Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-17
DRUNKEN LABORER
SHOOTSD0WN MAN
AND KILLS SELF
Henry Riepe, Davenport, Fatal
" Injuries julius Johannsen
and Wounds Woman.
NO REASON FOR TRAGEDY
e,-, Au1uek with Revolver After Be-
ina crazed Win whisky-Mrs.
Ehnpke viii Recover.

r-,zed with whisky and overwhelm-
-. With the lust for human blood.
ussrv Riepe. an employee OF the Dav-
-. Ice company. Saturday night
70, and killed Julius Johannsen. a
So wounded Mrs TiIlie Ehmpke,
- ,be1 ended his own life by shoot
- himself in the right temple and
through the heart
The tragedy was staged at the
rh-nnLe home. Slltz West Seventh
sect. shortly after ) o'clock
NJ Ehmpke and her brother.
1,5s,nseu. we're seated on the front
soo-srep talking. when Riepe stepped
-. from the rear OF the house,
h-s7dishInE a 32-calibre revolver
yVi-bout q word OF warning, he
.n-ned the muzzle on the woman,
shooting her in the head He next
4-a5 TWO shots into JOhannsen's body,
ssre- which he rushed into the house
and rurned the gun On himself. sending
o,a bullet crashing through his right
TEMPLE and another through his heart.
The murderer staggered for mo-
-sn- and toppIed over upon q bed,
where he lay apparently lifeless.
Find Johannsen Unconscious.
When the first shots were heard.
ueighbors rushed from the scene.
fearing for their lives
The police were called at $50. and
officers LAGRANGE and Sanford made
a hurry-up run 10 the scene.
They found Johannsen's uncon-
scous form lying face downward in the
trent Eard. Just east of the doorstep.
One OF the bullets had punctured his
right lung. and the gush Of blood into
that organ made breathing extremely
difficult and his death but a matter OF
minutes.
The woman IN the case, Mrs
Ehmpke. was nowhere TO be found,
but the neighbor dirc--Nd the police
10 q house a block dis--lt. where she
was found standing beside a sink,
washing the blood stains from her
head.
Warts to Finish Job.
4 search for Riepe was instituted,
and the murderer was found lying on
The bed IN q back room. Blood was
Cczing from his heart at every beat,
as well as from an ugly hole in his
temple. and the bed clothing was
completely saturated
The gun. a 81 calibre short liver
Johnson. was lying on the bed under
the mans left hand. All five chambers
we're empty. Riepe was breathing with
difficulty.
He was loaded into the auto patrol,
while the woman and Johannsen were
placed in the ambulance, both vehicles
making the run 70 Mercy hospital in
record time.
When laid upon his cot in the hos
pital the murderer pleaded again and
again for the revolver
Give me the gun; oh. please give
ne the gun. want 10 finish the Job.
I don't want them 10 kill me. Give
r. the gun and let me do it myself
2 nOaLed.
e-eathes Last in Hospital.
Johanusen breathed his last feE
minutes after he was taken into the
hospital He never regained conscious
Ers.
Riepe with two bullet wounds. eth
er one n them sufficient 10 produce
dsath. showed wonderful vitality. Al
though he Iapsed into unconscious
ness sho-- time after pleading for
the gun. the spark Of life renamed
there until 1I-z5, when he breathed
his last
The murderer never made a state
meHt q any sort IN regard 10 the trag-
C5-
Mrs. EhmDkr. although shot in the
tacE a. the head. was not fatally in
Iured. and according 20 attending ply
s.elans. The bullet did not penetrate
the brain. Her chances for recovery /
e. excellent