The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-10

About 6 o'clock last evening Hillins
IN a jealous frenzy made a successful
attempt upon his wife's life, killing her
instantly with a bullet through the
brain as she reposed on a sofa at the
home OF Joseph Eales, a son-in-law,
and w. A. Temple, a brother-in-law
300 Richmond avenue
Patrolman Wounded.
An hour after the murder John Gully
had been shot in the right wrist an6
right leg by Killing and the desperate
man had killed himself by blowing off
the back of his head. The wounding
of Gully and the suicide of Killing
occurred in a barn in the rear of the
home of Eales and Temple. where Hill
Ing had barricaded himself in the loft
Killings body was found in a pool OF
blood when a squad of officers under
the command Of Sergeant McNally
stormed the stairway leading to the
loft with the intention of taking him
dead or alive.
After numbering his wife Killing ran
from the house and went directly to
the home Of another son-in-law. Lee
Saunders, Laurel street. and made
an effort to shoot him but his
daughter, Mrs. Saunders, who had once
saved her mothers life, fearlessly at
tackled her father and took the re
volver from him. then fled He pur
sued her into the house and after a
scuffle succeeded in again securing
possession of the weapon. He then
rushed from the house without max
ing another attempt to murder Saun
ders. with whom he had been having
trouble. Saunders, unaware of the
murder, telephoned the police demand
ing his father-in-law's arrest.
Hides in Barn.
BY a circuitous route Killing return
ed to the barn in the rear of the house
where he had shot his wife. entered
the loft and prepared for battle. He
placed section of sheetiron at the
head of the stairs and took his position
behind it.
In the meantime all of the night
force of officers and one or two OF
the day force men were securing the
neighborhood in search of the des-
perate murderer. Officer Gully was
informed by boys that they had seen
a man enter a barn in the rear of 3OC
Richmond avenue, SO he decided tc
make an investigation. He was follow.
ed into the barn by Russell Highley.
10, living at Third and Lincoln streets,
and Horace Burns, IA, living at 46G
West Fifth street.
With boyish curiosity Burns started
up the loft stairs followed by Gully
and Burns struck match. There was
flash of flame and a report from the
top of the stairs, followed instantly by
another shot, which went over the
shoulder of young Burns, glanced off
the wrist bone of the policeman and
lodged in his right leg. close to the
groin. Gully staggered but his two
youthful companions gamely stood by
him, assisting him out of the barn.
AS they got onto the street a third
pistol shot was heard. 1t was the shot
that ended Killings life. bur that fact
was not known for several minutes.
Police Surround Stable.
Gully walked a half block. then col
lapsed and had to be carried into a
house where he received first aid
treatment before being removed to his
home, 235 South Eighth street.
A few minutes after the shooting OF
Gully the barn was surrounded by
about fifteen officers. Automobile
lamps played upon 1t and at a safe
distance several hundred excited men,
women and children stod in groupe
expectantly awaiting the stormtng o.
the desperado's place of refuge.
Into the house where the murder 90
cured went Chief Miller Of the fire de
partment and Sergeant McNally
From a rear second story window the,
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