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Show DOUBLE TRAGEDY ill THE CiTYJF DEtffl Former New Yorker Sliools Sis-ter-iu-Law and Then Takes His Own Life. ; DENVER, March 20. John Collins, father of Mrs. Jesse McDonald, wife of former Governor McDonald, this" niorn-iiij: niorn-iiij: Hhot and probably fatally wounded Miss Sarah Nichols, and then lulled himself." The shooting took place at tho McDonald home, J 151 Logan avenue. ave-nue. The motive for the shooting is unknown. Miss Nichols was Mrs. Mc Donald's aunt on her mother's side. Collins is believed to have been insane. in-sane. Mrs. McDonald said (hat she behoved be-hoved her father to have been mentally men-tally unbalancod from melancholia and could ascribn no 'motive for tho shooting. shoot-ing. Sho said also that there had been, no troublo between Mr. Collins and his sister-in-law, and that friendly relationship rela-tionship had always existed between them. Yesterday Mr. Collins, who was GO years of ago, was heard by one of the maids in the McDonald rcsidcnco to sny that ho would not live long. Jle came lo Denver about two months ago from Platlsburg, N. Y., his old home, and had been living at tho McDonald residence, resi-dence, which had been his habit periodically peri-odically for many years. Ho was sitting sit-ting in a roar room of tho house, talking talk-ing to Miss Nichols, when she arose and went into another room. Collins followed fol-lowed and, drawing a rovolvor, firod. Miss Nichols fell, and Collins then killed himself. Miss Nicholas condition condi-tion is precarious. Former Governor McDonald is on his way from Lead-villo, Lead-villo, Colo., having been informed of the tragedy in his home. |