Show L Woman Shoots Kills KiDs Husband II fh Di Is Row Over How to Park Car f N. N Nw w wu V b L. L h Lea zt r S 'S S 'S a u f t UNG MOTHER HELD IN FATAL SHOOTING OF HUSBAND t f Mrs 1 Mary Garcia tends tend daughter Bertha in city jail Wife Fires at Mate While He Holds Baby in in His Arms Nurses Child in in Jail Awaiting Probe Mary Garcia 24 Monday nursed her baby daughter in the Salt Lake City jail held for investigation of murder of her husband husband husband hus hus- band shot after an argument over her method of parking the family automobile It was the daughters daughter's year one-year birthday Sunday when Joe Christopher Christopher Chris Chris- Garcia 32 met death from froma a bullet in the chest as he was holding the child Bertha in the yard of their home at South Seventh West street Detectives Jack E. E and J. J S. S Bardole said the man was shot through the chest with a bullet bullet bullet bul bul- let from a caliber revolver Mrs Garcia had snatched from the glove compartment of the car The detectives said the couple earlier Sunday e evening ening had gone to another home where they had been drinking beer and that the argument started when Garcia protested the manner in which his wife had parked the car Garcia left and Mrs Garcia went home later with friends Upon arriving home Mrs Garcia Garcia Garcia Gar Gar- cia said the door was locked and Garcia came to the door continuing continuing continuing contin contin- the argument After her husband struck her and threatened her Mrs Garcia her daughter in her arms ran to the car and picked up the gun according to the detectives detectives' detectives detectives' detectives detectives' de de- de- de report Her husband grabbed the child and started back toward the house hous when Mrs Garia fired one shot the officers said striking Garcia in inthe inthe the chest He was dead Ged when the police pollee arrived A witness to the shooting was Ann 17 of South First West street She and Mrs Garcia Garda ran nearly three blocks to the Denver Rio Grande Western railroad station and notified po po- lice The officers said that while they were making their investigation Mrs Garcia walked up handed them the gun and said I killed him with this Mr and Mrs Garcia had been married four years and in addition addition addition addi addi- tion to Bertha have a year old son Joseph Frederick who is living living liv liv- ing ing- with Mrs G parents in Garcias Garcia's parents parents-in Montrose Colo Sergeant Sherman Falkenrath head of the detective bureau said the facts in the case would be turned over to the office of the Salt Lake county attorney |