Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-26 | Page 1 | Shotgun Used by Farmer in Double Tragedy

SHOTGUN USED 1 BY FARMER IN DOUBLE TRAGEDY I STERLING Cola Colo Nov 26 John Nobler Kobler a well to do farmer living sixteen miles northwest of Sterling turned the second barrel of af a shotgun upon himself after he h had d shattered the head of his wife with the charge of af the first barrel last night about 10 o clock o'clock- The bodies almost headless w were re found at the farm h home me by nei neighbors neigh neigh- h- h bors attracted by the reports of af the the- gun Unhappiness in family affairs Is believed to have caused Kobler Nobler to I commit the act His wife a tal talented talented tal- tal woman had given givel readings at a Thanksgiving day dad daf in a rural schoolhouse on the eve Ing of af the tragedy 1 Kobler was vas about 40 years old aId an and his wife ne near r the same age She had two children by a 0 former I marriage