Salt Lake Herald | 1895-02-18 | Page 2 | To Die Together

TO DIE TOGETHER Poverty Caused nu Attempt at Murder Mur-der and Suicide St Louis Feb 17At the female hospital hos-pital of tills city today Clyde Cameron a youth of 17 made a desperate attempt to end the life of his girl wife Mamie aged 17 and himself Through a succession of misfortunes the couple had been unable to make a living Mrs Cameron was ta ken sick with malarial fever and had to be removed to the city institution for treatment Cameron still out of work called to see his wife today They tallied earnestly for some time when suddenly Cameron drew a cheap revolver and fired one shot at his wife inflicting a probably fatal wound in the side near the heart He then turned the revolver upon himself him-self nut inflicted only a slight scalp wound before he was seized His wife will probably die iwm