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Show l- v a. t,. ..." M I ' I a a vJ sa 1 I . v ... , Julius A. Ileffner Diet In-atf&ntly In-atf&ntly From Shotgun Wound 5 Shooting Follows Fol-lows Violent Qujarrcl A violent quarrel growing out of m an attempted assault against his 14-year-old top-daughter, top-daughter, culminated in a tragedr at 9:30 o'clock Saturday Sat-urday night at 163 Went North Templa atreet, when Mra. Ida Ileffner, 37, ahot and instantly instant-ly killed her huishand. Julius A. Ileffner. 42. Ileffner waa ehrt with one chsrre Of a douhle-bsrrelr-d shotgun, lie received tha full charre in the left breast at close rane and that side of hie body waa lot n almost completely com-pletely iwir. , lire. Heffner, who suffered s complete collapse follnwins; the ehootlnr. told Detect! va Tevr W tra and Tiect(ve John I-i-ert, who took her and her dainrhir ln, custody after shs had revive i, that the shot wae fired accldenfmiv a nil that shs did not intend to etiuot, ATTACKED SY HUSBAND. A few irtlnntee before te fatal Shot waa fired, Mrs. ileffner bail been attacked by hsr huei.ond and terribly beaten, she told the detectives. detec-tives. For more than a month, Heffner. a shop foreman at the Denver Den-ver A Klo Orranns W etern railroad, has subcted her to severs bst-Inas bst-Inas and cruel treatment, she said, and she was bnrns out In her statement state-ment by neighbors who had at times n to the Heffner home to oormwt blin to dee tut n his atts'it Hnortly after Mrs. Heffner wa tnken to the city Jnil Ieteriive Wire summon d Ir. J. 3. C.nihrn. city ' physician, who, after mamrr en examination of tha woman body, rported that ens was covered cov-ered from head 0 fet wt'h hnin whtrh, aha says, were Imiicied by Heffn-r. -. TAKIS Hi. a TO TK. l'-"a t .....j to f-u.-j lii a , I epdaiiarliier n"-e ll a't a i-'-'i aB.i. 1 ns ( J, a -Cnio of to it re. lreffnert v. irn- 1 lieflner that s' m f"' K ' ' i her niofher. ltffnrr. a. i ner aaid. threaten. I ii.tury ) Stepdaurbter If llll mentMinc-i in-ircujent, in-ircujent, but she d rsKr1ed hie anmonltion and conl.cied to her moiher What had traneplred. 1 rs. Heffner t'M.M her huaoaad to liink for tnis alleaed offenas and a quarrel quar-rel between Mr. and Mrs. Heifner ensued. TO SCAR I HIM. :tnrly Saturday evening, after Heffner bad subjected his wife to a beating, aha and her daughter assembled as-sembled a snot run which had been kept In different parts of the housa and put one cartrMtce Into a barrel Aa se did thla. airs. Heffner said to her daughter: "I'll glvo him a good scare one day." Mrs. Heffner and her deurhter then went to a pictura ahow and upon their return found ttis house I locked. They reined entrance at j tho back dKr but when they rt inatde they found that Heffner was not at home. He had rone out, but : before ba left he broke several 'dishes and scattered the piece on tha floors. Ha aio threw bread about the house. Thla debrla left by Heffner waa ratheren up by Mra. Heffner and the daughter. ORDERED TO LEAVl. It was not long after Mra. Ileffner Ileff-ner and tho girt had arrived that Heffner oamo home. He ordered hsr to pack her belonrlnre and leave the bouso, she said. Mho refused re-fused to go unlees he reve her some money. Mra. Haffner's demand de-mand for SAoney was met wltb a blow In ths fare, ana sat, ana sns fsll over a bed fcn the room. Heffner then went to his own room. Mrs. Heffner gained her feet and In lbs presence of ber daushter said: "Now I will give Mm that scare." I She took up ths gun. Intending to firs -down tba ball through win-cow. win-cow. Heffner atepped from his room at that Instant and wnea the oartrtdro was aaploded ha . had reached a position eo aa to receive tha full eontcnta. He had bean shot in the breast ar.d fell dead Instantly. "0I0NT MIAN TOI f didn't mean to shoot him." airs Heffner told Detective Wire. "I only wanted to scars him. U was an nccident., I Fresh finger merks wars still visible vis-ible on Mrs. Heff nan's nock when she waa piaoad In tba city JaH- Hhe said that her husband had choked tver just boforo ho administered tbe last beating. i Xeiglibors told Detective Wire that Heffner had beaten Mra Heffner Heff-ner almost dally for mora than a muntb. Two men told ef a beating which Hffner administered oo tbe night of July Z. Heffner beraa to beat bar at mldnlrbt, the n aald. end continued It until I e dock In the morning, teveral times neighbors neigh-bors Interfarrod. One nlffht a crowd of neigh bore organised for tha pur-poe pur-poe af rushing the nous and punching pun-ching Heffner. lis deatiated utmi in time to eava h I mi f from a tbraah-trK tbraah-trK at lha handa of tha enraaed n irhbors, ths men told Detective V i ra. Mrs. Heffrrs former hushond was ramad Maack. which ram iiT i'ur usee in cmiitectic-o wan nt-r A. hnutrh thla g.rl la put rr ri rnor tr in 14 yeare of sge she )- k mu'-r o.Jer. fh weight about l tv) pounoi and would eaat.y be I ui.suua.ca fur a g'rl yvat II. a a |