Show I JACK DEMPSEY'S BROTHER SLAYS SLAYS- SLA YS- YS WIFE AND SELF AFTER QUARREL Little LitHe Boy 2 Years Old Old Left Orphan by Tragedy SISTER SiSTER IY IN UTAH UTAH- Killer Operated Gymnasium ium in Los Angeles Recently SCHENECTADY N. N T 1 July Joly 2 my y The TI Associated Press John Dempsey Dempley brother of Jack Jaek Dempsey former heavyweight champion shot and killed hit hI hl 21 H- year ear old wife 1 and then commit commit- committed committed ted suicide here today The bodies were fere identified Ihl thie afternoon by the boxer bour who ho led hurried to Schenectady from White c Sulphur Springs Saratoga Lake where he is training training- for his hi match with Jack Sharkey Jack directed that his brothers brother's body be sent tonight to Salt Lake LIke City the dead I dP mans man's former home Jm for burial D Dempsey's body mil ill be taken to Green Gr 11 is ll- island land Und N. N Y 1 SCHENECTADY N N. Y July By The Associated Press John Press John Dempsey 33 of Los Angeles said by j police poUce to be a brother brothel of Jack Demp- Demp Dempsey sey former heavyweight hea champion to to- today day shot and killed his estranged wife Edna Edna- 21 21 and then turned the gun gun on himself dying almost Instantly Ins The woman had been living In a rooming house here for months and Dempsey Dempey had been an in frequent caller After a brief conversation with the woman today both went upstairs and a few moments later the landlady heard three shots She found the woman still breath Ing and called an ambulance Demp Demp- Dempsey Dempsey sey was dead The woman died before the ambulance lance arrived A year old son Bruce survives HE lIE WAS DRINKING The landlady Mrs Fran Frnk K o. o said that she was talking with Mr Mrs Dempsey when the latter's Jatter's husband husban I appeared Dempsey she said ap to have hue been drinking and en en- en engaged engaged in an argument with his wife Mrs Dempsey had torn up up- upa a letter which she said according according- to the landlady contained con a check that be be be- belonged longed to John The couple entered the house housea ho se a few y minutes 3 later and and the shooting fol fol- fol- fol followed lowed Neighbors said they learned 1 from Mrs Dempsey when she came to Schenectady that she and her hus bus husband band had been separated for a little more than a II year rear Mrs Dempsey nad her year old son son Bruce with Ith her when hen she rented the apartment a short time ago Dempsey Is said to io have come here about three weeks ago Neighbors said Mrs Dempsey did not want her husband to know where she was She had frequently referred to him as a brother of the former heavyweight champion Demp Demp- Dempsey sey is said to have ha told a druggist In the city that he Intended opening a gymnasium here SISTER IN IX SALT LAKE SALT LAKE July 2 By By The As As- Associated Associated Press Members Members of the fam fain ily of Jack Dempsey former world world- champion heavyweight fighter lighter here believe the John Dempsey who shot shot and killed Ills his l s wife v.-Ife Edna and then turned the gun on himself with fatal aul results Is a brother of the fighter Associated Press dispatches read over o the telephone to Miss Elsie Dempsey at the family home brought the comment I guess that's right She said that John last visited her In June remaining two weeks eeLs before going to Schenectady to be near n r his hi pugilist brother Miss Dempsey said Johns John's age was 34 and that his wife's maiden nanYe nanTe- was sas Edna Carlow Carlo She was a Schenectady Schenectady girl Miss Dempsey added Miss Dempsey threw some light on the marital troubles of her brother and his wife Following some differ differences differences in Los Angeles she said sald Mrs Dempsey went cast east taking the little littleson littleson son Bruce with her She wanted to hide from Jonh the the- sister said and when he lie did find them she wouldn't let him hini see the baby He lie worshiped the child and I guess he thought a lot more of her than she gave ga him him credit for His pi was to effect a reconciliation with his wife Ife and be with I th them both HAD I GYMNASIUM LOS ANGELES Calif July 2 D By ByThe The Associated Press John John John Demp- Demp Dempsey Dempsey sey who was reported in Schenectady dispatches today to have shot and killed his wife and then committed commUted suicide operated the Manhattan gym gym- gymnasium gymnasIum here a training gym m for ath ath- athletes athletes letes and boxers lIe He is a brother of oC Jack Dempsey Dempse former worlds world's heavy y heavyweight weight boxing Dempsey and his wife had made their home here for several years ears Later the gymnasium management was taken over oser by another brother of or orthe the boxer Bernard and John Damp Damp- D Dampsey mp- mp s Sey y went east cast to bs be b at his brothers brother's training camp in New York stats state stat CUT IN BREAST ST Several months ago considerable excitement was caused among friends of ot the family when the wife of John Dempsey was taken to a hospital suf suf- suffering suffering suffering fering from a II deep cut in the breast Police were ere told by the woman that she fell against a carving knife while Continued on Page Tao Tuo JACK HICK DEMPEY'S BROTHER SLAYS Continued from Crom Pare Page One working in her kitchen There never was any official investigation and Mrs Dempsey recovered reco ered in due time Jack Dempsey supplied funds friends said to treat the woman Joe Jos Demp- Demp DempSe Dempey Se ey still sUll another brother has been manager of the Barbara hotel here for several se years John was the slightest built bunt In the family of oC big bg men mess Frequenters of the said he was as not Inclined to devote ote much time to the prize set setup setup setup up for fo him b by his brother and It was not a surprise to them when Bernard took it over JACK IS TOLl TOLD WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS Sar- Sar Saratoga doga Lake N. N Y July 2 By By B The Time Associated Press Jack Dempsey Dempse former heavyweight champion of oC the prize ring left his training camp here for Schenectady shortly after noon today to determine whether the John Dempsey o who committed suicide In that cly after slaying his wife Edna was the fighters fighter's brother News of the Schenectady tragedy was withheld from the champIon ex-champIon for a lime time but it was finally decided to Inform him Instead lI t d of waiting until identification was positive Dempsey was greatly upset by the news new and his Isis trainers feared that it would have adverse effect upon his conditioning for his forthcoming bout with Jack Sharkey set act for July 21 Dempsey ey was accompanied to Schenectady by Leo P. P Flynn his business advisor Dr W W. O. O Fralick k ko of o New York and Dave Shade I 3 YEARS Acquaintances of John Dempsey Dempsy eald said that the description of the Schenectady Schenectady slayer and suicide tallied ex exactly ex- ex with that of Jacks Jack's brother I John who is known to have come to I Schenectady from Los Angeles a few weeks ago for the purpose e of effect- effect effectIng effectIng effectIng Ing a II reconciliation with his wife from whom he had been separated for more than a a. year Mrs John Dempsey it was said at the training camp was a Saratoga Springs girl who was married a little over three John Dempsey Dempse whose home years jears ears ago IO was in Salt Lake City had not visited I I the training camp here this season II |