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Show WAS LUHED TO HER DEATH. Killing nf Sim. Kaiiiinoue Near flrant, Wyoming-, U llelng InventlRateJ. The caso of Charles A. Sammons, who' was brought to Cheyenne from Grant, Wyoming, and lodged In jail on a chargo of murdering Ills wife, presents pre-sents some unusual phases. Tho killing kill-ing occurred at the ranch of Snmmons' sister, Mrs. Ilrne, mid appears to havo been tho result of a cold-blooded scheme to get Mrs. Sammons out of the way. Sammons cair.o to Wyoming several months ago, having descried h's wlfo nnd two smalt children lu Oklrlinmu, A third child, a boy 0 years of age, Sammons brought with him. The deserted de-serted wife mado every, effort to locate her husband, and by accident discovered discov-ered his presence at Grant. She wrote an appealing letter for him to return or allow her to come to hi in. The answer was a telegram telling tell-ing her to como at once, that her child was 111 and not expected to live. On the next train she started for Wyoming and her denth. The Ilrae ranch Is thirty tulles from the nearest railroad point. Mrs. Sammons arrived nt Wheatland Wednesday morning in u distracted condition and rode all that day in order to reach the child's bedside as soon as possible. She reached tho llruu place shortly before nlghlfull, to find thnt her son wns nol HI, und to be greeted with abuse and reviling by her husband. Two hours later a report was tcnt from the place thut Mrs. Summons had either accidentally shot herself or hud committed suicide. Neighbors regarded re-garded tho circumstances us auspicious and telegraphed for the corouer 16 come. The result of his Investigation was thut Summons was ariested for murder. Tho coroner's jury's verdict Is that Mrs. Sammons cmne to her death from the effects of a shotgun charge; that tho wound Is so ajtualed that It could not havo been self-inflicted; that there was no chance for the shooting to have been accidental, and that in the minds of the jury the wound killing Mrs. Snmmons was the result of a shotgun charge fired by 0. A. Summons. The circumstances In the case leave little doubt that Sammons was afraid that his wlfo would follow him to Grant and make trouble; that ho sent her a false message In order that she would come to the llrae ranch, and murdered her In cold blood upon her arrival. The only other persons about the ranch at the time of the. killing weru Mrs. llrae and the Sammons boy. Summons has little to say In regard to the shooting. Ho Is a middle-aged mun und has one wooden leg, Heports from Oklahoma say that he treated ills wlfo shamefully there. |