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Show PI SHOOTS WIFE; j KILLS HIMSELF Mrs. Mary Matson of Salt Lake May Survive; Three Sf Children Left r SALT LAKE, March 16 After -hooting his ;' . tin. Mary .Matson with a rsVolvtr, critically wounding her. Eric Maton turn-d the gun on hlBlMlf and fired a shot throurh hi brain, killing himself instantly. The tragedy occurred In Hie Imper lal hotel. East First Sooth street, at 10 o'clock last ntKhf. In a room which the couple had occupied since before noon yeatrrday Patrolman C W Rider, who was nndlng near the hole! ho-le! entrance, was attracted by three shot. A call to the police station b Ril at brought A. I). Murphy and H. A Calton. patrolmen, to the scene, where they found Matron with the door of the room locked and defying the po j lice to enter. As Murphy flashed a , light through lh window of the door. Matson Jumped Into a corner of the i and h il I 11 opphi d id Instantly. Rider kicked the door open and the pel leant an entered. finding Mrs. Ma 1 I un lying on her back in the bed.; I tearing her clothes from her body. I and her husband dead In a corner with bullet hole In his right temple Il Mrs Matson waB flrnf taken to the emcrpency hospital. The body of the man was turned over to the Eber W. I Hall Rlcketts undertaking establish : ment. ' I Holy Cross hospital, where phe was I operated on. by Pr J .1 Galllgan I Although Mr? OttO rnkll, wife of, I the proprietor of Iho hotel, paid that V the couple had been separated for I aome time, no direct cause for the I .knnllnf er.llld Ha foiirill llV the DO H than a pin' ol liquor, fu found in the Jmm room. On the oprraMng table at the emer gency hospital- Mrs Mntpon told of V drinking whiskey given her. she said. - by Matson. and ot how he fired two shots In the air and one at her. k No one at the hotel had been "i aroused by quarreling; neither was j A there are avldanCI pi I disturbance 1 in the room. Both were completely ij dressed, except that Matson wore no collar, fr A suitcase in the room was packed 7 and preparations were made yester L day. according to Mrs Dynkll, by the f couple to go to Park rily. where Mat ' son had obtained work as a miner. Un til a few days ago. Mrs Dynkll said. Matson had been in Ilutte, and she believed that the woman bad been in Ogden. Letters were found in the room addressed to two daughters and , one son. Each contained photographs of the father and mother. I |