Salt Lake Telegram | 1907-04-29 | Page 2 | Crash Door with Ax; Kill a Man and Hack his Wife

CRASH DOOR WITH AX; KILL A MAN AND HACK HIS WIFE CHICAGO. April 29. Crashing through an outer door with an ax, three men attacked at-tacked John Morris and his wife with knives In their home, 53 Sholto street, early yesterday. They left Morris dead and his wife severely wounded. The motive mo-tive for the murder is believed by the police to have been revenge for an affront af-front placed on the men by Morris, their former friend. In ordering them from his home one night last week. It was accomplished ac-complished after the couple had barricaded barri-caded the door against them with every movable piece of furniture at hand. Five men were arrested. They are said to be members of the "Sholto street gang." They are Michael O'Shea, Jerry ullivan and William Sheehan, who have been Identified by Mrs. Morris, and George Read and James Hansen, friends of the others who are held pending a Coroner's inquest. According to the police the men arrested ar-rested were frequent visitors at the Morris Mor-ris home. After Morris drove them out because of a quarrel, which was of a trivial nature, they threatened to kill him, according to Mrs. Morris.