Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 1 | Society Shooting Probed

J 1 Y JJ SOCIETY SHOOTING PROBED I ALAo c fWD PROMINENT OME INJURED 1 Y 10 DiE Dlf Affray F Follows Party Attended by Notables in Indiana MAN WIFE KILLED 0 i Couple Shot to Death in Texas Texas' Home Horne I EVANSVILLE Ind April 27 AP Police AP-Police Police here liere are investigating the le shooting early today of Mrs Owen wen Conrad a divorcee and Miss Margaret Maley who shared an apartment here Mrs Conrad is not expected to recover Both women are prominent so so- o. o and entertained a party o of friends until late last night Ill In- Inv v in the party were I. I K 1 Harold Van Orman former lieutenant governor governor gov- gov o of Indiana his wife Susie Van an Orman candidate for mayor of ot Evansville State Senator John H. H Hewitt lewitt and several se other men and 1 women i Mrs Van Orman in a statement I today oday said the party broke up about bout 1 o'clock this morning Miss Maley told the police that about bout 4 o'clock she entered Mrs 1 Conrads Conrad's apartment and that the 7 latter alter was brandishing a revolver In n attempting to wrest the weapon from rom r l Mrs Conrad a bullet struck t I diss Maley Malay in the leg She said 3 Irs Mrs Conrad then shot hers herself l in the I abdomen Mrs 1 Conrad is the mo mother ler o of a. a a 2 l cl child former former- hus- hus band jand is said to be in England Murder S Suspected i In n Texas Deaths O FORT WORTH Texas April 27 o AP AP-A. AP A. A J. J Payne and his wife of ofen ten en days were shot to death In their apartment apa here tonight Payne died instantly His wife in the last ast minutes min mm- utes of her life resolutely refused to o make a statement to officers attempting at- at attempting tempting empting to clear up the affair The couple were lying together on the he floor a pistol near b by Investigators gators admitting circumstances in indicated indicated indicated in- in a murder and suicide were Inclined to believe bellevo that a third p person person per per- r- r son did the shooting