Salt Lake Times | 1891-09-07 | Page 1 | She Refused to Marry

SHE REFUSED TO MARRY. And Her Crazy Liinr Shot Her Dead and Than Killed lllmaelf, Bloomington, III., Sept. 7. Charles E. Ballard of Saybrook, 111., and Miss Bertha Ison of Baker City, Or., daughter of the late Judge Ison of that place, were found dead this morning. Dr. Ballard is a young physician who came to this city Friday, and ever since then has been importuning Miss Ison, who came here with her mother to at-tond at-tond college, to marry him. She thought much of him but begged beg-ged him to postpone the event until after her education was completed. This morning he appeared at tin bouse and had an interview with Miss Ison in the parlor. While talking with her he pulled out a revolver and shot her twice, once through the head and once through the heart, producing iustant death. The doctor then shot himself five times, dying in a few minutes.