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Show has occured in this city for many years The inquest according to present, arrangements, will be held, on Monday Murder, Suicide. A Desperate man Shoots his Child at the II. ;. V, j Depot- Then Turns on liiin- sell', lint not until ! He fired a bullet through the supposed Lover of Hi. Wife 1 A shocking murder and suicide occtir- ed this morning about 7 o'clock which, I an exbrakeinan, Sam Liday and h s ittle boy five years old. aie stretched in I J 1 coffin at Undertaker Evans and Jack i Kerbv lies at the Sisters hospital proli- ably tatally shot, the lather ol the child doing the iaul woilc The scooting took place in a small j restaurant kept bv Liday's wife across the road east from the depot. 1 he houe was visited by a News repoiter a short time after the occurauce nits. Liclay was theie and amid sobs gave her version ver-sion of the incident. In response to questions she said: "I man icd my husband Some seven years ao in Wisconsin. My husbaud came here a little over a year ago and I followed fol-lowed three months later, He never al-lorded al-lorded me a ly support, and 1 opened a restaurant by w hich 1 have made my living. liv-ing. My husband was abusive and w.ien mv brotht rcame out he persuaded me that it was better to get a divorce which I promised 10 do, with the understanding under-standing that he should remain with me to protect me, My husband was away and I did not let him know oi iny intentions inten-tions men Huwent.iway in February and 1 have lieaid nothing (torn hi since, until Surd,.)' night, when he cairn; to the back door and told the bov that washes the dishts he wanted to see me. When I came, he had our l.ttle Ralph tn his arms." The thought of the child was t o much for the poor woman and a long pauejc followed, during which her son ny a lormer husband, a bright boy of 16 came in. His pretence was the signal for another liood uf grief.and lor some mum les they were clasped in each otners arms covulsed with sobs. "Isn't it awlul." she finally exclaimed "My dear little baby that loved mm so, and never did ai, body in the world any harm. Responding to tl.e rt-por er's queries she mi. .11 cuiiiiuued. ' 1 didu't go to h m i couldn't. 1 had 110 love lot n in ai.U did not want to encourage lum to return to me as mv husb.md laskud him if he wanted son) supper atiu u mho Mrjie did not want anything from me. 1 offered off-ered to make a bed 111 thd bouse, and he came in and slept with the little boy " "VVhat has happened between you sinct?" Nothing, only he has slept ii the house wiin the baby. Yes, on Monday, he came home drunk- I never thought once ol his shooting anybody, but was afraid of his smashing the furniture and asked a policeman to arrest him. Hui mv husoaud wtiu back to the houe and tue otlicer said he could not ariest him without a warrant, as he seemeu to be peaceable. 1 said no more about it, and last night I told him he ought to go away anu Lave me alone. He did not care foi me and 1 did not care for him, 1 jadandl would rather die than live with him any longer. Kut I fixed h m a bed with the understanding lhat he would leave this morning. He again slept with the little boy. 1 got up to 1....L- alter th hrutrrj:r. .Sotnpiime latet he dressed himself and came out between be-tween six and seven o'clock. There was no one in the eating room at the time out myself, Mr. Kerby, the girl, and another getiileman who went away either eith-er before or immediately alter the shooting shoot-ing He sat here in the middle of the. room. Mr. Kerby was out o the window. I was in the back room. Little Ralph had just waked up and asked to get up. ust at that nme i in ard a pistol and Mi JKeiby c iedoJt, 'I am shot" then my nusbaiid lusued into the back room; 1 ran out; I thought he intended to shoot me; I never dreamed he would shoo, our child; but he went and sat down on the bed, and while the poor little baby was just going to put his aims around his neck he shot Ins own little baby dead. Alter a pause the reporter asked. "Do you know why tie shot Mr.Kerby? "No; he never said a word U Mr. Kerby to me. He told my brother the dav before he got drunk mat Mr. Kerbv was the cause if all his trouble. Aud that is all 1 know about it." 'How long have you known Mr. Kerby?" I knew him before I came to Utah Aud when I opened the lestaurant he came and got his meals here; my brothel has lived with me all the lime and knows that Mr. Kerby was always my lriend and that was all." The lady told certainly astraight story,, and inquires among those who knew the family, laded to reveal anything discredit able to them. She particularly, bears a good character so far as known. The bodies are at the undertaker's where an examination was set tor this afternoon. Mr. Kerby is Sliot through the left lung and his condition was such that the repontr was not allowod to con verse with him For the dead man's side of the case theie is but little to say. I.iquhy reveal 1 ed that up t' recently he had Dee 1 a . brakeman on the ra:lroad but la ely he "had been out of woik, A few days ago it is said he deeded part of his proper y consisting cf several city lots to his wib , and laier deeded it all to her . There sp pearedto bean agreement between thtm that ihey would eoeiate aud place the child in someine's hands, where th. j both could see nun; but this is rumoi. II all it isthe most horrible else that |