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Show WEALTHY IDAHO RANCHER SLAYS WOMAN AKD SELF Double Tragedy the Result of Infatuation Infat-uation for Woman Who Refuaed to Receive Hla Attentions. Twin Falls, Idaho. James Nichols, a prominent and wealthy rancher residing re-siding near Kden, about fifteen miles north of Twin Falls, Saturday evening even-ing shot and Instantly killed Mrs. L. n. Stockslager, wife of Dr. Stock-slager Stock-slager of Albion, then turned the revolver re-volver upon himself, dying from three wounds before the only person near by could reach the scene. The double tragedy, which was enacted en-acted In the road near the Nichols ranch, was apparently the result of a frenzied Infatuation on the part of Nichols for Mrs. Stockalager and her refusal to receive his attentions. No living person witnessed the shooting, but the circumstantial evidence evi-dence and Investigation shows that Mra. Stockalager was returning alone from a visit to her slater, who Uvea about two miles distant. She met Nichols In the road. A man who was working near by, but not In plain sight, reports having heard the woman wo-man scream, "O, Jim!" He hurried In her direction, beard Ave ahots In quick succession, and, reaching the road, found the man and woman dead. Frightened neighbor women gathered gath-ered near, but all were afraid to approach, ap-proach, and th bodies lay In (.he road for three and a half hours, until two men from Twin Falls who were taking tak-ing a binder to the Nichols farm, met a boy who told them a man and woman wo-man were dead in the road. |
