Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-01-14 | Page 11 | Kills Sister-in-Law, Then Commits Suicide

KILLS SISTER-IN-LAW. THEN COMMITS SUICIDE 1 SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan 13. A special ; -to the Spokesman-Review froni Lane. Ida., says; , Henry Boythan. nged 31. this 'afternoon shot and killed bis sister-in-law. Miss Rhoda Norton, aged 20. and then, turning the revolver upon himself, blew out his own brains The tragedy occurred In the home of L. II. Norton, the father-in-law of the dead man. In Lane, nnd -though every effort bas been made to find some motive for tho crime, none has come lo light: The Norton family came here from Saginaw, Mich., last fall, and Norton had been working In a sawmill. Boythan and his wife came- from Saginaw Sag-inaw only two or three weeks ago.