Tombstone epitaph., 1891-09-27
Was No Surprise to Those Who Knew the Cir.
 CumStanCeS.
Henev Believed to be Justified In Saving His Own
 Life,


 last night after the PRosPEcToR went to press:
 "Dr. John c. Handy, a prominent physician of this city, was shot toy Francis J. Hency, a lawyer, soon after 12 o'clock today. Bitter feeling has existed between them for long tim', gr)wing out of the divorce auit in which Heney was attorney for M's. Handy, and the result was no surprise
 Handy sLys that today as he was crossing Pennington street, going to the court house, Heney ran from !i- office near by with pistol in hand. Handy tried to grab the weapon but Heney placed the muzzle to the bow els of his victim and fired. Roth then clinched and fell to the ground They were separated hy citizens and Handy walked to hi. office while Henry went to the court house to surrender him self. NJ officer arriving. he went home. where he was afterwards arrest ed. Intense excitement prevails, and public sentiment is evenly divided"
 There was ripple of excitemant in Tombstone upon receipt of the news. as many of our citizens were prepared to hear at most any time, of the killing of one ar the other of the principals. The feeling had been bitter betwee" them for over Il year, and from several citizens who arc ncquain e.' wi'h the circumstances. the fo lowing is saii to be ,h cause of the trou ,le:
 Dr. Handy was, Il year ago, a mar ried man with ioIr children. His vie was a good, tru. woman and mother. Dr. Handy became rnfatua- ted with PAn-y smith, the wife of Fred Smith, who was well known in Tombstone. Handy abused his wife shamefully, and she sued for divo' ce. Proceedings proved most horrible state of affairs anl abuse of Han iy's wife by her husband. Handy. knew that all this testimony would come out in the trial and he successfully bulldozed every lawyer in Tucsun to whom Mrs. Handy went to take her case, by threatening to kill them if cy iid. Judge Barne. tmk her case but when it was called in court he arose anal withdrew Us her attorney, giving as his reason that ho would en danger his life.
 The next lawyer to whom Mrs. Handy appealed Was Francis J llen- ey. Her s,ory appealed to his sense of honor and he took the case, telling some of his friends who ai,erwaru scol.iel him for doing >o, that it Was simply an alternative of quitting the prOl, ssiOn pr taking ihe case Hand! threatened him il all wa!s lns>ihlt' but he dil not weaken He earned i through to d succ,sslul issue, the trs- tim ny of the inhunian treatment "i Mrs. Handy by her husband heing u r. fit for publication. From this time on Heney was bounded by Handy, anu on several occasions would have been justified in taking his life.
 Handy recently sought to get a divorce from his wife that he might marry Mrs. Smith who had procured Q divorce from her husband. Being unable to do so, it is snrmised that some of Handy's enemies s"ught tC biing his name before the U. $. grand jury under the Edmurd Act, which caused Il sudden opening of h"s,ili,ie, between Handy urd Heney wi.h the result as stated.
 Dr. GooJfellow WIS summoned from Tombstone ani let last night at { o'clock for Fairb ink where special was in readiness to take him to Tue son.