Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-30
HAD WITH JEALOUSY
v,,lItul,rs Of a Tragedy by Which a
Woman Vas Fatally Shot.
ROBBERY As A BLlsDiS TIE CASE
-. Uoold.b, Nurdersss Contests Her
crime aad is Turned over
10 the Officers

.,,,xy. ORE, sept. 3O.-Full par
a.a,.n,f,ne tragedy By which MIS-
s,,,. Hiatt va, shot and fatally 10.
,.,,,hsr home near Scio, email
vns remote town In Linn county
NV, b.sn Jus, received, and altogether
49,, utu.sn a very strange story Of n
~'..n,, murdorous Jealousy. MIA
,.ss HANNAH, IS yesfs old, and the
-a,hst OF family, donning mAseu-
nns cato and false whi'keis' last
Ss.,S.y night entered Tie house OF
No Lode Hiatt and snoI her twice
H. mu,iys uas Jealousy. htt' Hiatt
-. baIlsyed, had estfangsd Tue Alec
,lots OF huf husband. - a.
Tbs ui,tt family, together with Mrl.
vi.',-'n uuloiAn, MFr. LO,tie Hisil's
i.n,ns, lives about quarter Of mile
nsrih Of J1rIAn's stofe, a Il1.Io sos'Io'
msnt eigit miles from l9olo, anu on
Tnurdsy evening last, ABOUT uuAA,
their home was approached ny man
VINO Rrulily demanded similIanee'
mi, being acc,Ided him, no en'oIe',
aeg dJ.Wipg a pistol told the Inmates
~ ,b,ow 90 their hands anu tay where
,Ssv Espttuolr money. Mrp. Holman
90 ~ resented tue Intrusion Anu
,ssm,liy sr,ard n billet VI wood anu
.vatbs lntfuaer ryund rap on tho
Ace With Il, belng Instantly knOessa
down tor her trmetiiy' -.
Having qulcted tue Old woman, tne
man turned upln Lrp. Hiatt with MA
slx.sbootet aud began nring. one shot
vsnt wild, but tue second Aui lhitd
,,rnek the unfortunate woman Ia lhu
bssi and sne sank dying 10 the hJor'
Toe fobbor ~ MAKE sure 81 his "yfk,
bent over the yroeltale woman anu
shook her violently 10 Mcetlnin
whether ths was dead or NOT. Ehls
se, wa. witnessed by Mfe. Holman,
who Isgainoi consciouhnoss by ihaI
zine.
Tne teoundrol flad and Mrs. Hol-
man made haste TO Jordan'a store tor
help. Several men who were al tho
store FASTENED TO thu Hiatt houss and
did all In tneit power 10 suco0r tbs
stricken woman. They found on mo
floor a hat, false mustache ana pair
OF eye glasses. Some Que fecoE nl1ed
the hat M the property VI young Han
nah. and this announcement preclpl-
tAtod a search for ths young man, who
was not found until early morning.
When charged with the decd, aud con-
ifonttd with the hat, he denied tho
killing, but admitted the hat was his
property, declaring further that his
mother had borrowed II tho evening
bsiote, but for what purpose he dill not
know, remaining incidentally that she
had boi returned home until ! O'Clock
10 tue msfnlng.
The ieafchers Immediately sought
cut Mn. John Hannah, tie boys
moihsr,and under menhcing inquiries,
the al last broke down and ooniossed
che had purloined suit Of her hus.
bands clothes ana her sons nat,
donned them aud done the work.
Robbery was only a blind ia the
Gaze, and the deeper impulse OF paf-
slonale Jealousy was the real motive VI
the crime, w u has been long known
IN the countrywide thefo that Mu.
Aannah was Jealous Of her husband
and Nn. Hiatt. The vollt-he niuf.
oeiota wa tufne1 over TO the tilloers
Of the county and now lAnguishas IA
jail, while nor victim, though still
hVlns, sbeyond hope Of recovery.