Salt Lake Herald | 1907-09-08 | Page 1 | Quarrel Ends in Foul Murder

QUARREL ENDS ENUS IN FOUL Retired Chicago Broker Butch Butchers ers His Wife and Slashes His Throat With Razor Chicago Sept 7 Mrs Fred M Fish Fishwife Fishwife Fishwife wife of at a wealthy retired broker was Vias found murdered murder d In her home at Davis street Evanston at an early hour today Her husband was found Cound with his throat cut unconscious on the floor of ot the bed bedroom bedroom bedroom room In which the body of Mrs Fish was lying It Is the opinion of the police that Fish murdered his wife and then attempt attempted ed to commit suicide He was Wag hurried to toa toa toa a hospital but has not yet et recovered consciousness and it Is doubtful if It hu survives or revives sufficiently to t make a statement Heard Quarreling The cause of the tragedy Is unknown Mr and Mrs Fish were heard by their neighbors In a violent altercation late tete last night and it Is believed that Fish arose early today and after discharging a shot into his head he mutilated her In Ina Ina ina a horrible fashion with a butchers clea cleaver cleaver ver er A servant ervant girl declared that she heard the report of a shotgun early this morning and the cleaver was found lying on the bed beside Mrs Fish Mr Fish formerly was associated with a prominent commission house but had recently re retired retired retired tired from business on account of poor health and attacks of despondency It was declared by the physicians at atthe atthe atthe the hospital that Fish will undoubtedly recover from the wound In his throat Late today he became so violent it was found necessary to remove him to a san can sanitarium sanitarium It Is said by physicians ph that he heis heIs heis is undoubtedly insane