Evening journal., 1916-03-20
Slayer OF HUSBAND
IS MADE A heroine
All Frederick Champions
Mrs. English, Who Pumped
Il Bullets Into Man
HILLMEN GUARD
MOUNTAIN HOME

FREDERICK. Md, March 90
Thomas Dunn English, OF New York.
a son by a former marriage of Ar
hur English. the New York lawyer.
who was shot to death on Saturday
by his wife, Eloise Young English,
arrived here yesterday. took charge
Jl the body aud arranged for burial
ia Mount Oliyet cemetery Armed
Cat1cin mountineers guarded the So
cllled Haunted House" and also the
Foxes Den,' the quaint old house on
.he iuountainside in which Englishs
wife killed him and would permit no
)ne to enter
The residents OF Frederick laud
Mrs English as a heroine and the
mOuntaineers also sympathize with
her and her children. The widow is
at the home OF her brother.in-law,
Baker Johnson, in this city. Follow
ing the killing of English. the sher-
in closed the dilapidated house and
Immediately the little band of noun
taineers. under David b. Crebbs. Of
Yellow Springs. went on guard about
the house. In the hovel in the noun
tains that the family called home are
many photographs of the principals
in the tragedy and the children.
There are also letters. and II is TO
protect these that there is a guard
about the place to keep the curious
away.
All sorts of stories are told about
the old house, and before the English
family occupied it the women and
children of the Catootin Mountains
feared 10 pass il and declared the
place haunted II was built of stone
before the civil war. Everybody
hereabouts was surprised at the Eng
lish family taking the house. as it is
in such a lonely and dreary place for
a home.
English was looked upon as a man
not in his right mind, it is said. and
it was not unusual for him to disap-
pear for weeks at a time. With the
eXoneration OF Mrs. English by the
corOner's jury the case, so far as the
authorities here are concerned. is
closed. Mrs English is 81 years Old a
brunette. with fine delicate features
and good figure
Was Belle of County.
The killing of English is the first
homicide other than accidental. 10 oc-
cur in this county i'm forty years. de-
clare the people OF the neighborhoOd
That it has caused a sensation. can
easily be realized when il is taken
into consideration that the principa
was The most beautiful woman OF the
county and one who had been courted
by men OF the oldest and wealthiest
families in this section.
The wonder Of the residents is that
Mrs. English tolerated her husband
as long as she did. Quarrels were
numerous. and the couple separated
several times. but always there was
a reconciliation. Then came further
Quarrels and the climax Saturday
morning, when English threatened the
life of his wife.
English was a close friend Of VIII
liam Jennings Bryan. and was the
proud possessOr Of a photograph made
i'm 1900 at the home of the many times
presidential candidate, showing him
self beside Bryan eating watermelon
on one Of the days on which he was
nominated. This picture he had shown
time and again. Besides, English i:
said TO have made considerable money
i'm the law business Recently sev
cral telegrams had been received al
Frederick from New York requesting
THO services q English in the courts
iicre.