Show from the dully 0 october 10 A robert brandon fatally wounds his wife then to THE SALT LAKE any oct 10 about half past 8 last night a man named robert brandon living in the first bouse east of abe metropolitan hotel on third south threet shot his wife in the stomach inducting indicting indic ting a fatal wound and then shot himself dead it elems that the couple who it is said came from ogden have not lived happily together the woman has occupied the house five or six weeks n hile the man baa been most of the time employed in ogden he claims to have worked in a livery stable there and only yesterday came down alleging that he had been handling horses for dr brick lie lad neglected to supply hia wife with means and she repeatedly upbraided up braided him for failing to provide the money for the rent on bis part he has eald be suspected that she was untrue to him and last evening he camo to athla city apparently dominated by this belief on reach leg the house a quarrel occurred abe dreadful of which wag the shooting of the woman her year old son io the endeavor to keep the maddened tattle r from firing the shot received blight injuries in tho side but waa not seriously huit the officers were telephoned tor immediately after the first shot and on their arrival they found the murderer sitting on the landing at the head of abe stairs abe pistol in his band and a bottle of whisky clono beside him he warned them dot to attempt to ascend the stairs and bevelled levelled level led the weapon at them they tried torea son with him and succeeded in retting him into conversation but at every attempt on their part to move toward him he again bevelled levelled level led the pistol and bade them stand back he declared that he wanted to kiss his boy and then he w aa ready to die and repeated that he would not be taken from the house alive finally some of the officers a ladder and mounted to an upper window at the back of the house they did their work quickly and noiselessly but just as they were about to effect his capture he turned and faced them tha next moment he had placed the pitol against his neck and fired the ball passing just below ills necktie into abe thorax and killing him almost instantly it is the general impression that whiskey is the cadose of the tragedy only rumors can be given tonight brandon told the police he waa seventy two years old but he does not look 0 er sixty the woman alive at thia but cannot recover |