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Show j1 SHOOTS WOMAN U i THEK KILLS HIMSELF e Double Tragedy Occurs in a West South Temple StrectRoommg House. MAN DIES INSTANTLY His Victim May Recover, Jealousy Is Thought to Have Been Cause F B Ahro d of Denver- a as Frank ''n tl former a coolc on an Oregon Short IJne din ng (jar Xi ed a bu et nto 1 s b a last lg t in a rooming house "at i 541 "West South Ten plo fit eet 4nrmediate lv after he had f TecLtwo bullets from, the san e gun nto the. face of Mrs C G Crenshaw when f a be eed she de dared her e t on of returning to her husband and f e children in Jackson Tenn The nan d ed int antls The onia is ft at nj, for I fe in the ounty hospital wi h the chances for reco ery or cleat! about e en A le ter actdres ed to Mrs Cren haw, n care of Mrs. Marion- Marshall 2109 Lin I coin a &aue Qgden furnjsl ed a cure to the real denti$y of Ahro d Beached by telephone ast n ght Mrs Marshall said fhe couple came to my home n April and rented a roo n They eft for & lit Lake n June but eturned to 1 Ogden In Jul Ahrold vas- arre ted on a warrant from Denver charging ji m w th desertion of his family there He was returned with an oificer Dur ng h s absence the woman supported her elf b working in a canning fac U tbrv n the daytln e and in a restau Im rant at night for her meals She- ap " peared to me to be a uoman of edu catron a d refinement. She told me that she had a husband and five -chl dren n Jackson Tenn two boys and tl ree g rls some of then of age. Three weeks ago just before they I , left for Salt Lake she asked me 1 : -whether or not -fhe should return to E her husband I told her that was the ; ' tight th ng to do f " Story of the Shooting i p " The- shooting occurred at 7 10 o clock 1 . last-evening Mrs. J F Free, who with ber daughter Mrs. Fsederlck McFaul i L 5ft- conducts the rooming house said & T f The couple app led here for a room U 5 a week ago tonight and pa d me in V advance They gave tl e name of Wf smith. The woman said that her hus r f r band, who 1 believed Smith to be L 1 was a tra el ng advertising man and that they trav eted from p ace to place frt ij vines' -seemed to be very happy to-Vi to-Vi feAJBgefher Mi Free and myself eft for UWaB'-JahQ theater Just before the shots were SJBV"' fired My daughter called us back As. we entered the house Mrs Smith fejF ran Sown the sta rs with blood stream J pf ing from her mouth She tried to A speak to me but cou dn t Mrs Claude " tv Clyde, who ives next doo in 14T Zl. called the po ice and they came and reraoyed the woman to the emer BLu, gerics!hoBpital There was nothing to l SiF!?4 fed Crate, any troub e al hough they jfcokf ms'that this wou d be their last rHf' tight ln.tfce house as theywere going lo-move est- iJpKHas a Premonition Mrajt I had- a-cnrious premonition of, this fwfS. , 'horrible thing A weekfago the-night SfflfeEJ of their arrival I dreamed that their is ytoom. and the whole rear, part of the r! Toflse was on flre-j I awoke with a j frjfi start, and explored the houBe so ' f strongly was the sense -of Impending V, isaster Impressed upon toe S Th body ofne mart was found lying y- paralleVwittltie wall base in a little room which -is and the woman occupied at the , head otthe stairs The feet were crossed and the gtmivasiheld clutched trt the Ife , less haridr JThe btrllet had entered the I mcKTalicUSfime out of the side of the l, 1 had. TheVman was 6ead when Pat ol I t roen HooperJ St .John jand Detective P Frank "Gfenji reachearnhefrnoase in re j spouse to the call. Jostles of the Peace I R I R. MartJneaulactliig. .coroner arrived T a few minute later and took possession of stKSn letters anLjjaj)ers as were found 1 on the botfy i." a . ,, Several leftcr?? were, read by Justice 1 " Martlneau, actjngt aSdbroner At east I . three of therrt appearetriolM from 8 G ' - Crenshaw of J3cksoni-3nn supposed to he tea woman a IfosbaiH The letters convey the impressions that the man still loves trie woman awrthat he. prays for her returnr to Mai arid thejr children One al the letters speaks of Mauri e and flays that he has Joined fhe marine corps and that he Is now on his way to Cufa. Letter From a Child Another letter, written In the scraggling 1 1 hand- of a child, pleads that the family be trot broken up by the acts of one member Thedheory that the woman is the wife of C Q Crenshaw of Jackson, Terra is based xm the discovery fn a pocketboot ol a bundle of engraved cal ing cards bearing the name Mrs. C O Oenshaw On of the letters from C O C (Crenshaw probaby) bemoans the fact that the three children had een . taken from him by A N Corley a Jttvenlle officer of he community and placed in an tfrphap' asy am. The same ftter warns "Callie'" ss Mrs Crenshaw appear ttf have been called by her intl ' Jnates against1' Frank Ixxiin. The writer : addst "Tie is avaniWer and a sign 4 1 writer A food tgn-wrller is a right 1 ( bot he Is a wfokednian and In the name ! of God and for tie sake of o r chj dren ! I ask you to stay away from him There i -was no refflrenea In any of the letters to ' Ahrold or Smith, . Fragments of a letter were found tn a drawer of the dressing' table. An at tmnt was made to" plc, thenr together Tie ecraggUng lines re written In a. faint hand and were1 illegible One line ' however could be made out It read ' Why art tnotl sadv wlierl I am near theet Toman Falls to Floor Aacoriiae to Mrs Margaret McFaul .Mngtiter of Mrs Flee. Mrs Crenshaw sfa&ered. down the "ta.(rs from their li tie back hn jrteeplng room She fell o the floor, IWSvM lFeamlng from her I month THfe bullet entered the left side of Ore face below and slightly back of e 1 eaf It passed hrOnfb, the mouth and 1 came out fhe right cheek bone Bera se A of th diffici 1 y wltn which me speaks J It Is believed that the bullet InJ red the 2 base of Her tongue lo Ms course 3 Th p 11 e patr 1 was called a few jpo 1 ments after Patrolman, 'wlllinm Bt John and ""! four W B Hopre and Te- tective Frank G enn lad respondod ttf he all In one of the police toj ng as i William HoMnson steivanl of the po ' 1 emerg ev hospital, ar-om panic I "hauf ' fmt Oeorge Moore ani adfn niff I rst aid Tie woman was then taken to the nellCA osp tal w e she wks attended Kr Iff If B Hprag f Later she was rernovsVl to he o nty hospital and placed under t e are t Tit C T Shle Is TVfltea Her Name As he worked over he sen ons lo ana Dr Hhl dn said Do you wj t to live? and Wo you help me do J X can for yo 1 The wo nan nodded 4 Aned for Itr n mr we reached r the Shyslcian rree p n pad an ate ' C rrenh w T e le to n fhouffht r o Callie v v h iddriwl , trs f om h Ten -nue A ' rhimfh her o o gn elds tin1 Omsider ng e w nil t ed by ho heavy In et. thore Is an m ellerit possib llty fo her re ovory Tn cases or t is kind e hances f om pllot on are a ways g ea til t wo are very hopef 1 tHat she will 1 ve A h a e hour st right le hospital a Wndants en d I at nhe r ih i sernl onsc o dltlon but restteg easyi 1 wnn t Kit planned o tlegrirbD CO re shnw t J irks n ron Jus, e Mar en fe o wl ho pellet nd w n ft a se f he w n n h bh t vn w lid 1 e n n n w h n ne me ncrl h t h e H eh d b enehaw V nn e w 1 by poll o |