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Show i A TRAGEDY AT TOPEKA. A lloibnnd Mio.iu His XVifn ami Than Tukm Ills iln i in-th I. .m l.t:.. Toi'KKA, Kan.. Sept. i.Y"esterilay Gus-tive Gus-tive Bcrger shot and instantly killed his w 'no and then committed suicide. The couple have been quarreling since Saturday Sat-urday ov er some rent money paid to them. The wife asked the husband for a dollar to buv some clothing for one of her children, whereupon Ihe husband hus-band threatened to kill her. She ran from the drawing room to the porch and he followed, shooting her through the back. The murderer was a native of Germany and had lived hero about six years. The couple had been divorced and were remarried about a year ago. |