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East Saginaw Courier
Thursday, 1 December 1859

         Port Huron Shooting Case - We condense the
          particulars of the recent Sickles affair
          in Port Huron from the Press of last week.
          
         CAPT. FRED. McKEE has for some time past entertained
       suspicions that his wife was unfaithful to him, and
       that several men were in the habit of visiting his
       house in his absence for criminal purposes. He had
       accordingly made an entrance under the house, through
       a small cellar, and from beneath had cut a hole in
       the floor of his bed-room, and inserted a trap door
       directly under the bed.
         CAPT. M. had from time to time secreted himself
       here, and had heared things which confirmed his sus-
       picions.
         Sunday night he told his wife he was going to Detroit,
       and left the house with that avowed intention, taking
       in his hand a carpet-bag. Instead, however, of going
       to Detroit, he took his position under the bedroom of
       his suspected wife, and through the trap door watched
       the movements about his house. Between 10 and 11 o'clock
       on Monday he heard a rap at the door, and some man
       entered, and passing through the front room and a short
       hall, into the dining room, and finally the bed-room
       sat down upon the edge of the bed, and drawing the
       woman to him, the husband, from his hiding place under
       the bed, discovered that his worst suspicions were
       realized. He had armed himself with a double-barreld
       pistol, each barrel being heavily charged, and each
       containing two balls. At the instant he was satisfied
       of his wife's guilt he reached from under the bed,
       and lifting the vallance, placed the muzzle of his
       pistol within a few inches of the right leg of the
       man, and discharged the contents of one barrel in
       the leg, the two balls taking effect about midway
       between the knee and hip, and fracturing the bone
       badly. The man sprung from his position, and the
       husband instantaneously discharged the other barrel
       of his pistol, both balls passing through the other
       leg, inflicting only a flesh wound. The husband then
       came out from his hiding place and struck the man
       on the head with a billet of wood, after which he
       went to the front door and gave the alarm, calling
       in the first passer by, and telling him the story.
         The wounded man is DR. J. FREUND, of this city,
       who has since died from the effect of the wounds.
       MR. McKEE immediately surrendered himself to the
       officers and was held to bail for the sum of $2000.
       
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