Show T EUGENE ELLIOTT IS CHARGED WITH t 10 MUR MURDERING Woman Dies of Fractured a i fF Skull Husband Is Said SaidI r 1 to Have Pushed Her I FILED FOR DIVORCE f 1 Separation Bill Charges Threat on Her Life If Suit Were Brought ST ST. PETERSBURG Fla O June 29 AP Eugene M. M I. I Elliott millionaire million million- c airs aire developer and organizer today t faced ed preliminary hearings on 3 charges of first da daree crt ree murder In Inco co connection with Ith the death ot of hla Wife rs Elliott died Sunday night asa u as ul l o a a result ot of a L fractured skull li 9 poUce poUce ahe Ih received recel In a tall fall from the rear doorway of the Ellrott Rl- Rl home onto a concrete sidewalk Though testimony before a a. cor- cor onera oner's Inquest yesterday was waa not 4 made public police charge that El- El S1 lion llott either pushed or caused his wife wito to taU fall FILED DIVORCE The f fatal tal fan fail followed Mrs El EI- llott's return from a a. conference with Crockett Owen her attorney who had filed divorce proceedings ln s stor for tor her She never regained con con- at the hospital where she he was taken Elliott was arrested immediately tely following his hi wife's death lie He was recovering from a series aeries of opera and ponce police permitted his removal re- re moral moval to a hospital where he remained re- re until Bunda Sunday when he was taken to Jail at Clearwater and 1 later released under bond LOST GRIP Chief ot of Police PoUce E. E D. D Vaughan who has hAa conducted the police Investigation Into the tragedy said El- El Holt fatt told him that his wile lost her grIp on the door and tell fell backward striking her heAd on the pavement Vaughan said Elliott declared c. c that when his wife returned from w the conference rence with her attorney he ordered her away from the house When eho determined to enter he said he locked the front door When she appeared at a aide Ido door he bolted that also he told police Then dra ra Elliott ran to the back door and as she was vas coming Into the f house she fell he declared A negro m maid d told 1 police she saW I Mrs Elliott enter and then she tt x turned to the stove She heard the thedoor door Ilam and a a. scream from Madeline Madeline Made Made- line Elliott the daughter who was standing In the yard ard As the negro nezro I turned back Ag tn ln she said she sheI I saw law Mr Elliott rush outs out and pick k w up his wife wife's body The butler butler- chauffeur seated at the doorway of a a. sen ant house nearby heard the thedoor door slam and then saw Mrs Elliott Elliott El- El liott taU fall police pollee Bald Mr Owen told officers he feared for tor 1 Mrs Elliott to return home following following fol- fol lowing the afternoon conference lie He said laid Elliott had driven by the house houseIn In an automobile had stopped but without speaking drove on again Owen ven urged the woman to telephone telephone tele- tele phone the home before going This she did he said leaving with her daughter a few moments later Mrs divorce bill bUl tiled filed the day ot of her death alleged extreme cruelty and infidelity It set lIet forth that Elliott had threatened her me life should she bring En soft for dh divorce |