Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-11-18

Ito the floor and was later picked
up and conveyed to the sanitarium.
She remained conscious till she
Preached the institution. AS she
was lifted to the express wagon, used
las an ambulance, she plead for offl-
GERS to be sent and arrest her hus-
band, perhaps not knowing that he
had attempted to kill himself fol-
lowing his attack upon her.
Chief of Police Woodaru found
Wilson in the north front room of
the residence in pool Of blood.
The man apparently was uncon-
scious but was revived as he was
being escorted to car to be con-
veyed to the hospital. While en-
route to the hospital he seemed to-
/ have recovered himself sufficiently
to sit alone in the vehicle but Of
lfered no explanation relative to what
talked of other matters but declined
| to discuss the tragical incident.
He complained of suffering from the
wounds inflicted upon his head but
fairs.
| Mrs Jno. ID. Wilson, a sister-in
/ law of the man who did the shoot
ling, told Press representative this
4 afternoon that Mr.. Wilson came to
| her home on Gentry street last
might about II O'Clock and told her
/ of having been locked out She said
! she prepared lunch for him imme-
diately upon his arrival and that
they sat up till 4:30 this morning
when the enraged man left her
home. During the hours at her home,
the woman claimed that wilson recit-
ed to her that his wife had not con-
Quoted herself as she should have
in the affairs of his family life and
that the newspapers woul be full
of what he was going to Go tomor-
row." The woman said he indicated
to her that he was going to get
two or three, including his wife.
She said Wilson told her that he
had seen enough of the way things
We're going and that he was going
to create trouble. The sister-in-law,
in her conversation with a repre-
sentative of this paper, indicated
that Wilson was much enraged when
he departed from her home at 4;30
O'Clock this morning and that she
was not much surprised when the
report of the shooting reached her
ears.
Women residing in the neighbor-
hood of the wounded woman express
ed themselves as being of the i'm
preston that Wilson had been un-
kind to his wife. He is credited
! with possessing a violent temper
and is said to be addicted to strong
drink. They claim that Mrs. Will
son had often related how hard she
thad to labor in order to provide for
herself and two children. Willie
| they were shocked as a result of
| the sensational turn of affairs this
morning, they apparently were not
Isurprised that serious trouble had
broken out. They claim that few
lwomen worked as hard as she. The
ihome was much tousled as result
iof violent struggle that en-
lsued during the progress of the
lshooting, and bore evidence of much
work having been performed by the
unfortunate, woman. She had just
;competed three family washings,
. and, apparently, was in the kitch-
en- when the shooting began.
Irene, the adopted daughter of
about fourteen years of age, said
her father had been drinking. She
claimed that just before the shoot
ling this morning her father locked
lher from the room i'll which he at
tempted to Kill her mother. When
lshe heard the shots ring out she be-
.lgan to scream for help. She said
1.-THE shooting took place in one of
the rear rooms of the home. The
, wounded mother unlocked the front
(door and ran out upon the porch.
lGlen, the twelve-year-old son, was
,Iin school at the time the shooting
occurred.
\ According to those familiar with
the life Of Mr.. Wilson, he moved
! with his wife to near Beech Grove
t from Monroe City, Ind, twenty-five
|years ago. Later he moved to q
( farm near the city and until re.