Show YOUTH TRIES TO KILL SWEETHEART And Himself With No Great Success in Either Case JEALOUSY IS THE MOTIVE Sen Tragedy in iii Crowded Ci Street of it Chicago Gh Girl Shot Three Jimi Time and nW 3 U ri J 9 ij I S Chicago June 11 1 Frenzy engendered engendered ered ored by unrequited love hove and aI ridicule by the time object of his imis affections caused causell Elmer Meyer a lI year old boy to attempt the time most sensational murder and aud suicide that thai has imas occurred in III Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago In many runny years Time The object of or his hits murderous assault Is Minnie Wets Wels 17 years old olti employed a as a packer In Arbuckle Ar- Ar buckle Brothers Brothers' coffee corfe warehouse She Sho with two girl g companions was going to 0 work and was Wl within iii a short distance of her hr destination when Meyer l who vimo had been boen awaiting her appearance ap imp- ance sprang prang from flom rein hiding in iii the tue doorway of oC the lie Chicago public library building at the the corner of Michigan avenue and anel Randolph street sti attn and without without with with- out olit Uttering a word began firing at close range Danger a u el of if 1 Iu The Time girl screamed and ran with Meyer reyer In close chose pursuit firing tiring as ac he hie heran ran i Three bullets struck the tIme Weis Wels girl and arid she sho sank to the time street t after aCtor running half haIr a block biocic Seeing the time the girl fall all Meyer l placed the time revolver at his temple and pulled the time trigger TImer There was a click hut but no explosion as tho time last cartridge hall had been heen oil fired at nt his sweetheart Hundreds of people leople arriving on Il II- II Central suburban trains on Oil their wa way to work were passing at nt the time moment moment mo mo- I ment meat and there thero was wal a rush for Cor the frenzied lad and amid to the time side Hille o of the stricken girl There wore were many shouts of lynch Inch him him and amI the tho boy doubtless would have havo received rough handling had It II not nol been for Cor the timely arrival of the time police who rescued tl him from oem time the excited people and called for or a patrol wagon and amid an aim ambulance The girl was vas hurried to the time emergency emer gOncy gency hospital who whore which o It was found that one ono bullet had hall penetrated her breast another had lodged in iii her imer head and a n third had hall torn away part o of her left check She Sho cannot live e irl ii-h Made lii Fun mm of or I Him I At tho limo police station Meyer Moyer told his story tot Orphaned without a known relative rela rela- tive the he became a machinists machinists' apprentice ap ap- prentice Ho lie m met t Miss Wels Veis at ut G Ger Iman I man mean picnics and dances and flimsIly finally telling her I haven't any girt girl n asked kod her to lo accompany him him to lo an arm armenter enter She SIme consented and anti went vent with him a 0 number of times limes She evidently e tired of him and auth after arter promising to lo go with him to places would go In the tIme company compan of some ono one else chat and th then lieu n laugh at him him for fOI being Jealous The last occurrence of ot this kind was vas last Sunday when site she this dis appointed him hint arid antI went with another another an an- other young oung man lie He went vent alone and ond watched her lance time line after time lime with his imis rival anti and they laughed at him Wednesday he sold sohl his tools tool bought the re revolver anti and la lay hay In wait walt this hits morning fur the tho opportunity to k time the girl gin and with rith time tho intention of or killing trilling himself afterward d. |