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Show SUICIDE, OR IS IT AGCIDNTAL ? MYhTKUV hl'ltlMU'NDK IlllVril OP (iiti:i:v itivint woman. Vu WUi of Poriucr Hiii-rcoh of tin' Pi'imr nml Itlit (irumlc. Who lliul IWvii At Knit Imku City Por Trent-iiii-iil Por Ncnniix Affllrtlmi IUmI) Taken tn Her Olil Himiu In Kmixt. HALT I.AKK CITY, Nov. 2. Mr. KlUuliftli M. Marshall, 34 sir of iikk nml th wife of I)r II. 1). Mnriilmll, formerly surKfon for tlm Di'incr ami Itlit Cliumli- nt Ori'fn lthrr', shot nml klllril lit me If nt 11:60 o'clock ) outer-ilcy outer-ilcy mornliiK nt a ilowntoun tiotrl In tint room oueupleil by lirreulf and luix-linntl. luix-linntl. Hh tiled ulmost Instantly. Whuther ilrnth wiim the result of aeel-tlrnt. aeel-tlrnt. or uIkh of the woman to end her life, Is a matter uf conjecture. No one eavf the shoollnK. Mrs. Marnlioll !mlns liren uluno In the room nt the limn the shot wns fired. A bullet from n reMiher purchaseil for her by her hunlmml ienctrnteil the soman's brain. cnterliiK the skull nhout tin Inch nml a half behind the rlKht ear llf-flceis llf-flceis InvestlKatlnK the cane Iiu'IIihhI to the belief that Mrs. Mnrshell rom- mltted suicide, but Dr. Mnrshell In confident that her death was accidental, accident-al, lie has demanded nn Inquent. Wiim In I '(Mir lleult Mrs. Mnrshell has been In xKir health for more than a enr. She nml her husband nnd nn anointment nt noon yecterdn) with Dr. lirnest Van Cott, her iih)alolnn. Dr. Mnrshell wtys thnt lifter a Into breakfast his wife flnlshiMl droMslui;, puttliiK on her lint, veil and scarf shawl; thut ulmut tn minutes to noon his wife sent him down the lmll on an errand that did not require n minute, thnt Jimt as he was relurnlnjr, and within ten feet or tho door, he heard the shot, but le-lleed le-lleed It to be an auto fire explodlm; until he hnd reached the door of their room nnd saw his wife lying on the floor, tho reolver I) Ing n few feet from the body. Dr. Mumhell shouted for heli and Mrv. It. C. Ueebe. the Inndlud). Mm. M. A. Scott, wife of tile hotel manage man-age r, and Hoy Ooldberir. a Kiiest, came Into the room within a ftw seconds, pr. Krnost Van Cott wns summoned iml found that tho woman had died almost Instantly. It was 12:4S o'clock when the police were notified, according to the Investigating; offl-eels. offl-eels. Dr. B. O. Pnul was summoned nnd ordered the body removed to the morKue, iieudlmr further InvestlKatlon, llulmuil Ik Doubtful. Kmimlnntlon of the hod) of Mrs. Malkhell showed Hint there were no powder burns on the urnlp and tho hair nnd clothing were not blackened or slimed. It Is Incredible, snjs Dr Mnrshell, thnt she could have purposely pur-posely fired the shot without placing the muule of the gun so nenr her hend ns to burn the hair or clothing. |