Show i HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE AND I I TURNS WEAPON UPON HIMS LF COUPLES COUPLE'S QUARREL ENDS ENDS IN TRAGEDY Jan I I. Morris Morr s Holds W Wife fe rf r and F Fires res Bullet Into Herk Her i. i k Head Hea Wh While le She Fights 1 Fiercely for Life iEr CRIME OC OCCURS URS IN ORPHEUM HOTEL Jealousy Is Believed to Be the Cause of the Double Killing Killing Mysterious Mysterious o s Visitor at p h Scene Could Through Light on the ff Trouble if f He Would Talk I I Jan Jail I. I Moms proprietor of the Elk hotel at Reno Nov Nev and son of Isadore Morris of Salt Lake shot and instantly ii kin killed d his wife in room No 32 at the Orpheum hotel No J South South State street at 0 o'clock clock last Jast night He then placed d I J 2 the muzzle of f t the e 3 caliber 38 revolver le i in hi his mou mouth h and sent a bullet crashing into his Ius own o br brain falling in In the pool of blood I i beside his llis wife's body Morris died three hours later at St. St I Marks Mark's hospital t a I Mrs Morris who was the former wife of Willard W V. Bean I f. f I ip p the hc floor without a the bullet having entered l ff ja t lif T l J ld C Y HI j i t lj j nd t n V w b S faT cili s ria fractured fur d the tho fr frontal bone of the skull Morris orris still held held eld he the ther herf r smoking bracking revolver in his hand and was groping about as t though ough determined to send another bullet into his head when I Patrolman Tom Simpson and Edward McCormick 1 and the t t. t landlady Mrs Irs H. H E. E Bartlett the room The couple was alone alono In the room when whon the was enacted Thu Tho door was unlocked and persons passIn passInS' passInS pass pass- In InS ing through the tho hallway had Imd heard the thc pair quarreling a few fow minutes before the toe shots were fired Mrs l Bartlett Bartlott was on the second floor of the hotel when she says she ehe heard the shots and the they sounded like somebody hail had tapped on a R. table twice Tho shot were hired fired In quick succession Suspecting Suspecting Sus Sua- that something was wrong Mrs Irs notified the police by telephone and waited until Patrolmen Simpson and McCormick responded before be be- fore foro going to the room and opening th the door Mrs Bartlett states she hall hail walked past the door of ot the room room while waiting for the officers but was afraid to otero Sight It was wa a gruesome sl sight ht that greeted them thorn when they entered the room Thoman Th The woman oman 13 lay where she had fallen with witha a pool of blood about her head and the theman theman theman man laying twitching beside her unable unable una una- ble to sp speak but making every ert rt to again place the revolver which he held tightly clutched in his hand to 1 his head It took the strength th of ot both policemen to unclasp his fingers from I the weapon The floor Joor of ot the room was covered with the womans woman's blood bloo and end It had been spattered on tho the bedas bedas bed bedas as sho she fell Powder marks on tho the womans woman's face showed that the man had placed the thu revolver r u against her chin before pullIng pullIng pullIng pull- pull Ing the trigger and from tho the position of ot the bo body It was evident c that he lied had hold held her and that she sho had struggled led to release herself Tho fact that the shots came so BO close together proved that tho the man lUan had not waited an instant In Instant In- In stant after shooting the woman to place the revolver re in his mouth and fire the second time The quarrel preceding preceding preceding pre pre- ceding the shooting had been a 0 short one one the landlady stating that she did lid not know Morris was in the house Dr F F. B B. Steele the tho first physician to arrive declared that the woman's womans death Ileath had been painless and Instantaneous Murris Morris was removed to the emergency enc hospital at tho the police pollee sta sta- tion where he wa was attended d by 11 Dr William F Beer Heer He Ho Hoa a wa removed to bt St St. t Marks Mark's hospital about two hours later and died afterward The Tho I Continued on ou Page e S Se cn COUPLES COUPLE'S QUARRELS QUARREL ENDS IN TRAGEDY S Continued 11 Prom From Page age One One womans woman's body lay Iny where It had fallen for tor three hours following the tragedy dy Acting Coroner Stanley F F- flanks s making mak outside investigation before ordering or or- 01 ing an Coring dering 01 the tire body's removal to the tho S. S D. D Evans undertaking establishment lu 1 WH 1 Deliberate That Morris went scent ent to the Orpheum his hotel with tho Intention of ot killing tho the fact wife and himself Is proved by that wie rud tho tiro gun used was vas newly Ir- Ir receipt for IG C from tho time chased a L found In being Western company his pocket There was no mono money on his person an and 1 it Is suppo supposed ed ho ito spent his last money to buy the tho weapon A Reno railroad ticket from Salt SnIt Lake to was also found In his pocket together In with somo some letters ettel and other papers regard to a 0 mining deal In Lyon county county coun coun- when He lie ty Nevada was mako an found and was wax unable to auto mortem statement Isadoro Morris father of tho dead deadman ea eaman conducted a mercantile mer nier- man cantile for establishment runnY many years at Bingham Ml lr- lr r ne' ne cantle mother Second and two t o South sisters Bisters street live 1 0 Ho at nt has hasa No 10 East Moses Motile Morris living in this a brother vInS broter married It Is stated that ho was city at cl- cl clI Reno I He lie was years of or ago and le part Salt Lake Lako tho greater resided In te of or his Iris 1 life life- Only recently he en engaged hotel business at nt heno the thc In a