Show JEALOUSY OF A REJECTED LOVER causes the death of oi a newly married couple bride and groom killed chile while at the wedding supper murderer committed suicide leaving a note explaining the motive FT for the deed st louis oct 4 A post dispatch special from montgomery mo bays says news has dias just been received of the murder of frank Walk walker erand and his newly married bride by frank rankin a disappointed lover who mho then killed himself the murder occurred at the home of james cook nine miles east of here where the couple and their friends had gone to eat tho the wedding supper walker who had no relatives worked a rented farm tuesday he be and miss maude goshorn drove to montgomery and were married they then drove out to mhd cook home where a supper was prepared A company of well wishers was gathered following a pretty custom all the company left the dining room when the supper waa was over leaving the bride and groom to themselves tor for a brief period before the dance should begin b in they sat side by side at the bead head of the table in la front of an window it was then that rankin shot the couple firing a shotgun through the window when tho the guests rushed in they found the couple dead in their chat chairs rs their heads riddle riddled d with shot A curious child a member of the cook family fa mily who was also in the room was badly wounded none saw naw the murderer and his identity was unknown until his dead body was found outside the house A letter left by rankin revealed the fact that he was a rejected lover of miss goshorn and he committed the murder because she married another ho he asked that his fils fellow craftsmen in the odd fellows lodge bury him with the usual rites I 1 |