Show 0 H s sI it I t v 1 4 r f fr f r s S F I r l a l rJ r rl r I f r ra Jr l t tt Row W r au Have Met the Problem r I t I Y t j f fem lem em That Faced j H I James MacDowell owell p Who cl r p I I James Ja es Shot t I knelt elt by b Y hz her side sid We a r n s 1 d r 1 J Mac MacDowell a prayed together to e for the f Igo Dowell w el 1 ne IS repose of her soul f t the and an d for f or forgiveness f fP f 1 s Prospector P to totor B ride d rl e form for my Y act Then q tor d 0 I killed her c I Ir r Who r L t T 0 r Kj Killed ed His Wife to L i t Save Lave Lavea Save a Her tier from Her Torture or 2 ro m Death by b I Wolves Tor hire ture BY J JAkE MACDOWELL i iI 1 AM a L k n man When I 1 killed I my u 10 it my Interest in life Ufe na erased iJ I d I not reproach myself now fur for ending I 1 Iii y N wife sufferings in the theay thes vu s ay I 41 did 1 I took the hardest part par fr fur the memory of oaf her pawing ng away i b always with mo me m Now that I am Kiting bu ing my mv soul loul to the world I 1 may f find peace I have hae tried else elat and have yet to find And It Fanny was waR my mv She was wu tn the daughter of my beat friend and andI I had watched her and loved her from mr ter cradle da days and when h n I 1 married li ItI r I combined the love fur for a child T ith ula the love l e for a 8 wife At the time of our tragedy we were about lO miles from Calgary Cal O the then n ru arest inhabited place and wee were ap approaching j reaching the wildest section of our journey jurney urney We had been riding for four hours fours without a break because I wanted to complete our trip as a soon i few tew feet teet ns tI s Fanny was wag a hea of me and the brought up the rear rea We were both drowsing In tn the sad dIe dle more or less lesa overcome with fatigue and the th intense test heat from which b the heavy woods afforded us little protection when suddenly I was wu aroused by a cry and looking up saw w mule rearing on his hili hind legs I 1 thought that teat ho had been stung by a hornet and hurried to toward toward toward ward him Before I had advanced a ard yard rd the brute toppled over the edge of the precipice which yawned and disappeared I came upon the dead mule mulo first Afew A Afew Afew few feet away I 1 found the shapeless form of ot my wife every ery bone In her body broken Her head and face tace were not badly injured She had fallen 2000 feet I pressed pre ed my canteen to her lips and the brandy and water it con contained contained brought her back to conscious consciousness con ci us ness nesi Jim she ahe moaned If it you ou love lovo me end my agony I II I put my head in my hands and groaned I knew that It would take me ten days day to bring help from Cal Calgary Calgary Calgary gary and I believed that poor Fanny Fann could not survive as many hours I II I heard the howling of ot the wolves and the horrible horr ib le truth that If I left l e ft her to summon help the beasts boosts would make short work ark of her cameto came to me so clearly clearl that I at once banished the Idea I stood by b and watched the woman I 1 loved better than anything else in the world suffering the tor tortures tortures tortures tures of the damned with not a single chance of recovery Every Eve now and again Fanny would lapse into unconsciousness and dur during during during ing these periods I would walk up and down wondering what cour to pursue Should I kill my wife I 1 felt that to accede to her request would be murder In the eyes e es of men But ut that did not worry wor me m I was willing to commit murder to end herr her he terrible le sufferings But was there thero the faintest chance chanco of saving her That was the great point upon which the whole tiling thing hinged I Again she Toy are a coward Jim she sho said or you OU I would kill kilt me You know I a chance to live and I may suffer this torture for tor many hours But Fanny FanDY I groaned I r cant kill you Some one may ma come along and we wo could get you ou to help Its ten days to Calgary What at chance chane have I for living that ten lays days she asked I cant live any anyway anyway way Wa I am all broken Inside of me You are aro a coward For five hours this went on Alter Alternately Alternately Alternately there were spells of conscious consciousness ness In which my wife moaned and shrieked with pain and reviled me as asa asa asa a coward and then thon came unconscious unconsciousness ness during which I saw that pain still sUII persisted At hour I could endure it no longer J I kissed her goodbye I took my pistol and pressed the muzzle of it against her head She closed her eyes and said fire but I 1 had not strength enough to press pross the trigger and my m arm dropped to my side Oh you OU coward you OU coward she cried I walked away that I might think it out all over again The same sameI I problems presented themselves to me and d I I could see only the one answer Death alone could end my tor tortures tortures tortures tures Natural death might be de