Show MURDERER HIS DOOM lou s H mott pays the penalty foi murder at M soula mont i louis H mott was hanged at mis soula mont at 6 08 clock friday morning for the murder of his wife five minutes after the trap was sprung he was pronounced dead his neck nas broken mott mailed unas alsted elsted from the ja 1 to the enclosure in which tha gallows had been erect ed in a brief under the gal lows he stated he believed bis con diction had been brought about through methods and con bladed by saying t at he was willing to give life for life the crime tor chich mott was hung was the shooting of his wife on sun day janus ry 4 1903 for months previous to the murder he had been addicted to the use 0 liquor and drugs causing a depressed mental condition while east on a business trip his wife sold his laundry bus ness in missoula ho became greatly angered on his return brood ng con antly over his wife s act on the day of the murder he became involved in a lengthy juanel with bis wife which was followed b his shooting her four times with a le volver while she was flee ng from the room his wife lingered for nine hours before death the case has been bitterly contested and a considerable sum has been spent in an endeavor to sava I 1 mott from the gallows |