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Show QUITS MAN WHO SLEW WIFE TO MARRY HER Boise. Ida.. Feb. 23 Deserted by !-. potrofi afflnlt, although at the time of his trial for the murder of Jiia wife she is sard to have declared that she would work her hands off if necessary lp secure his frcedomm from the Idaho sta.te penitentiary. John M. McDowell, serving a life term In the state penal institution hero for wife murder, Is in a despond --eut mood and causing not a little worry to the warden and tho prison Inmates and gua,rdfu "The woman in tho case," who proved to be one of the most 'prominent witnesses at tho murder trial and asserted she pro-posed pro-posed to stand by McDowell, has bo-come bo-come tho bride of a Nova'iJcotlan, at Spokane Before her marriage sbe was known by the name of Mrs. Tray-nor. Tray-nor. Prior to his trial for the murder of hlB wife, McDowell became infatuated with Mrs. Traynor, according to' the evidence introduced during the hearing hear-ing of tho case at Coeur d'Alene, Ida. Ho was a traveling salesman, making his headquarters' at Spokane, and had a homestead near 'Harrison In Kootenai Koo-tenai countv. On the claim Mrs. McDowell Mc-Dowell made her home, her husband spending Sundays there. A bottle of poison discovered in the homestead home, together wtih a let-tor let-tor supposed to liavQ been writien by Mrs. McDowell to Indicate she had taken her own life, aroused suspicion. McDowell was arrested at Spokane several days later and protested his innoconco. Detectives wore placed on the case and uncovered evldenco that pointed to a. brutal murder. Correspondence between McDowell and tho Traynor woman was also re vealed and used as condemning evidence evi-dence against McDowell at tho trial. |