Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-11
SHOT HIMSELF.
A Shoemaker Puts an End
to His Life.
THE STORY OF HIS WIFE.
She Wanted Him to Stay at Home
and He Used q Revolver
on Himself.

About half.past six o'clock last even
ing telephone message was received a
police headquarters to the effect that
man had been found dead at No. q
East Fifth street a few minutes earlier
Officer Mcguire was dispatched to th.
place to investigate the affair, and upor
his arrival he found q small crowd O.
people standing in front OF small shoema
ker's shop, endeavoring to peep through
the closed glass doors. On gaining an
entrance the officer saw an Italian
woman about Is years Of age, in corne,
of the shop behind the door, surrounded
by several women who were attempting
to soothe her. She was in violent hys-
terics, and her cries and screams we're
heartrending. In an inner room 12 feet
by 8 feet, divided from the shop by a
thin partition, the body of a good.look-
ing Italian about 80 years old.
lay upon a bed, apparently in an
attitude of repose; but from a
hole in the right temple a stream of
blood wac still slowly oozipg and trickled
across the face, the left side OF which Law
upon pillow, forming pool in the bed
clothes. The arms were folded care.
lessly across the chest, and almost hid.
den by the right arm a revolver was seen
covered with blood. At the feet of the
bed was new cartridge belt, which con-
tanned about twenty loaded cartridges
and a larger one containing metallic
cartridges also hung across the footboard
OF the bed, which supported double
barreled shotgun. Hung upon pegs
near by were several suits of clothes, and
from the vest of black one, which had
evidently just been cast Off gold chain
was suspended. Having assured him
self that the man was beyond all human
aid, the officer notified Corener Meredith
OF the occurrence, and that official soon
afterwards appeared and at once took
charge of the dead mans effects, and
ordered the body removed to the
morgue. Before the arrival of the dead
wagon, however, the Coroner as.
certained that the body was
that of John Jordini, the shoe
maker who rented the shop, and
with The aid Of an Italian interpreter he
cleaned the following facts from the dead
mans wife, who by this time had be-
come considerably calmer:
On Sunday afternoon Jordini left his
wife at home and did not return unit
yesterday morning, when sho upbraided
him and insisted upon knowing where he
had been. He, however, refused to
answer her questions, and in the after
noon left his work, and, dressing himself
in new black suit, went out, saying that
he was merely going for walk. On his
return, about 5 80 O'Clock, his wife, who
was very jealous, accused him of inf
deity, and scene ensued.. The woman
attempted to point out to him the fact
that he had already on hand more work
than he could accomplish, and that if he
wasted his time instead of working
during the daytime he would ultimately
lose his customers. Jordini, however,
resented her interference, and told her
that if she was tired of living with him
she could 60 back home as soon as she
liked. This reused the woman's ire
again and another scene occurred, at the
close of which Jordini went into the
back room to change his clothing prior to
going to work. He returned in few
minutes in his underclothes and
with a revolver in bis hand, at
the sight of which his wife fed screaming
from the place and darted into Mackey's
fruit stand few doors below, where she
demanded protection. While she was
there shot was heard, and at the
woman's request Mackey went to the
shoemaker's to investigate. Mrs. Jor.
dini was taken to the house of Mrs. Sig.
lila, her next door neighbor, but hel
anxiety was such that she insisted upor
entering the rear OF her own house tc
ascertain the cause of the shooting, anG
on doing 30 she saw the dead body of hel
husband lying on the bed, as it was sub
sequently found by the authorities.
The little nine-year-old daughter O
Mrs. Alice Wilkie,. the proprietor of tn,
clearinghouse on the west side of tn,
Italians shop, was the first to discove
the tragedy, she having been prompted
by curiosity. to peep through the res
door OF Jordini's sleeping room, but sh,
was almost frightened to death by tn,
sight presented by the suicide.
Among the first on the scene afte
hearing the report OF the pistol-shot wer,
Captain j. X. Fletcher and Dan Mori
lsrty, ex-Chief of the fire department
Both gentlemen rendered the distracted
woman every assistance in their power
and succeeded in restraining the crowC
until the arrival of the police.
The inquest on the body will be helt
this morning, at 8 80 O'Clock, at Orr &
Sutch's undertaking parlors.
1t is stated by several of the dest
mans acquaintances that he had beer
paying a good deal of attention to Mrs
Rissio, to whom the shanty he occupied
belonged, and that it was this woman
who reused the jealousy of Jordini's
wiie.