Newark post., 1914-01-28
Serious Trouble
At Glasgow
Delaware Reed Shot By
Housekeeper

Delaware Reed, aged 80 years, a
blacksmith at Glasgow, son of Rob
prt Reed of Newark, was fatally
shot early Sunday evening at his
home at Glasgow.
The shooting was done by Mrs.
Elizabeth Mckinney, widow of
|Drnnv Mckinney, who several
wears ago was a prominent baseball
[nitchrr Of the BroWnson Club, Will
mington. but who died several
momthS ago.
Fer several years Reed and the
|McKinnrys lived together at Glas-
COW. At the time of the shooting
Ithrrp were at the house Mrs. Emma
fRprd. mother of Mrs. Mckinney,
fNho is the widow Of John d. Reed,
! [the latter being the dead man S
Elnclr. and Mrs. McKinney's three
schiIdrcn. two girls, one II and the
BOTHER l3 years of age, and boy
Nged S years. All have been living
Eogcther for some time. According
h. the residents of Glasgow Reed
! land Mrs. Mckinney often quar-
8rrIod.
Reed had been away Sunday
! fnrarIy all day, but returned home
Shortly before ) clock.
1t is claimed that Reed had been
&trying Of late to get the Mcklnneys
land also Mrs. Reed out Of the house
| he being the owner, and when he
|arrivcd home it is said that Mrs.
tScKinncy was packing up her eff
! |fdctS and preparing to leave. After
|Teed went inside of the house a
Rsenpral fight took place, lasting
half an hour or longer. After the
hooting the interior Of the house
vas found to be almost a total
'reck. Nearly all of the windows
ere broken out, including the
shes. Chairs and tables were
ov"',t,"con4ouIne the kitchen the
turned, setting fire to the house
8but the blaze was eXtinguishei by
Mrs. Reed and the children bfore
bnuch damage was done.
\ After the shooting Mrs. Mclin-
sney told DR.. Walt II. Steel of New
4ark. who had been summoned, md
s Undertaker Robert 7. Jones, aso
3pf Newark, that Reed had threatn-
r. to kill them all and went tt a
4 closet and got revolver She sad
Ehe grappled with him and in tie
ussle the pistol dropped from is
hand to the floor. She said Sic
{ picked up the revolver and anothr
ussle took place for the possession
pf the pistol, during which the
got to the front door, the fight hav
ng started in the kitchen. Whel
(he shot. the woman said she was
handing in the doorway, while
Reed was on the porch. This dis
grees with what some Of the neigh
Pors who witnessed the shooting
laim They say that Mrs. Mckin-
ley was standing Oh the porch and
Feed was standing at the front
gate when the shooting began.
here were three shots, after which
Feed turned around and walked
ltO the house, back to the kitchen,
here he dropped dead.
Two hours later State Senator Il.
Harris arrived upon the scene
nd notified DR.. Steel of Newark.
= he latter reached there about 8
clock. Up to that time no one
Fail been in the house. The doctor
Pund Reed dead on the kitchen
oor lie made a hasty examina-
ON, but could find only one bullet
ound. He found that it had enter
an upper rib and penetrated the
IT lung. DR.. Steel said that
hlIe his examination was hasty
Pc the wound did not look sutfi-
: ent to have caused death. Reeds
&c was considerably bruised. The
y mark on the woman was a
Use on her forehead.
I The woman told DR.. Steel that
( acted in self defense when she
ot Reed. DR.. Steel notified I'm
rtaker Jones who got the body
d brought it to his undertaking
[abIlshment in Newark, where the
ad man S parents and several
others and sisters live.
othcer Egbert Shellender of
'Wark went to Glasgow and ar
Bted Mrs. Mckinney and brought
to Newark, where she spent the
Rht IN the lookup. The children
|yed with her mother all night in
house at Glasgow, although
re was no fire there. The revol-
with which the shooting was
ne rOptn mod fprr an,rfy cb ollie