Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-10
MASON CITY MAN
!. SHOOTS HIS WIFE,
Flres When Woman Tells Him She
Wants to Be Rid Of Him-Mrs. G..
II. Wilson Probably Will Die-At"
tentions From Roomer In Home
Cause Of Husbands jealousy.

H. Wilson Probably Will Die-At"
tentions From Roomer In Home
Cause of Husbands Jealousy.
Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Nov. 10.-1 want to
get rid of you anyway" With these
words. Mrs. G. H. Wilson. proprietor
of a rooming house in the Lyons
building at 2131s South Federal ave-
nue. turned her back on her husband,
a laborer at the Northwestern States
cement plant. Without taking his
hand from the right pocket Of his
overcoat. which he was still wearing.
Wilson put two bullets into the left
side Of his wife and then, drawing
the 80 caliber revolver he had pur-
chased only that day from his
pocket. hit her over the temple with
the butt end of the gun.
It was o'clock Tuesday afternoon
when the husband shot the wife.
Next he put the gun to his own head.
but his nerve failed him and he
failed TO pull the trigger. Shortly
afterward roomers phoned the police
station and Wilson was put under
arrest. after he admitted having done
the shooting. Mrs. Wilson. in the
She was rushed to the Mercy hos.
pital. where her condition was said
late yesterday to be serious, with the
probability that she would not live.
Tho shooting. according to Wilson
and officers called to the scene. was
the result Of disagreement between.
the husband and wife and jealousy
on the part Of Wilson. Wilson and
the wife had been having trouble for
months. 1t Is said. Several months
ago the husband was made defendant
in petition for q divorce to be filed
by the wife. Conduct unbecoming a
husband was alleged. An agreement
was reached and the petition was
never filed with the clerk of the dis
trict court.
Since that time. however, the hus-
band had suspected the W. He
commenced watching and spying up.
on her. Monday afternoon he hid in
the attic above his wife's apartments.
according to q sworn statement
made by himself late Tuesday after
noon to officers after he had been
arrested. A roomer. George Latimer
employed as helper at the Little
Inn restaurant, came into the room
and commenced pleading with the
wife, according to Wilson, asking her
that she become his paramour.
At the time Wilson did not reyea,
himself. Later he confronted the
wife. He alleges she told him she.
preferred Latimer to himself That
was Monday afternoon. The nus.
band went out Of the rooming house.
He walked the streets, broodirg
Later he purchased a SO caliber re-
volver and put 1t in the right pocket
Of his overcoat,
Monday afternoon Mrs. Wilson.
employing as her attorney, j. E.
Williams and the husband employing
Danial Fl. { Fitzpatrick, mat with
Wilson and an effort was made to
straighten out the matrimonial
tansle. It is said the wife agreed to
the expulsion OF. Latimer as room
er. The two left the lawyers Of
fees n
upon the return home 1t IS said by
Wilson, Mrs. Wilson chan geds her
mind. She decided that it would not
be- necessary to have Latimer leave,
the reoming Aouse, Wilson swears,
An argument ensued, in which Will
son alleges the wife turned her back
lon him and spoke the fatal words, IT
Want to get rid of you anyway
Then it was that the husband tried
to Kill the Wife.
Wilson is lodged in the county jail.
\ charge Of attempted murder IN ;
been fled against him. The Wilson's
nave a boy son. Wayne Wilson,
about IS years old