Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-11-09
Colorado.
A Democratic Governor |
A TRAGEDY AT BELLEVUE.
A Man Deliberately Shoots and Kills
His Wife. -


BELLEVUE, Nov. 4.-The town was
thrown into excitement this afternoon
by a terrible tragedy which occurred
within mile of here. John w. Rad
ford. well known as Jack Radford, shot
and killed his wife. who was then at her
fathers house, having some time ago left
her husband for good and sufficient rea-
son. The murderer was captured near
Clyde, few hours after the tragedy, and
was taken to the Fremont jail where he
now lies.
Radford is carpenter and builder, and
when sober is good workman who had
plenty to do and always made good wa
ges. But he was quarrelsome and drank
and had trouble with his wife. Some
time ago he left his family suddenly and
went out West for short time. When
he returned she made application for
divorce on grounds of infidelity, and taxi
ing her two children went to her fathers
about a mile from town. Radford vis-
tied the house this afternoon, and in the
presence of his wife's mother, sister and
her two children, he deliberately fired
the shot which ended her life. Radford
is well connected here and his relatives
are people of the highest responsibility.
A correspondent, gives the following
additional particulars of the horrid muir
der: On the ground, few feet from
door of the house. lay the beautiful form
of Annie, wife of John Radford, with
bullet hole through her right wrist and
another through her right temple from
which the blood was oozing in clotted
mass, The coroner arrived at the same
time, and learning that there had been
witnesses to the sad affair deemed an in-
quest unnecessary, and her lifeless form
was borne into the house that she had
left but few moments before in the
prime of health. Owing to the cruel and
unnatural treatment of the husband of
the murdered woman she was compelled
to leave him about four weeks ago, and
was staying with her parents, who lived
nearly opposite their old home. She had
recently applied for divorce, but pre-
vious to that time had an injunction
placed on the property to prohibit his
disposing of any Of il. This morning
the murderer, John Radford, went to
served on him notifying him of thesefacts.
He returned on the noon train and pro-
ceeded TO go home. From there he
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ping, knocked on the door. and not gain
ing admission, began kicking in the pan
els, and at this his wife came out. He
grabbed her by the arm. knocked her
down, placed the revolver at her head,
and as she threw up her right arm, re-
ceived the first shot. He then. placing
the revolver SO close to her right temple
that it burned her skin. fired the fatal
shot. He was seen to get up and coolly
walk out of the gate, stopping to look
back a second as il to make sure of his
work. Then before going further he
picked the two empty shells out of the
revolver, placing it in his pocket, and
ran across field until be struck the rail-
road track and then started west. The
news by this time SO aroused the people
that they by the hundreds, accompanied
by the officers, started in pursuit Of the
fugitive. Jerry Korner, the constable,
overlook him about four miles west and
demanded his surrender. He complied
gracefully. and said, take me to FREE
mont quick" Upon getting into the
buggy previous to starting, Radford said.
"Is she deadf" Being answered in the
affir NATIVE, he then replied, II thought
SO, gave her two good ones and am
glad OF it,"