Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-03-17 | Page 1 | Jilted Suitor Turns Gun on Girl and Self

Jilted Suitor Turns Gun on Girtand Self Widower Refuses lo Bow to a Recoiu-iliition Between Admired Ad-mired One and Divorced Husband Tt(X'Kr"Oim III, March 17. Miss Helen Wilson died today after being ahot hy a Jilted aullor. Arthur Ilausrh-cr. Ilausrh-cr. wealthy florist of rYeeport. III. After shooting Miss Wilson. Ilauerhrr. turned the revolver on himself and died two hours before the girl expired. Miss Wilson obtained a divorce from her husband. CUrenre Widehnlm, an automobile salesman at Kockford. Hhe went to work In the flauschrr flroa.-greenhouse flroa.-greenhouse at rrerort and accepted the aitentlona of Arthur Hauacher. Itauerhrr, II, was a widower, his wife having died aliout two years sgo. He hsd two children While friendly with ftsuacher. Miss Wilson was clandestinely visiting her husbsnd. A reconciliation wss recently recent-ly made and arrangements completed for her to return to her husband. Hiiiiechrr refused to script iha girl's dlsmlsaol and forced his attentions. Iiat niiiht the girl hoarded an Inter-urhan Inter-urhan rnr hound for Hock ford to meet her former husband. Itausi-her also entered fhe -car and asked her again to marry him. Hhe refuaed. Itauarher remained on the car and rode lo Kockford. Clarence Wldeholm and hia brother Hoy were waiting, to 'meet iha Interurhan car when It arrived ar-rived at Kockford. The car stopped and Bauacher swunr down the steps first, rtoon sfter Miss Wilson descended. Aa she was coniinu down the steps, he fired, the bullet going through her head. Ilefore ly-atsnders ly-atsnders could Interfere, llnusrhcr had turned the gun on himself snd hsd In-I In-I flirted a wound which proved fatal, j The bodies were taken In chiirge by Coroner (liron and arrangrmenta made j for a probe late today. .