Show THE SHOOTING OP OF KING HERE HEPE is the background of the tragic scene enacted in omaha last A wealthy clothing 11 merchant the abad of in an extensive commercial structure proud ol of his nanie name and place in the social and business world bas a son bright and capable but lacklan in moral principle the young man is passionate and headstrong a t apparently patently ly with the disapproval of his family has contracted a m mai maiale diage aEe Z F that the young husband soo the divorce court for relief that he obtained v separation on the ground of infidelity and that the divorced wife lias ilas adopted he stage are facts which suggest the sort of a man young king was the kind of company be kept and the life he led in a part of this background lies tm th home of a young lady of respect adre family in a country town in missouri foung king has met and secretly mar married her aud and she deems herself the wife of a wealthy honorable mud and intelligent man mali in foreground is a corri corn where young youn king stands blands wn confronted by a beautiful tul tal and highbred high bred young woman who became his lawful wife four years ago she has heard beard of her husbands bigamous bip amous alliance and is in a storm of conflicting emotions he harshly repulses her and even uses personal violence upon her when she d draws raws a revolver with which her father a wealthy and aristocratic mans man bad furnished her and fires several shots at her husband with fatal effect then tailing upon his bis corpse she shriek sh rieke oh god I 1 have murdered my husband he the bigamous wife learning of the crime and death of her husband becomes delirious and her life Is despaired of it is remarkable that the elements elemn ts of aristocratic luxury and profligacy divorce last fast living and inabit marital infidelity so prominent in this portrayal should serve to illustrate social lite life in rome shortly before her fall quite quit as faithfully as they show the present social condition in the american union A national interest is felt in this tragedy but what the general opinion is respecting the degree of condemnation due the various parties to it has not yet developed A healthy moral sentiment will however be lenient towards the woman who did the shooting and it will also declare that a man who will enter an honest and I 1 respectable home and there by means of a bigamous marriage seduce and wreck the life of an innocent and trusting maiden at the same time betraying a loving and unsuspecting wife suffers no great injustice in being sent seat summarily maril out of the world no jig doubt much sympathy is will be expressed for young king ing his death will be deplored and h bis a wife condemned but toadyism to wealth and aristocracy will be the inspiring motive of such sentiments as these to a great extent A robust moral tone cannot tolerate the course of life he led nor the deeds he did and will favor the proposition that a comans womans virtue is worth a mans life |