Show jealous husband murders his wife ed godat late of eagle county colo last night called his wife minnie godat to the door of the morgan king home where she sh was rooming and fired into her body a bullet from a 22 02 calibro calibre automatic rifle causing almost instant death and then escaped in the darkness the crime was committed at about 1145 and bufore physician arrived the was dead mrs godat who was about 30 year years of age came to price during the month of april and has since that time supported herself working as a waitress in restaurants and hotels being employed in that capacity at the savoy at the time of her death she had sent word yesterday however that she had secured other employment and would not appear for work this morning godat camp came to price saturday or sunday and on monday caused the tile arrest of his wife and harry pollard on a charge of adultery they were arraigned before police justice lee and held for hearing under bonds of for the man and for the woman they furnished the bonds and their hearing was to have hano been held at 2 this afternoon in view of the tragedy of last night it is not likely that the adultery case will devur come to trial yesterday afternoon godat went to W V W goodman the gun gunsmith mith and asked if there thore was anything to hunt in the hills surrounding price being told there were a fow ow rabbits he rented an automatic anto matic rifle and anci stated that he would try and kill a few rabbits persons who knew that he lie had had his wife arrested sent her word that godat had bad rented a she evidently did not fear him for when she heard an in alarm at the door of the king residence late last night she went to the door and asked who was there and what was want edwith I 1 the result that she now lies lifeless I 1 in the eastern utah undertaking companas comp anys morgue there had been a little gathering I 1 of friends at the king homo home earlier in the ev eiting with mrs godat hattie keryc helen smith harry pollard walter hudson pearlah green and tony agni present pre jent in addition to mr and mn mrs king hudson and pollard had loft left for home mrs smith had retired green and mrs keayes were talking tal kine in the kitchen tchon ki and the kings were preparing to retire when some one knocked on the door of a tent adjoining the house in which mr mrs godat and mrs smith wore in the this habit of sleeping mrs godat went to the door which was part wood and part screen and asked who ho was there godat replied by asking ho was at the inside of the tbs door and when his wife replied minnie he began firing tho woman screamed scream ud td and staggered into tho the room in which king and his wife were preparing pr paring for bed mr king met her at the tile door caught her as ehe she fell and laid her on the tile floor she gasped three or four times and passed away king ran to the door and looked in all 11 ll directions trying to locate the murderer but saw no one he ile then telephoned for sheriff kelter who responded promptly and mado a search for the tile perpetrator of the crime but darkness prevented any effective search until this morn morning ilig when searching parties were sent out and neighboring towns ivero notified at the time of going to press no woid of the missing man had been received justice of the peace middleton and county attorney Alc were summoned to the scene see n a of the crime shortly after the sho shooting doting and mr middleton empanelled E E monroe Nf onroe G E nelms and chas hall us as jurors I 1 uro ra and held an inquest from the t he witnesses the facts as above stated were secured and the further fact that four bullets had gone through the screen one of these bullets the only one that took effect entered the left side passed through the top of the heart and both lungs emer emerging ginz on the right side and lodging in tho the right arm the shots were fired so close together that those in tho tile neighborhood who heard the tile shoe shocking ting were not sure how many shots were fired after hearing the avi evidence dence and viewing r the body tho the jury brought in ina a verdict between ono one and two clock this morning to the affect that mrs birs minnie godat was killed on aug 12 1914 by being shot with a gun by ed godat intentionally and feloniously according to tho evidence the body wa was then taken to tho the pace tingley undertaking chero it now lies awaiting burial godak godat and his wife have been separated alve or six months and sho rho told nomo of her price friends thai that he had been arrested at grand junction and placed under a peace bond of for beating her bar they havo two children chil dien gerald aped aged 7 and eugene aged 0 9 who aro bald to bo be with mother somewhere in colorado parsons who know godat in colorado state that he was several beveral years ago janitor at lt the school house at palisade ade but that he lias has up to a abort time ago been working on oil a ranch in the northern part of eagle county lie ile is almost six feet in height florid complexion smooth shaven and his left arm lias hai been cut off between the wrist and tho the elbow when last seen he was dressed in dark trousers black shirt and dark wool hat carried watch in hirt shirt pocket smokes cigarettes he loft left his coat at tho the goodman shop when ho he rented the rifle with this iden ti 11 he lie should not bo be hard to locate and will probably bo be found either dead or alive before many hours LATER shortly after dinner godat was captured by a of I 1 wellington Y el and brought to this city on a D R G water train and lodged in the county joil |