Salt Lake Herald | 1907-11-11 | Page 3 | Murder and Suicide

MURDER AND SUICIDE Street Car Conductor Kills Wife and Self at at Oakland Cal Oakland Cal Nov No 10 Murder and occurred In this city at 4 this afternoon when J C Ehl EhI Ehlers Ehlers ers era street car conductor sought out his at ot the home of her Mrs Angelo Thomas and failing to effect a reconciliation shot her through the heart and then turned the weapon upon himself send ing a bullet crashing Into his brain causing instant death A child 10 months old survives the parents parent Ehlers and his wife had been estranged for or several months Mrs Ehlers returned to live with her par parents parents parents Ehlers called at the Thomas home and Inquired for his wife To 10 Together Together gether geth r they walked to a room in the rear of the house Ehlers locking the door dool The next moment the family heard beard pistol shots The door was brok broken broken en open and the bodies found side Ide by side on the floor Mrs Ehlers was 18 years ears old and her husband was 23