Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-03 | Page 1 | Rejected Suitor Slays Girl, Jumps into Fiery Pit of Pele with Body

Rejected Suitor Slays Girl Jumps Into Fiery Pit of oi Pele With Body I Dr fly Associated Press HILO Hawaii June 3 3 Pele dreaded fire tire goddess of Hawaiians had lad claimed a human sacrifice of love lo and despair today in her traditional tra tm- home the home the lava Inva filled fire fire- pit il of Clasping in his arms the body of the girl who had spurned his love William Nunes a young Portuguese leaped yesterday into the deep pit of the worlds world's largest active e volcano He apparently had slain the girl Margaret l Enos before hurling himself himself him him- self into the lava filled crater where some believe the ancient once offered human sacrifices to appease appease appease ap ap- pease the wrath o of Pele Their bodies lay today loday side by side shrouded In sulphurous fumes soo feet below the brink of the pit pil pilon on Or the slopes of Kilauea Two days ago aco the high school girl refused Nunes' Nunes offer of marriage Early yesterday esterday morning the rejected rejected re re- re suitor Miss Enos from the home of her sister Mrs Manuel Furtado shooting the sister in the hand when she tried to stop him As authorities reconstructed the tragedy the year old youth drove to the brink of the the- presumably pleading with the girl to reconsider his proposal Failing and unable to live without her yet wishIng wishing wish wish- ing to spare his sweetheart the death he had chosen for himself Nunes supposedly shot and killed the 16 year-old year girl eirl before making his dramatic dra matic matle leap His blood stained automobile was found on the brink of the fire pit In it lay an automatic pistol and a note Ten minutes to eight the note read Margaret l died Instantly She SheI did not suffer And now I must I f ff pa pay The possibility aro arose e today loday that f their ma may lie forever in the bottom o of the smoldering lava pit piL 7