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Show 'JcALOUcS HUSBAND KILLS WIFE fm HAND THEN SUICIDES A PARIS BALLARD, employed on Antelope Island ranch, and his wifo, , , Mrs. Viola Ballard, v.'hom he murdered yesterday at their Salt Lake Jj home, and then shot himself through the head. ' :. " , ' ! ' :. ."- , : fcvVStiV. '."fVl I v sS tU N c . v A ' s V , x4 n v r x P. I v f - I A v VN1 ," " X V V ; - s - , Mrs. Viola Ballard Pleads in Vain With Spouse for Her Life. CRAZED with Jealousy, A. Paris Ballard, Bal-lard, 5G North Second West street, yesterday shot and killed his wife and then, turning the revolver on himself, shot himself through the left breast and through the head, causing caus-ing injuries which resulted in his death at 8:40 o'clock last .night at the emergency emer-gency hospital. Mrs. Ballard was killed instantly. Mrs. George Dickey, who occupies the other side of the apartment in which the tragerly pcourred, said that about 12 o'clock noon yesterday she heard Ballard go into the bedroom w'here his wife was sitting, and say to her, "I'm going to shoot you!" "Oh, don't, for God's sake don't," nlead- Dam, who is separated from her husband. hus-band. The Ballards were without children, chil-dren, j Feared Husband's Threats. j That Mrs. Ballard was afraid of the j threats made by her husband to do her J bodily harm was evident, for, accompa- i nied by her cousin, II. A. Hill, she ap- : plied early in the morning yesterday at j ! the police station for protection. As : f usual when dealing with such cases, the I I de.-k sergeant in charge suggested that i she appeal to the county attorney for a ! writ restraining her husband as a dis- ! turber of the peace. ! On applying at the office of the eountv i attorney, Mrs. Ballard was sent to the 1 county sheriff's office and Deputy j Sheriff Arthur Waller went with her to I the house in an attempt to dissuade Bal- lard from carrying out his rash threats. On arriving at the house, Ballard had gone and taken with him his clothes, as was his usual custom on returning to work on Antelope island, where he was employed as a farmhand. Mrs. Ballard stated, say members of the sheriff's office, of-fice, that "he has probably gone" and that she felt much better. Deputy Sheriff Waller then left the house. Quarrels Indicated. It was learned at the police station that Ballard procured, the pistol with which he killed his wife about 10 o'clock yesterday. yester-day. Mrs. Dickey and other neighbors stated that Ballard took a trunk from the house every three or four days, and each time brought it back In a day or so. Regarding this, Mrs. La Dam said that every time Ballard and his wife quarreled he removed re-moved his trunk from the house and brought it back following a reconciliation. reconcilia-tion. The trunk was examined by Detectives Detec-tives C. A. Williams and G. K. Chase and found to contain clothing only. Declared Good Neighbors. Both Ballard and his wife were good neighbors, said Mrs. Dickey, and she remembers re-members hearing them quarrel only once prior to the shooting. On this occasion Mrs. Ballard was sitting on the porch. Mrs. Dickey's daughter, Marie, was standing stand-ing at the window and saw Ballard come to the door and command his wife to come into the house. She refused and Ballard walked out on the porch, said Miss Dickey, and dragged her into the house. The young woman said that she could not understand what they were saying, but . knew from the angry tone of voice that they were quarreling. ! Originally the Balhirds came from Old j Tucker, Utah, now Gilluly, and had fol-i fol-i lowed the occupation of farmers. They came to Salt Lake six weeks ago and j rented the apartments from Mrs. White. Mrs. La Dam slated that, as far as she knew, Bailard bad not been employed regularly. However, she did not think financial stress was in anv wav responsible respon-sible for his act. Jealousy alone, and j without cause, she contended, was solely I responsible for the murder of her sister. ed the wife. Then, according to Mrs. Dickey, there was an instant's pause, and the wife said, "Oh, please forgive me." Her plea was answered by two shots, said Mrs. Dickey, and the woman screamed. She said she heard the report of three more shots, then all was silent. Ballard Lives 8 Hours. When the police arrived Ballard was lying across the bed with wounds in his chest and head. Between his feet, fallen forward, lay his wife, dead. He was still alive but in a serious condition. The position of Mrs. Ballard indicated that she had fallen on her knees before her husband when she reaiized his real intention. inten-tion. On first being removed to the emergency emer-gency hospital, physicians gave Bailard one chance in a hundred to recover. As the hours passed though, it became apparent ap-parent that he was sinking and, after struggling through several convulsions, the mortally wounded man died, just eight hours after he had fired the shots into his body. The body was taken to the Eber W. Hall undertaking establishment, estab-lishment, where it had been preceded by the body of his wife. Whisky Flask Found. At the police station a pint bottle half filled with whisky was found in Ballard's hip pocket, indicating, according to the police, that he had nerved himself with intoxicants for the carrying out of his purpose. According to a statement made by Mrs. Carrie La Dam, sister of the murdered woman, the motive of the tragedy was jealousy. On various occasions, said Mrs. La Dam, Ballard has threatened to take the life of his wife. "If she even spoke to some acquaintance on the street," said Mrs. "La Dam, "her husband was furiously furi-ously jealous. A. J. Hill, first cousin to me and my sister, has been coming here j and having supper with us for several ! weeks. Ballard was jealous of him. He j had no reason. He just imagined things 1 to be jealous about." i H. A. Hill, cousin of the two sisters, ' and of whom Ballard is reported to have been jealous, rooms at the Adrian hotel. He is an employee of the O. S. L. railroad, and used to take supper every evening at the Ballard home, according to Mrs. La Dam. It was he, according to Mrs. J. Parley White, wife of the chief of police, who owns the apartments, who came to her six weeks ago and rented the rooms' saying he wanted them for a married couple, a girl and two children. The children, chil-dren, aged 5 and 3. belong to Mrs. La |
