Show I I FOLLOWED H B BY PISTOL Charles Swayze Shot Alvord Then Threw Himself Front From a 1 Window HE FELL FEL ELEVEN STORIES lilt ll Several Wires Turned Over Om Twice and nud Struck Face Downward Detroit Detroi Mich June 21 Charles Swayze Wayze employed by a it life lite le Insurance company and former Cornier auperin superintendent nt of ot tho tile Detroit house ot of correction correction tion ton today shot ahot Miss Alvord twice while the tho couple coule were wore In a n private office am eo eoIn In Iii the tue hc suIte Bule on tho the eleventh 1001 of o tho the chamber of df lt commerce build building lug ing nn then the Jumped from Croni tho the window himself He lIe lIS picked up anti died tiled as l a alie ho lie h was carried Into 1110 tho lobby lobb of tho the building Miss Alvord was Yam shot eliot In III 11 tho the neck antI 1111 wrist but not seriously 1 hurt It la is reported Miss Mis Alvord drost to 10 tho the chamber of commerce building In nn au ni automobile about 11 It 1 accompanied by hy a man mon manHim Hue Him went to 10 thu tho attica of tho the life le Insurance ance an company asked to lo have hae a private vate with wih Mr lr She ha WAS vRN Into a I small private routing fronting on the tho street of ot tho tile where whee Joined her tier shutting and locking tho the door dour In a 1 few Cow moments other persons In 11 tho the oleo heart heard a 1 struggle then screams which welo telo followed In quick succession by Jy several pistol whole shots Manager McCall McCal of the tie agency n ency broke In the Iho door Miss Alvord was wan 1 on 01 the tho toor her hair disheveled her hor waist torn and blood pouring from tho the wounds In her herheck neck heck and vrIet Through the open window Mr Mccall could see so el hands clutching the tho window lo ledge They The worn In Iii II view for only a u moment Thou Then hull lot let go antI and his hil body boty went whirl whirlIng lag Ing down through the Iho air nil It I hit lilt sev several s oral eral wires vItes anti turned over twice striking log ing on the tho face chest A bullet bulet wound In his hIl showed that ho he had hiatt 1 shot eliot himself There Thero was waH Just a 1 breath of life Iu In the body boI when It was picked up antI that flickered out before II it I haul hAlt been hem currIed carried Into tho the chamber ot of com commerce merce lobby Meanwhile physicians In the build building lag ing hUll hail been heln summoned to tho the Insurance mince ance otilee to attend Miss Alvord They found fount that her wounds are aro not fatal at ot n a building across the tho Street tie t I from the tha th chamber of or commerce my 1 that attempted to throw Mim MIH Alvord out alit it of tho the window Her Ier lod and shoulders were vero seen across the tho ledge and sho elm was lighting fighting deeper ate lv the couple disappeared from the tho window anti tho the shots rang out nut tot fol followed lowed by h mad niad plunge A letter letor written by J wars wn found which It U he said lahl explains the tho tragedy It I It Is II alleged HiuM that tile tho letter leter says aas 11 Miss ilias lf Alvord was wan responsible tor for losing his position pOll lon nt at tho the house hOUM of or correction when hemi Iwao was ivas there Mich tier Her Ier homo Is said to bo be at ot Saginaw i f |