Shooting to Kill Charged

Marietta Daily Times, June 24, 1919

Charged with shooting with intent to kill, Mrs. Albert Hutchinson of near Beavertown is in the county jail awaiting arraignment before Justice C. T. O'Neill on a warrant sworn out against her by her husband, who was shot through the upper part of the right arm after an altercation with her on Saturday afternoon. The woman was brought to the city at midnight on Monday by Constables Devol and Willison of this city.

Hutchinson and his wife are said to have had trouble when he took her to task for improperly milking a cow. She resented the imputation and started for him with a butcher knife, which he took away from her, it is said. 

Going into another room and closing the door, the woman got a revolver and fired through the closed door, it is said. The bullet entered the husband's right arm just above the shoulder and lodged. Dr. Rowles of New Matamoras, who was summoned later, removed the bullet.

When the local constables received news of the affair, they started for the Hutchinson farm about noon on Monday. Arriving there they found the house deserted and, after a careful search around the premises, failed to locate Mrs. Hutchinson. It is thought that she had gone to New Matamoras to learn what steps had been taken to arrest her.

The officers decided to wait at the house, since she had not taken any extra clothing and they expected her back later in the evening. She returned home at 9 o'clock in the evening.

It is expected that her hearing will be held Tuesday afternoon. A. T. Williamson has been retained as counsel for the defendant.