Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-11-22

Tragic Death of Harry king-Hia
Last Wife Frustrated.

>NAtAtF'NtN NttSAt" VI th' AeAAitE
mans death, received since. show
the killing to have been an awful
tragedy in which jealousy was the
leading factor, In order to make
| plain all the facts connected with
tho killing it is necessary to go
back several weeks,
over u month ago there APP
peared in Omaha representa-
lives of the clothing firm of Brown
ing, King Co, who ut once open
ed a mammoth establishment in
that city. Shortly after the grand
opening Mr.. Harry W. King, lr.,
of the firm, visited Kansas City and
the papers announced his marriage
To Miss Alice Duffy. The couple
soon returned 10 Omaha and have
been living there MS man and wife.
Recently they have been guests al
the Paxton, the principal hotel of
the city for the bon ton, and all
seemed to be going we'll until Sat
jTday, About $50 O'Clock that
morning 4 fair-haired and attrac-
tive woman of about "A years reach
ed Omaha from Chicago. The
woman was driven to the Paxton
and registering as Mrs. IL. W.
King, Jr., Chicago" she assembled
to the third tioer, where she ad.
dressed Il bell boy.
Does Mr.. Harry W. King room
on this hoor?" she asked.
The boy replied in the aflirma-
tive, pointing out the room, No.
66. The woman Immediately
went.to the door of the apartment
indicated and knocked. "I'n be
there in a moment" was the re-
Spouse, and at the expiration Of
that time, King, partly dressed,
opened the door. The conversa-
ton that ensued was as follows:
SIS that you, Harry"
yes"
well, l am here, but l do not
suppose that you are pleased with
it,"
''No, | am not. l want you to
keep away. You go down in the
parlor and l will see you in a short
time"
No, sir, l will not leave this
door until you come with me-"
King shut the door suddenly
and all was silent for a mo-
ment. Then he came out of the
room and faced the woman, who
asked him to go down to breakfast
with her. This he refused and with
the remark, ''you get away from
me-" he started to go. The spurn-
ed woman started after him, but
he hurried his steps. That "Hell
hath no fury like a woman scorn-
ed," was aptly illustrated at that
moment for as Kings figure became
lost in the early morning gloom of
the corridor, the sharp crack of a
revolver rang out again and again,
and the man fell TO the floor. In a
moment, he was dead. The muir
deress was at once arrested. At
the police station she told the fol-
lowing story: II am the legal
wife of Harry w. King. We were
married four years ago III Chicago.
Until about four weeks ago we
lived peacefully together, when
Harry started out, saying he was
going to Omaha. | heard nothing
from him and became uneasy.
Finally [ observed in a dispatch
that he had married Miss Alice
Duffy. The news almost bereft me
of nay reason. | was completely
stricken dumb. I loved Harry as
love my existence and to learn that
he had betrayed me was more than
[ could bear. Well, l at once learn
ed the whereabouts of the parents
of the girl who unknowlngly took
her position beside my husband
and | t~elegraphed them hat King
had a wife residing In Chicago
from whom he was not divorced.
The parents of Miss Duffy, alias
Mrs. King No. 8, reside at Louis
lana, Mo. I also sent a dispatch
here to the wife informing her that
King was a bigamist. l suppose
that she got the dispatch and is
now on her way to Chicago to learn
the sad news Of her husbands inf
deity Is l have learned. God
knows / did not come here with
the intention of killing my hus-
band"
KINGS LAST WIFE.
The wife of Harry King. who
was with him when the Chicago
woman who claimed to be his wife
shot him yesterday, was formerly
Miss Alice Duffy, we'll known in
this city and related here. Miss
Duffy was a daughter of Hon.
Hugh C. Duffy of Louisiana, Mo-,
who died just a year ago. Mr..
Duffy was a well-known merchant
in Louisina and was also a member
of the Legislature. She is now in
her 10Th year. She is a very intelli-
gent and handsome young lady
She was quite popular in thet best
society at her home. She was mar
ried to King at Atlantic, Iowa,
September l. Before the marriage
was contracted, Miss Duffy salts