The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-09
SHOOTS WIFE, TAKES
ACIDANDUSESGUN,
To END HIS PAINS
Couple Go To Room Apparently
On Good Terms and Trag-
edy Follows Quiet Evening
SEVEN SHOTS FIRED AT
WOMAN, NONE SERIOUS
Soldier Had His Wife Arrested
For Vagrancy, Case Dismiss
ed and Couple Reunited

J.
NJ. c. Williams, a private in the hos
pital corps, 25th Infantry, after put,
ting four bullets into the body Of his
wife, Louise Williams, swallowed half
vial of sulphuric acid and then blew
his brains out. The attempted muir.
der and suicide occurred shortly be.
fore eleven O'Clock last night, in a
room in the Acme rooming house, on
the Waikiki side Of Nuuanu Street, a
little above Beretania Street. w. !
About half.past eight o'clock last
night the Williams couple entered a
room which they have rented for some
time. past, arm in arm, and apparently
ON the best of terms. -. 1
Six Shots At Wife ~
The woman was shot while in her
niRht-dress and lying on the bed. One
shot struck the back of her head and
the other three found entrance In the
breast region. Three other shots were
fired at her, two of which passed
through a partition back of the bel
and just above her head, while the
other went through the far corner Of
the room in the same direction as the
other three. .t,as#t's ..'E
Murder, I've Been Shot 4
After the woman had been shot, and
with blood streaming from her head
and body, she unlocked the door of the
room and running out into an alley.
way, cried Murder, I've been shot,
Williams thcn locked the door, sat on
the bed and drank the acid, following
which he staggered to his feet, evident.
~ erazed by the torture of the soaring
iluid seized his revolver and shot him.
self through the temple.
Earl G. Roseborough, a chauffeur,
was in the alley when Mrs. Williams
rushed out of the room, and he placed
her in a ear and ordered her taken to
the emergency hospital. He followed
on foot and notified the police of the
shooting.
rrTHeNfevolver with which the Shooting
was done is a cheap black U. S. 32,eal.
revolver.
Wounds Seem Not Dangerous
Dir. r. G. Aver stated late last night
that none of the woman s wounds was
apparently dangerous, unless infection
set in. Her deposition was taken by
Chief of Detectives McDuffe at the
emergency hospital, where she was de-
tanned. |
Mrs. Williams came to Honolulu from
Oakland, California, about eighteen |
1hOnths ago, and was married to Will |
iams about six months ago. She was
Il resident of Bl0odtOwn,'' Wahiawa,
until the place was closed up, and later
married Williams and went to live at |
Sckofeld Barracks. For a time the !
couple got on very well together, but !
the woman is said to have again got |
into bad company and latterly to have
been stopping with a woman named !
Mary Butler in Alapai Lane.
Causes Wife's Arrest !
Williams swore to a warrant for his |
witcS arrest on a charge of yagrancy, /
AMI her arrest followed September II.
September % the charge against her |
was nolle pressed in the district court. |
About month ago the Williams |
couple rented IL room at the Acme house |
anil have kept it ever since. They |
were there but seldom, however, &C.
,orIihg to the landlady, and appeared |
to be- very quiet people. Both occupied I
the room ON Sunday, Williams return
ing to Lriehua at half-past six clock |
yesterday morning. The couple re.
turned to the room about half-past four
clock, yesterday afternoon, went out
and cGmr back again about half past
eight clock.
The woman is known among mem
bcrs Of the negro community as bon.
ME-.
When it was seen that the bedding
had been considerably burned by the
nrid, it was at first thought that tho
man had attempted to disfgure the
woman by throwing the deadly stuff !
on her. Such, however, appears not to
have been the case. ~.
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