Mrs lr Morris was sas 27 j years old She formerly D. D Felts Felta Fels and her was cas Robert Felts Felts' lives at nt Eureka Eureta Eu Eu- Mrs Ir mother Willard to married reka reta Cal Gal She was waK 19 Center street who lives at No Xo Bean two children chil chil- In lu and Is survived by and girl a aped aged d aged 10 tO a bO boy dren a Mr Bean Benn 5 who secured are arc living a divorce with their October father Z 2 lOS 11 lenn on alleging unfaithfulness nt at that time the tho part part-of his wife Former met Morris last summer It ris Ils The Is induced st st. stated woman to that her an to Infatuation desert her for husband Morris Morris Mor Mor- und and leave the cf city Morris was regarded regard regard- b his In the light of or an nn outcast by ed etl tle constantly constant getting into family und and was from which h he lie was extricated extricated difficulties Dr Di iris his family's Influence by Deer Beer said nid ly hit that Morris and the tho woman hotel at it time tho lived together called one OttO I last fall and antl that ho ire was wa Wt calud night tal to attend tho woman Morris was I time there thero at tho time left tho pair ago About two months monts relative went to Itono Heno A and tho the city after that time hemet ho he homet homet declared that short shortly in law In Reno and was hI his met had married tho tire former former for tor- told that Morris Morris Ho lie accepted mer Mrs Mr Bean Denn become le hie guest tuest at nt tho tn m Invitation to days and stayed there thero daysI Elk hotel couple I that timo tho lie that at Ho says 10 together happily be bo living appeared to l Morris In Salt ho lie met Sni Two days ago getting getting get gt asked him how he ho w was a Lake and ho lie told him that ting non along Morris short vacation and was only hero on a n Reno In loft Mrs MorrIs he lie had lef Morris regIstered registered reg reg- Mr rind Mrs re On March 3 1 r at lt the tha Orpheum hotel The pio- pio tO- tO quarreled states that they and that Morris became loud and often otten towards his EO so lO violent In iii his expelled demeanor him from lom the tho she wife wIre that Morris Morris' orrl week ago hotel about ono OttO tire the corridor of ot tIre the hotel trunks are ale In iii took his Iris anti and ho lie fult- fult for removal eu ready c cao o awa away or with him On Fr Friday y Mrs rs i Morris told tho tire landlady that sho she had adjusted her differences with wih Morris Morrs Sho She said Jan and amid I ha had patched up our troubles and we will never nover quarrel again Call Upon Ill Ills Victim Morris orrIs came to tho hotel on Friday and spent sent several 80 hours with his wife wie They appeared to have c como come to a complete com com- understanding at that time Last Lt night Morris was not seen to enter tho tire hotel or his wife's wHo's room although persons passing through tho the hallway halway heard their voices It is supposed that Morris was actuated In his terrible act b by Insane Insane Jealousy ho bo having objected on numerous occasions to his wife beIng boInG boing bo- bo ing InG friendly with wih other men at ot the tho hotel A part of or the tire motive might havo have been explained had hal an intoxicated man who staggered Into tho the room where tho time body la lay been beon asked aked to explain ox- ox plain what ho he knew know of ot tho the woman A well ivell dressed man mart entered tho the room about a t half hal hour after the trag trag- cd edy Tears ears streamed down his chocks and ho he cn vengeance on the tho man who had committed tire the crime before Informed that the murderer was beyond beyond beyond be be- yond tho the reach of ot human vengeance Ho 10 stood by tho tIre bod body for ful fully y ton minutes exclaiming Its ls a shame Sho She was the best little girl In the world There never was a a. D better betor kid lived He lie le was finally ordered from tho the room by ono one of ot the policemen without his name or being secured and ho Ire could not be induced to tell tel his name namo to a reporter Willard Bean Benn tho the former husband of ot the tho murdered woman was at his home at the tho time Ume of ot the tho tragedy and did dil not trot learn of it until Informed by bythe bythe bythe the police reporter of or Tho The Republican over o er tho ho telephone telephone Ho lie was told that iris his hit former wife had hami been shot and Itle killed 1 by Morris curd and t that hut Morris had made marie an attempt to end and his own life that would probably bo be success successful CuI Great Groat God It I cant can't be bo possible replied Dean Bean his voice olce trembling and broken with wih tho the shock and grief of or learning that tho the mother of or his children children chil chil- dren bad met mot such Buch a t terrible fate Mr Bean licari leun hurried at on co to tire the und undertaking Un- Un un un- d establishment and antl made all al arrangements to have o the dead womans woman's woman's womans wo wo- mans man's relatives notified The mother In Eureka Eureka was simply Informed that her tier dau daughter had met with wih an accIdent acci accI- dent Tho The former husband said sai that I ho he hind had no Interest In the tho affair ex except except ox- ox that ho he felt It a duty ho owed to his Iris children to do all al that was po poe poa- tl Mrs s. s Morris the aged mother of the dead man was not notified of ot the tho tragedy last night it behl being desired to have o tire tho news new broken to her as nf gently a as aM possible Moses Morris brother of or orthe tire the deceased accompanied his brother brotherto to tho Ire hospital and antl stayed by his lila aide until death came No 0 funeral arrangement arrangement arrange arrango- ment have ha been made I |