Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-04-22 | Page 6 | Hounded a Woman Who Rejected Him

I L HOUNDED A WOMAN . WHO REJECTED HIM When. They Met on Street After Her Marriage, He Pursued and ' -Killed -Her.' . ' i . - - ' SAN FRANCISCO, " April 22.-MrJ Frieda. Baker,-wife of a commission clerk,'- ; was killed at noon yesterday by Mike ! ICihalL a barkeeper, ln a fit of Jealousy. i Nlhall then turned his weapon on hlm- j 3 self. Inflicting a slight wound. ... 1 . Nlhall was a former lover of Mrs. Ba-' Ba-' ker, and since her marriage to Baker several months 'ago, has'hounded the wo-' . 'I' man continually. Yesterday he met Mrs. Baker and her mother, walking on m the street and accosted them. Mra Ba- ker's mother, seeing danger in a meeting, ! " advised her daughter to run, which she I cid, followed by NthalL pistol In band. . " Mrs. Baker entered the saloon of one - . Fowke. and appealed to the proprietor .t for protection, but before he could be of .- assistance to the distressed woman, Nlhall Nl-hall entered and. throwing his arms. around Mrs. Baker, began firing his re-' re-' volver. Several shots entered Mrs. Ba- ker's body, killing her. Fowke grabbed a revolver and turned it on Nihall, but P did not shoot, as Nlhall was pointing , his weapon at his .own head.. Nlhall 1 fired one shot, but the injury is not a serious ohe. He expressed gratification that he had killed the woman.