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Show I MURDERS GIRL THEN1UICIDE8 Salt Lake C ty, Sept 2G-M-b Mnry , Thcodorscn, ngod 19 years, ilaiiglucr ot Mrs, Kmlly Wh tmer, No. 3 Snnrr court, rear of 125 West Sixth South street, wiib shot to death In front of j 445 West Sixth South street at 12-25 i o'c.ock tli'H morning by Tom Trlogufl, nllas TesoKHB, a Greek aged 22 yearn. ' Two bullets weio llred Into the young woman's body, one of them p'erclng the heart and the other passing through the. heart cavity, killing her i ndmoflt Instantly. The murderer then h' turned the weapon upon himself flr- P , lug two bullets Into his throat under i' the chin. Ono of the bullets lodged it' In the base of the brain and tlio otli- jga cr took a triangular course and came W&, out between tho eyes. The dead Wl body of tho murderer was not found SMS until fi:30 o'clock (his morning, when KXl It was discovered by Patrolmen C. fpj Patten and A. C. Lund, In a coal jagl shed at the rear of 423 West Second PI South street. The murderer and suicide was tho Eft outcome of Insnno Jealousy and do- w sire for rovengo on tho part of Trio- El bus. d was tho Immedlnto culmlnn- K' t'o of a dispute over $15 which, It WL ,s 8a,,, TrloguB had loaned to tho Hi joting woman, and which bIio refused P to retirn. after rejecting tho Greek's S proposal of marrlago. H Woman Was Victim W& .'n olllciiil inquiry held this morn- Wk . '"S "t the O'Donnell undertaking k parlors, disclosed n story of perfidy O and suffer ng In which the oung woman whs the ch'ef victim, rcsult- H .'ng flna'ly in tingle death to- her 3 and her lover. HK The joung woman, who had been L employed in a Greek coffee house at jp 543 West Second South stieol, was ? er wav home In company with ff her brother-'nliw, George Theodor- )f " "hen they weie met by Trlogus who was h'dlng in the shadow of . trees. Ho stepped in front of the jj couple and drew a 38 calibre revolv- ' ei. "o demanded that Mrs. Theodor- U son pay h'm JIG which he had loan- m- cd her, but she refused to pay him, j: and said she wanted nothing more ' . to do w.th him. With an exclamation jk of rage, tho young Greek stepped up gi to Mrs. Tlieodorsoii nnd (lred two , . shots Into her body. She fell for- flr ward to the ground and died within em ( a few seconds. W Murderer Turns Suicide Trlogim lo'ined forward, gasped j$ with horror nt what he had done, and $; ' then (lu'ckly llred two bullets Into fif his throat. He did not fall but stag- m gered back a fow paces, dropped the J5n weapon nnd then ran wildly down an ' I alley way. Theodorson, brother-ln- , law of the murdered girl, was parol- , yzed with fear, nnd wns unable to f move for a fow minutes. Residents Iff In the neighborhood who heard the ,, , shots, rushed to tho scene and the police were quickly notified. Three patrolmen; were soon on the ground, and wh'Io tho body of the murdered woman wns taken to the emergency hospital, policemen took up tho trap of blood left by the murderer. They fol'owcd the crimson marks to the Greek's rooms, 230 south Third West street. There the man had washed himself and then disappeared. Deip te I ho fact that he had two bullet wounds in his head, he made his way to a coal shed at the hear of 543 West Second South, whero his lifeless body aa found sove"nl hours At tho Imiu'ry held th's morning at O'D r.nell o undertaking parlors by Jubt ce of the Pea o Hairy S Harper, Har-per, Dr. H It. Spraguo, assistant c'ty phjc ur., sid that the bullets missed mis-sed i ct tain none cento's thus accounting ac-counting fot the man's nblllty to retain re-tain co'ibc oneness tor a t me and to run fiom tho scene of his crime. Tho Identity of tho murderer was not established for several hours after af-ter the tragedy when tho pol'co learned learn-ed that a Greek known as "Tom" had dono tho shooting. Young Theodorson was taken to pollco headquarters and heli? as a witness, but ho was released releas-ed this morning after tolling his story. Ho Bad ho recognized Trlogus, Trlo-gus, but was too frightened to Interfere Inter-fere as tho man had threatened him also with tho weapon. Borrows Money To Loan Young Yrlogus was employed nt tho Arcado cigar store for about two and n half years, but loft thero recently, re-cently, saying ho Intended to marry a girl who worked in a coffeo bouso. Ho borrowed $1G from his former employer em-ployer anil gavo tho money to tho girl. This happened soveral wcoks ago. About two weeks ago, Trlogus called upon Mrs. Whltmor and told her that Mrs. Theodorson had agreed to marry him, but that later sho had ! repudiated her agreement nnd had nlso refused to pay him raonoy ho bad loaned hor. Husband Was White 8laver 'Tho man tdlil me ho bad discovered discov-ered my daughter had been married and that bIio had repulsed him, and that he had mede up h's m'nd o kill her nnd then kl'l himself," s.i il Mrs. Wh'.tmcr th o mcin ng. "Wo A d not think he meant 't, and paid no attention to the thrcnts. My daughter daugh-ter was married n Ogdon nbcut 18 months ago to .lames Theodorson. He took her to New MVxIco nnd then n Denver, whero ho put her In n roo.n-Inghouse. roo.n-Inghouse. He tried to forco her Into a life of shame thero, when the police po-lice learned of tho case and ho was convicted of white slavery, and sont to tho United States prison at l'ort Leavenworth." Mrs. Theodorson returned from Donver last August and secured position po-sition In tho Greek coffeo house. There sho mot Trlogus who becamo Infatuated with her, nnd sho promised to marrj him. Trlogus knew nothing about the woman's husband, but d i covered recently thnt sho was n Harried Har-ried woman. He becamo cnragoJ nnd his friends declare that .during tie last few days he acted as If ho were demented. Mrs. Theodorson had taken prel'ni-inary prel'ni-inary steps to securo a divorce from her husband, and it wns understood thnt when she secured the decree nnd certnln other obstacles wero removed they would be married. Dr. Sprague stated th's mornlm that ho had had some professional acquaintance with the Greek, but know nothing about the relations between be-tween Triogus nnd the young woman. Mrs, Theodorson wns the dau, liter of Robert nnd Kmlly Whltmer; she wns born In Mnntl, Utnh, her pa IN being Sw'ss. Mr. nnd Mrs. Whltmer were separated several months ngi and Mr. Whltmer 's in Logan, II ,h understood, ileslrtcj her pnrents, ho young woman Is survived by two lro-theis lro-theis nnd three sisters, living wth their mother here, and n ninrr'od Bister Bis-ter and an unmnrr'cd sister living somewhere In Idaho. Mrs. Whitmcr called upon Chief of Police Grant this morning nnd told him that she was In destitute circumstances. circum-stances. She was almost on the verge of collapse over tho dep'orable affair, and said owing to hor circumstances circum-stances she did not know what to do. Trlogus had been In Salt Lciko foi several cars, and was said to bo the most handsome Greek in tho I. teal colony. He Is said to have n brother broth-er living here. Moth bodies woro ta ken to the 0'I)o";rM - ' Vii? parlors where they w 11 b prepared for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. |