Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-22
MURDER At OMAHA.
Henry w. King, IT., - Prominent Mer-
chant, Shot Dead by His wife.

harry w. hlng was the victim OF
terrible tragedy enacted in Omaha on
the morning OF Nov. II. A few weeks
ago Browning, King & Co., well known
clothiers OF Chicago and elsewhere,
opened a branch there. Harry W.,
son Of one Of the proprietors, has been
boarding at the Paxton hotel with a
woman ostensibly his wife. At $50
that morning fair-haired, lady-like
woman arrived from Chicago and reg
istered as Mrs. II. w. King. Jr., and
proceeded to tho victims room. Call
ing him to the door conversation en-
sued, she upbraiding him while he
urged her to go away and leave him.
She finally said with tears in her eyes:
Harry, will you take me to break
fast? / mean you no harm"
He repulsed her roughly and started
for the elevator. She followed and
overtaking him drew revolver and
shot him in the mouth. He staggered
away, she followed and fired three
more shots, when he fell down the
stairs leading to the rotunda, dying
Immediately. She rushed after him
with the smoking revolver in her hand
and kneeling by his side sobbed:
"Tve murdered my husband"
Judge Brewer, of the United States
District Court, and many others were
eye witnesses.
A Chicago dispatch gives the follow
ing particulars: Henry w. King, Jr.,
Harry" King, as he was generally
known, was man OF about thirty
years of age, and graduate Of Will
liams College. A few years ago he
contracted an unfortunate marriage,
as the sequel proved, causing his rela-
tives much trouble and anxiety. Sub
sequently divorce was secured and
since that time Harry has been con-
Quoting himself in quiet, industrious
manner. The firm gave him the over
sight of various branch houses which
had been established, one in New York,
one in st. Louis, one in Kansas City,
and others at leading points in the
country under the uniform title of
Browning, King & Co. The Omaha
branch, which is retail store, was
established only month or six weeks
ago. The exact facts in regard to the
shooting are not known as yet, but the
supposition is that it was done by the
woman from whom young King was d.
vorced. He was handsome, intelligent,
companionable. Henry w. King, Sr.,
says the woman who shot his son was
not his former wife, but woman
named Mrs. Beechler, whose home is
in Chicago.
Mrs. Beechler, who committed the
murder, lives in fashionable quarters
on the north side, where she has a
child four years old. 1t appears, ac-
cording to the statement of a servant,
the only person left in the house. that
Beechler is an alias, and that the real
person for whom it stands is Henry w.
King, Jr. The servant declares that
King had not been there for six weeks.
and that Mrs. Beechler, or King, heard
he was going to marry a Miss Duffy
and became much excited. She had a
child four years old which she left
with the servant, and left the city,
saying she was going to Cleveland,
where she lived before meeting young
King. Her maiden name was Lizzie
lie Garde. OF late she complained of
young King neglecting her and went
to her husbands father and demanded
that the young man support her prop
erly. The servant declares that Mrs.
Beechler's conduct was entirely wifely
during her husbands absence. Kings
first wife disappeared after the divorce
case, and her atto r icy says she is now
In Europe studying for the operate
stage. Her name was Carrie Walker.