Show L S 4 S 'S I S 7 r Li LiI I t- t I S S 'S S 'S L S J k VS St S 1 k M Mi i f bo Above t Dan and Magda lagda Festin principals In the Friday morning shooting below the thel Festin home after the shooting l. l Daniel 54 S Shot hot hotin ot Mrs Festin 54 in jn B Back ck as as' She Leaves Leaves Homo Home for Court L LIN IN N CRITICAL CONDITION I. I I Police Find Husband Bead gead When They Reach HouseA House A bullet took the place of a divorce court Friday to sever the ni m of Mr and Mrs J Daniel Yenta Festin 25 South Ten Tenth h West st. st t Incensed because his wife wIe 54 Sf 4 had filed suit for divorce against him lira Festin 74 shot and wounded her as she was leaving for court and then killed himself with the thc same weapon Mrs irs Festin Lestin staggered to the home of a neighbor who called police while white her husband locked himself in their then home lome hastily penned a a suicide note to o his children and fired a bullet through his head Badly Wounded Conscious Conscio but bleeding profusely profuse y Mrs Festin was taken to the city emergency emergency emer emer- gency hospital City detectives learned Festin has has- barricaded himself in the house and rushed to the home with tear lear gas 4 bombs and guns 1 There they battered In the back door and found Festin lying dead on the the bedroom floor with a 32 caliber re re- volver in his hand The bullet fired Into his mouth had plowed through his u's head and come out near the fore head lead t S On Way to Court Mrs Festin dressed to leave for court she told the officers where ahe was wa-s due to testify testily against her husband in the divorce suit at atlO 10 a a. a am m It was was' then after 9 shortly shortly- a a aL m. m Dan hadn't sully fully dressed dressed- sh she said He was was supposed to go 10 with with- I me I asked him if it he be was not hot going Ito to get ready and he answered that he had plenty of time After waiting a 3 reasonable time lime she started to leave leav the house she he said II You arent aren't r really ally going to go to court this morning are said to tome me Mrs Festin related I answered an an- that I certainly was Walks io to Porch She then walked to the front porch and Festin produced the gun Conflicting with charges contained in her divorce complaint repeatedly had threatened her life ille and kept a a loaded gun in the thc house howe Mrs tin Fes-tin told of I didn't know he owned a a gun or ever had one He must have borrowed it she said As she was descending the steps her husband aimed the weapon at I her back and fired He was s staid staid- d. d ing in the doorway of Staggering under the pain of tho the bullet as it embedded in her back the woman wordan fled to the home of a neighbor William Birrell South Tenth West st sl to enlist aid Police were summoned by Birrell BirreL Chief Visits Home A squad of detectives and the ambulance ambulance am am- hurried t to the scene cene and arid a afew a afew afew few minutes later Chief of at Police W. W L L. Payne and Public Safety Commissioner Commis i John John M. M. M Knight arrived to take charge of the investigation r. r Informed by neighbors that they heard only one shot police feared that Festin had barricaded himself in the house and would be bo prepared to sho shoot t tit it out with officers Tear gas bombs bombs' and reinforcements were rushed to the thes s scene ne and the house surrounded a 1 When officers broke in however Continued on OD Paso Para Two DIVORCE CAUSES S L L. L SHOOTING 1 i I j Ml lU Daniel 2 niel Festin Kills Himself I After Critically Wounding Wounding Wound Wound- ing Wife I i Continued from 7 are M O One Oe e y found th the body on a bedroom I fluor f Festin apparently had been brood brood- Jilg ni and contemplating suicide for time thue officers said They learned he conferred with willi his attorney Thursday night and was advised to todo do nothing rash ir The Thc officers also found a hastily penned Denned suicide note In the house writ I by Festin after he ot his wife wite and addressed d to his n scrawling letters it s said lid V VI j I My IMy dear children you OU will feel fee rry iry to stay with your mother anc and tit 1 your our back to ro your home and I wish you all good luck in J our ur life lle goodby good V V t. t P S. S The Tho insurance I got tot will be beI I pay pay for the home horne and then divide between yourselves V id th that t while had n a hard hud working nan man and that his family lacked nothing i comfort he was erratic and hadle had le ieA een n in ill iii health as c a result of a hip suffered more than thana a year 1250 a o. o He had worked steadily b bul t jad iad stayed home Friday to be present K k fi the divorce proceedings kj J Festini h had d b been en embroiled in Jn 1 difficulties for many years it was u revealed Margaret their attractive tive dv year old daughter told police tier father had filed tiled suit for divorce her mother two years ears ago on of ot cruelty but that a recon recon- had b been n effected d. d IM IrS Festin flied filed the suit for dl- dl r vorce orce which resulted d In Fridays Friday's trag trag- idy dy on November 1 I charging her hus hus- with c cruelty H d Threatened Wife i j e woman charged that on Octor Octo- Octo P r 17 threatened that I 1 am going to kill you I ought to have hare Killed you long ago Four years year ago the complainant f id d Festin had threatened her with willi l. l gun Ita-gun gun and had bad chased her out of the use She charged that he kept a goaded gun in the house at af all aU times d continuously called her a drinkIng drink drink- Ing woman and complained of her V cooking rn If action which was scheduled flOr or 61 court Friday was a II citation against I Festin stin to show cause why he should toot his wife 50 a 50 month pay a tempo- tempo Vary Ary alimony pending the divorce ac ac- lion tion ti 1 Cond Condition Uon Critical i Mrs Festin was reported in ln a S sa aj condition by emergency hospital physicians who ordered her removed Ho to the Salt Lake I general r expressed the opinion she may be ae suffering from Internal hemor hernor- He had been employed as a blacksmiths blacksmiths blacksmith's black V k- k smiths smith's helper at the Utah Oil OU Ref Refining ining in- in ing company There here are five Festin children They are Margaret 20 Ellen Elien 18 Emma 16 6 a student at West Wast high school Carl 14 4 and Stanley 12 students at Jordan Jor dan junior high school |