Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-01-30 | Page 3 | Detective Kills Aged Millionaire

DETECTIVE KILLS AGED MILLIONAIRE 4 By Dy Associated Press PATCHOGUE N. N Y Jan 30 Smith W. W Conklin an aged banker and andreal andreal andreal real estate owner reputed to be a millionaire millionaire mil mu- 4 was shot and killed in his office office of of- fice lice here by William W. W Wright head of a New York detective agency After Atter shooting Conklin twice in the back Wright attempted suicide but tailed railed According to the police Conklin re recently recently re- re foreclosed a mortgage he held heldon on the property which formed part of the estate left by rather lather Wright who is executor of the estate arrived here from New York presumably presumably I ably to see Conklin regarding the matter The rhe building In which the shooting took place is located on the me main street of ot the village Pedestrians told the police they saw Conklin rush to the window calling for help Then two shots were fired and he was seen to sink to the floor A few seconds later latera a third report was heard as Wright turned the revolver on himself A policeman found Conklin dead on the floor and Wright lying across a chair with a wound near his right temple Wright was taken to a hospital hospital hos has pital where ph physicians condition condition condition con con- was such that he could not be questioned