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Show KILLS WIFE ON HER WAY HOME Policeman Waylays Wife . Coming From; Church and Shoots Her ; v Lives Long Enough to Forgive. ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Oct. 27.--John Moore, a policeman, shot and lulled his wife on one of the, principal residence streets here as she was returning return-ing from ehnreh. Moore fled and 10Q, men are searching for him. It is be-, lieved he will be lynched if caught. Moore and his wife had been separated sepa-rated the last three years and Moore has constantly harassed her. He, frequently fre-quently threatened to kill her. Mrs. Moore was walking with a wo- man companion when Moore met them. He asked to apeak to her and she stopped. -- - --- . "I am going to kil'r you," he said. ' When she screamed and started' to . run he fired three shots from a revolver. revol-ver. ; Two of them took -effect in her back. After she fell he stooped over her. and raising her head kissed her. Mrs. Moore died an hour after the shooting. She forgave her husband.- Twenty persons on their way home from church saw the killing. A posse was organized and a hunt commenced for .him. ,r .. . . - . |