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Show WAR BRIDE IS SLAIN' BY SUITOR WHO KILLSSELF A death pact between Bert Walker. aired 14. a bollefmaker. realdlnc at Mama, and Olenda Tltcomb Smith, a war bride of but II yeara of ace, waa carried out yesterday morning at Magna, when Walker ehnt and killed the young woman, after which he turned the revolver upon hta heart and while ha lived for almoat twelve houra after the shooting, he waa unable un-able to tell the nfflcere Just why the deed waa committed. The tragedy occurred yeaterday ' morning at a Magna rooming houae . where both had reglatered. The land- lady heard five ahota, the eound com tng from the room occupied by Walker and Mra. Smith. She Immediately notified no-tified Ieputy Sheriff J. M. Maxwell, who broke down the door of tha room and found the girl lying dead In tha arme of Walker. Walker waa breathing breath-ing and waa fully conerloue and ordered or-dered the deputy out of ' hta room, mating that there waa nothing wrong. Tha aherlfra office waa notified in Rait Lake, aa waa alao tha coroner. WALKER DIES. Walker waa taken to 8U Mark'a hoapttal In tha Utah Copper company'e ambulance and gradually grew weaker and died at o'clock laat night. Walker Walk-er made aeveral attempta to tell of-flrera of-flrera the ranee of the ahootiag, but -. 1- ,.,r..r.l.t. hi. tale. It la thought that Walker fired three of the ahota Into the ceiling before attempting to kill Mra. Smith and later take hla own life. The fourth and fifth ahota. however, managed to hit their mark. A note leftln the dreaaed to a Mr. IHiwley confirmed the theory of tha-off cere that tha tragedy waa tha outcome of a aulclde agreement. FAREWELL NOTE. The note follows : "1 won't be to your little party today. to-day. Wo' are going to end It all at 10 o'clock this morning. Pleaae aet my wrlatwatch for 10 o'clock, aa that la tha hour that we are going' to blow off. There are some people here In Magna who know wrWi wronged me and they have been after me and blaming me for It. So perhapa the beat way out of It la for me and Bert to go together. Don't put any flow-era flow-era on my grave and don't put any on Hert'e. tlood-bye. "OLENDA." r"rlentle-f 44re. Smith aay that aha and Walker m-ere deeply In love with one another and that neither could live without the other and It la from thia theory that the aulclde pact waa probably formed. Saturday night Mra. Smith attended a party and had a quarrel with her brother and leaving hia place at I o'clock yeaterday morning morn-ing ahe met Walker. The pair entered en-tered the rooming houae and registered regis-tered aa man and wife. Walker waa a widower, and leavea two email children. He lived with John Miller, hla father-in-law, and had been working for the I'tah Copper Cop-per company for the paat two yeara. L-ravIng Magna laat anring ha entered the ahipyarda at Su Krancleco, but returned about two montha ago. Mra. Smith waa the wife of Alma Smith, who la In France with the Amerjcnnerpedltionarfjircea |