1921 - Police Report in the murder-suicide of Philippine Ebbermann and Samuel Peter Hughes
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REPORT OF HOMICIDE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
Detailed Report
I would
report at about 10:00 o'clock A. M. this Friday, April 15th 1921,
having received information that there was a shooting at #708
Bartholomew Street. In company with Corporal Peter A. Young,
patrolmen Henry Borges and Robert J. Smith at once went to the above
mentioned place, where we found patrolman Leonard Salathe and
motorcycle patrolman Leonard J. Cline, and on investigation learned
that at about 9:45 o'clock A.M. this Friday, April 15th 1921, Sam
Hughes (W) age 30 years, residing in #708 Bartholomew Street,
employed as a boilermaker's helper at the Algiers Naval Station, shot
and killed his wife, Philipine Hughes (W) age 26 years, from whom he
was separated for the past three weeks, and she resided with her
mother, widow Jacob Ebberman at #1231 Bartholomew Street. Hughes
fired one shot from a 32 caliber blue steel U.S. make revolver #2076
which took effect in the back of the head of his wife, causing
instant death; he then fired two shots into his body, one in the
mouth and one in the nipple of the left breast, which caused instant
death. The shooting took place in the third room of #708 Bartholomew
Street, used as a bedroom. Mrs. Hughes' body was found in a kneeling
position by the bed with her face down on the bed, Hughes' body was
laying across the bed face down, and the revolver was laying on the
bed about three inches from his right hand, with three empty shells
and two loaded shells, one being snapped. Hughes and his wife have
been separated three weeks today and he resided in the house alone.
His wife and two children, Harold age 6 years and Hazel age 4 years,
resided with Mrs. Hughes' mother at #1231 Bartholomew Street. Mrs.
Hughes was working at night wrapping bread at Bacher's Bakery,
Foucher and Laurel Streets. About 9:30 o'clock this A.M. Sam Hughes
and his brother Thomas Hughes, aged 19 years, residing in #941 Elmire
Street, went to #708 Bartholomew Street to pack the furniture to
store same. As they got to the front of the house, Mrs. Hughes came
up, and her and her husband went in the house through the front door,
and Thomas Hughes went in the gate through the alley into the back
yard, and about five minutes afterwards he heard shots fired in the
house, and he ran out to Burgundy Street where he met motorcycle
patrolman Cline and notified him about the shots. Cline went to the
house and found Hughes and his wife as above stated. He summoned the
Charity Hospital ambulance and on its arrival the doctors pronounced
both parties dead.
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