Telegram-herald., 1890-10-21
HER REVENGE.
1 Wonsa 81 Qaiaey. II, Kills
Her BetraysF and Deiansr.
She Reserves a Mortal No0ad from
ths Aeoioeatzi Discharge ef
Ter Resoissr,

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iHE IN crosse& strs<t sE4rtlo4 the
Uhoie city saturday Abeat o'eioel,
while B4n PFioe Nzs walking Horts Ga
Sixta ssrSek wom4n y be proved - BE
Lillle BoOth erept ap k-hiaa hin. and
polsting = revolver ~ bis Reek 1re3
The m4n rasAea into . ssere SdJoiniag
pulled out = reviewer and retarn-
.ag 70 tho street plseed the weapon
wittin tao feet Of the Womans body
and arsG. BAT missed her The gaUcky
woman WAS ready 70 give her IS. ailsnt
another rouB. when he TED lnJO the
store znS feu % tAe sosr. The revolver
Ia the weuan's hand WEs wrenchsa
from her by her victims brother il
exploded during the struggle and the
bullet passed through her body. She
WAS hurried 20 surgeons. where her
wound MAS dressed.
Price VAS quickly taken 10 the hos
pital, 1ut died late In the afternoon.
Miss noosh fingered until ESQ \ %.
Sunday, when she died. The doctors
who dressed her wound declared that
the ball In its progress through her
body had touched none OF the vital or
gans and that the wound was not neces-
sarily fatal Her death. therefore, was
unexpected.
Miss Booth made no statement about
the shooting except 10 say that she shot
Price and that be shot her. This how
ever. is disproved By other evidences
showing that she was killed by the
bullet from her own weapon.
The cause for the shooting is traced
back TO a suit Of an unusually sens2-
tional character. Price was engaged 10
Miss Booth, and q year ago last juno
suddenly left her. going 10 Salina. Kan.
Price was sued in Kansas, the girl
claiming that he had betrayed her
Every effort had been made 10 induce
Price 10 marry his victim. but be re-
fused, claiming that others had been
intimate with her. He finally signed
an agreement 10 the effect that
IL her child was born after
March be would acknowledge
its paternity. On February 2a six
hours before the date mentioned
in the agreement, the babe was born,
and Price refused 10 assume it as his
own. The suit was then brought It
ended in defeat for Miss Booth, the jury
deciding that according to the terms OF
the contract Price could not be held.
The latter returned TO this city some
weeks ago and began to circulate scan
dalous stories about Miss Booth The
shooting followed. Both parties were
highly connected.
1t now develops that Miss Booth had
contemplated killing Price for some
time. Shortly after the ending Of the
suit at Salina Price received an anony.
nous letter telling him that his hme on
earth was short that he would never
live TO see the snow fly aslin. He after
ward received two or thrce others OF the
same import. Price evidently expected
something OF the kind, for just before
coming to Quincy he armed himself and
made will
Word came from Salina, Kan, that
Price had deserted the daughter Of q
jeweler of that city. 1t is probable
however, that Price would have mar
RED the Kansas girl had he lived, as ii
was mainly on her account that he re-
fused to marry Miss Booth. At different
times money has been oSered the
friends of Miss Booth to settle the mat
ter. This bad been Indignantly re-
fused. Miss Booth was worth not less
than $50, 900 in her own name, was well
educated and accomplished.