News Service.)
Chicago, m.-Mr. and Mrs. vii.
liam E. Ellis of Cincinnati, o., were
found, the woman dead with her throat
cut and two bullet wounds in her body,
and the man shot three times and ap-
parently dying, in room in the Sher-
man house here Thursday afternoon.
The death of the woman apparently
was Instantaneous. Ellis is a member
of the firm of G.. s. Ellis & Son, deal
ers in harness and saddlery, of Cincin-
natl.
Ellis was able to speak when the
room was entered, it was said by
Manager Bering Of the hotel.
"We decided to die. She cut her
throat. shot myself and stuck my
self in the throat with a penknife,"
were Ellis words, according to Bering.
Hotel employees said Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis came to Chicago recently to visit
Mr.. Ebersole Wednesday night was
their wedding anniversary, it was un-
derstood among the hotel servants.
They registered early Wednesday
evening and later went to a theater,
returning to the hotel after the per-
formance.
The woman was in her night
clothes when found. She lay as il
sleeping. A number of letters among
her effects were taken in charge by
city detectives.
When reached the room the man
was standing up in the middle in a
bloody bathrobe, swaying and mutter
ing" said MIR. Bering. Il spoke 10
him, but he kept on muttering and
did not seem to be able to give an in.
telligible answer. Finally he num-
bled, She did it herself. We decided
to die"
No Signs of Struggle.
The furnishings in the room had
not been disturbed, and there were no
signs of struggle, according to the
police.
Ellis made statement at the Iro-
Quois Memorial hospital:
II made failure of business in Gin
clnnati" he said. Il met with busi.
ness reverses and last night my wife
and decided to end it ALL
"She killed herself and ] shot my
self. When found that the bullets
had not killed me, cut myself on the
wrist and throat. am sorry, l
missed out in my attempt"
"The woman apparently had been
dead some time when | examined her
body" said DR.. Waterman, house
physician. Death was caused by the
cash across her throat. The body lay
in natural position and she did not
seem to have suffered"
Woman Shot Twice.
How could you stand it to watch
your wife kill herself?" Ellis was
asked at the hospital by Dr. Elsen:
stadt, who dressed his wounds.
Il shot myself first" declared Ellis.
Examination of Mrs. Ellis body at
an undertaking establishment dis
closed that she had been shot twice
under the left arm.
Ellis had cut across the throat
into the windpipe, but not touching
the jugular vein. Only one bullet had
taken effect. The wound was in the
left side of his chest below the heart,
and the small bullet lodged under the
shoulder blade.
Five or six slashes with knife
were on his right wrist. His condition
Is not dangerous, according to the
surgeons.
Mrs. Ellis maiden name was Miss
Eleanor Hosea, daughter of Harrison
R. Hosea. commission merchant of
Cincinnati, and granddaughter of Rob-
ert Hosea, formerly one of Cincin-
natis leading capitalists
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis were married
nine years ago and have two children,
Eleanor, eight years old, and Violet.
three. Mrs Ellis was sister OF Mrs.
Philip FosdiCk of Cincinnati.