Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-22 | Page 2 | Slayer Afraid of Firearms

ISLA SLAYER YER AFRAID OF FIREARMS Simon Barendregt Suffered From Crash Injuries Says Widow Hes lies never had a gun Hes He's always always al ways been afraid of ot guns He hated to see one I cant can't believe he di dithe did the shooting I dont don't know where he got the pistol Ive I've never seen him with it That was the reaction of ot Mrs 1 Pearl Nella Barendregt widow of Simon Barendregt t. t 63 after alter she had been told that her husband shot Joseph Shepherd 53 a neighbor and then took his own lif if Monday Mrs Mrs Barendregt Was one one ol of the first persons to arrive at the scene of the killing She looked a at her husbands husband's body his face masked with blood Without touching him she said T ts t's my husband She returned to her home approximately yards ards from the scene of ot the slaying For hours Mrs Barendregt walked backhand forth from her chicken coop to her home approximately feet apart A neighbor asked her to come comeIn comein comein in the house where its it's warm Why Im I'm Im I'm not cold she replied holding up well under the shock Im just burning inside I cant can't believe believe be be- lieve it It all seems like a dream You know my husband was sick this morning He complained of ol a headache and said he didn't care for breakfast He hasn't been the same since an automobile accident in which he was injured in Los Ios ros Angeles seven years ago You know Ae be was In the hospital for 18 days das after that tha crash suffering head injuries He had been suffering with headaches continually since that time What am I going to do Here I Iam Iam Iam am left alone with the chickens our little farm and the house howe What wilI will wil willI I do