delayed delayed delayed for hours perhaps oven even days There was nothing at hand to relieve the pain If It I fell asleep as I was war bound to sooner or later we would fall ready victims to the wild beasts The wolves olves were already closing In iu Inon on us For three hours I debated the ques question question question tion and again I decided to kill my wife And again I faltered at the thelast thelast thelast last moment And so It went on until the tenth hour My agony seemed to increase Finally I knelt by her side We prayed together for the repose of her soul and for forgiveness for my act Then I killed her herI I covered my remains with stones and rocks and grass and returned re returned returned turned to Calgary I gave myself up to the sheriff A party was made up to verify my story and to hold the Inquest In Inquest Inquest quest I was exonerated by the coro coroners coroners coroners ners Jury but it Is not within the power of man to obliterate from my mind the memory Scenario of or Tragedy TAMES AlIES MACDOWELL an Ameri American J can mining prospector killed his wife She had fallen down a wall of rock and toy lay crushed but con conscious conscious conscious at its foot For Gods sake kill me and end my agony agon she begged her husband nd They were two days march from the tho nearest help MacDowell faced a problem of three sides Should ho he sit beside his vice and let her suffer her torture until death came Should he hopelessly start away for leaving her to face faco death at the fangs of the wolves which were circling about them Or should ho kill her MacDowell after hours of ot anguish shot his wife through the head Is James Jamea MacDowell to be con condemned condemned condemned as a murderer or to be ac acclaimed acclaimed acclaimed claimed as a n hero On this page Is his narrative of his experience ex experience experience to guide the Judgment j And here Is the scenario of his tragedy Among intimate chums is John Crawford also a n miner and prospector Crawford has a pretty daughter a bright vivacious courageous girl of the real northwest northwestern ern em n t type pe Mar MacDowell Don ell has watched l the thee girl from the cradle radII up and when she is 22 he marries her He has a rich claim near Castle mountain in tn the British Columbia ex ax extension extension tension of the Cascade range and soon after he Is IB married he decides to visit it The rhe trail leads through a very rough country but brido bride insists upon accompanying him They Thoy have three mules one for the wife one for the husband and one for tor pro provisions provisions provisions visions and Implements The moun mountain mountain tain trails ara aN very narrow and steep and one d diy ay l as the th little cavalcade is traveling along slowly the mule which is somewhat in the tho lead suddenly brays as If It in pain and the miner looking up sees him rearing on the very e of or the tire precipice Before he can reach his side the tho mule has plunged over the edge of the cliff clift carrying the wife with him MacDowell follows the edge of ot tho the until he to the mo mouth th and makes his way wy to the point of ot the catastrophe There Thore ho he finds the body of the mule muJe and fifty feet away the crushed and mutilated body of his wife Every bone bono is broken although her head hood and face have somehow escaped se serious serious serious rious Injury He Ha mixes some brandy and water and forces It down her throat and she revives She recognizes recognizes recognizes her husband and begs him to put her out of her misery MacDowell realizes that her case caso is hopeless s and that her death can only be a matter of hours henna The nearest help of any kind Is no miles away In tho the distance he hears the howl how howling howIng howling ing of the tho wolves and knows that the cougar or mountain lion will make short abort work of ot his suffering wife if he leaves her herFor herFor herFor For hours he has had neither sleep nor food and he Is un unable unable unable able to the strict watch which will be to save his wife and himself from the wild beasts of the region And all the time his bride of nine months is begging him to put her away to release her from her agony For ten hours he lie debates debate whether or not to yield to her request t and thou than decides to do so 80 He presses ll per his revolver re revolver revolver volver against his ilia head and andres fires res Then e U faints When hen he recovers recover hours later he covers his body with stones rocks and grass gra and start for tor Calgary ry where he ho gives give himself up to the sheriff He Heis Heis Heis is tried by a coroners Jury and exonerated ex exonerated exonerated Tho terrible le experience he lie has gone through almost drives him insane He becomes a physical ph cal and mental wreck Now he Is haunted by his deed and I nd hose has come como to NewYork New NewYork NewYork York to recuperate Did James MacDowell commit mur murder murder murder i der or not |