| Show lorenzo faulkner kills his wile anal then enols his own existence tragic enal ol 01 briel married alle crazed by an unreasoning jealousy hopeless from the miserable results of ins own erring deeds lorenzo faulkner fired three bullets into the body of his young wife yesterday killing her in scantly and then by a well directed shot through the brain be ended his own existence both victims of the tragedy were well known in ogden arid the horror of the deed en shrouds in gloom many young people who grew to nian hood and womanhood with and the regret expressed is only equalled equal led by the grief engendered that the deplorable act had for some time been contemplated by the principal actor i believed by all and yet his demeanor of the last few days deemi to have been such that none suspected the desperate purpose concealed beneath the seemingly tranquil surface he left a party of companion yesterday afternoon about 34 with whom he had been playing cards with alie remark 1 I have a date which I 1 must keep and within an hour his fearful deed was accomplished nothing in his manner when he left his friends indicated that be had in ilia mind the commission of an act so terrible his companions say he had drank but little and liquor vaa probably not one of the causes of the crime faulkner so far as cabbe ascertained proceeded to the neighborhood of the dukes home at 12 twenty second street where his wife who had separated from him was living since her separation and waited for the appearance of his wife site it is planned bad no appointment to meet him about 4 mrs C J nelson who cesmes at west twenty first street drove over to the dukes residence and told mrs faulkner that mrs martin cullen mrs belsons nelsons Nel sons mother would like mrs faulkner to come over to her residence at west twenty first street for a visit mrs faulkner accepted the invitation and in a few moments started out wheeling her baayin the baby carriage it seems faulkner saw her leave the house and soon overtook her for when they were first observed they were walking north along the S track near the twenty first street crossing at that time they were quarreling she evidently weeping and he was observed to strike her and then immediately fire the first shot she screamed and started to run and he fired the second cliot and she staggered and fell he rapidly fired two other shots and then placing the muzzle of the revolver to his right temple put a ball through hh brain several attracted by the shots rushed to the scene while george dinsdale a southern pacific switchman who had observed the crime from a distance of sixty yards ran to the nearest telephone and notified the police george lochhead a clerk in the U P freight office was oneff the first on the scene and he lifted the baby from beneath alie mothers dead body the child which is a boy ten months old was uninjured with the of powder burns across alie forehead it was taken temporarily cullens residence chief of police browning and officer hutchins were soon on the scene with doctors dickson and gordon As soon as possible the bodies were taken to the undertaking parlors of larkin sons where the wounds were examined the shots were fired ironi a five chamber american double action 38 calibre revolver the first ahot had evidently missed mrs faulkner alie second struck in the right arm just below the biceps muscle shattered the bone and alie bullet lodged justl beneath alie skin on the inner side of the arm the bullet entered at the side of the abdomen just beneath the short ribs and the fourth bullet entered below and to one side of the shoulder blade and penetrated the cheet cavity either of the last two shots wae fatal the bullet that killed faulkner entered the head just back of the bigit temple and penetrated the brain judge howell had been summoned and em paneled a coroners jury consisting of thas jonii E A and W R swan after examining the wounds alie further proceeding were adjourned until 10 a m today at that time tia inquest was held the first were doctors dick eon and gordon who testified to the identity of the victims and the nature i of the wounds chief of police browning was the next and he testified to being notified of the occurrence at 5 p m and of arming on the scene a jew minutes later lie body of mrs faulkner was lying between the rails with her licad toward the north while her husband was lying between the tracks his head toward the west and the revolver on the ground a few feet to the left george dinsdale a switchman in the southern pacific yards and the only eyewitness eye witness who testified slated be was working in the north end of alo yards at the time of the crime near first street when he first saw the couple they were coming down the track mrs faulkner was carrying t baby in her and her husband waa wheeling the buggy at alie twenty farat street crossing they stopped to talk and she put the baby in the buggy at this moment dinsdale went into the switch shanty for a few moments and when he came out she again had the baby in her arms and they appeared to be quarreling mrs faulkner appearing to be violently weeping suddenly faulkner took hold of her arm and pulled her towards him and as she resisted he jerked her again then he released his grasp on the baby buggy and struck her with his hand she screamed and started away when he pulled out the revolver and fired the first time at the second shot mrs faulkner staggered and fell at the third shot mr dinsdale had started toward tho couple when faulkner struck his wife but the entire deed was over before he had proceeded far and he ran to a fcc phone to summon the police he was about sixty yards from the scene when the tragedy occurred mr dinsdale stated that a lady was coming down twenty first street wheeling a baby buccy when the couple were quarreling and was about twenty five yards away when the first shot was fired at that she screamed and fled an opposite direction two dining car conductors running on the R G W also saw alie occurrence but they went out on their train 7 15 last evening and their could not be secured after this testimony the jury retired and brought in the verdict that we the jury have heard testimony of the witnesses and find our verdict the following that said lorenzo faulkner came to death by a pistol shot fired by his hand with suicidal intent and that act was deliberate and premeditated and that the shot which caused his death was fired from a revolver of american make 38 calibre cai ibre and that the said rosa faulkner came to her doh as a result of baota fired from an american make revolver 38 calibre in the hands of said lorenzo faulkner alie bodies are still al the undertaking parlors pending arrangements being made for the funeral mrs faulk ners relatives have telegraphed a sister at oregon and are awaiting a reply before completing arrangements THE VICTIMS loranzo faulkner waa 29 years of age and for a number of acara followed railroading having been a fireman on alie southern pacific until about a year ago at that time his wages were garnished and he lost his position for a tune ho worked out in nevada and then went to butte and upon his return here went to teaming lie had large number of friends was light hearted and jovial generally and was not seriously ted to any bad habits it is alleged except gambling the latter inabit it is said grew him until most of his earnings were lost this way this was the first cause of the trouble and final separation hia wife going home shortly after christinas claiming he did not provide for her there was no talk of a divorce but she insisted upon him giving evidence of changed mode of returning to him it is said that he made threats several times against her and her relatives the couple wre married on april 0 1900 mrs Faulk ners maiden name was rosa dukes bhe being the daughter of mr and MM thomas dukes residing at berit twenty second street she was 27 years old last month the one child is a boy ten months old which is now being oared for bf its grandmother bukea |
