The record-union., 1896-10-22


set about trying to get private inter-
view with the girl. He planned the
matter well, though it is doubted
whether he intended to murder the giri
If there was any possible way out of it.
II he could get her to promise to say
nothing, it is thought no tragedy would
nave been enacted, but the fateS were
against him.
Shortly after his arrest, it Is said, he
visited wayside resort on the River
side road, and while there had the pro-
prietor telephone to the city to the girl,
telling her to come out at once, as
party there wished to see her. In the
meantime it had come to the ears OF
the woman that Lowe intended to muir
der her at the first opportunity, and her
suspicion being aroused she inquired OF
the keeper of the resort whether or not
the man wishing to see her was GRIP
pie. The reply was in the affirmative,
and as Lowe was a cripple-his misfor-
tune being the result of a rheumatic at
tack-She refused to go.
No later than Sunday last another at
tempt was made by Lowe to carry out
his design, and from down. town re-
sort he dispatched a messenger to the
woman asking her to meet party
there. From the messenger the woman
once more discovered that Lowe was
the party who had sent for her, and she
again refused to meet him.
Foiled in his attempts to see the girl
and have a talk with her, Lowe was
constrained to give the matter up, and
was early at the police station yester-
H. sal, ti,,or l,fs 90 "a
was to be called. While standing in
front of the station talking to a friend,
Addie Schilling entered the building,
accompanied by May Melville, and go
ing up stairs took seat upon a bench
standing in the hall at the top and to
the left of the stairs. When she passed
Lowe she glanced at him, sneered, and
gave her head toss, which seemed to
greatly enrage him. He was in the
act of lighting cigarette at the time,
and his hand trembled violently. He,
however, appeared to try to control
himself, when just at that instant
person approached and handed him a
note, which he proceeded to read. 1t
was evidently a short one, but must
have contained important news-news
probably connected with what the wo-
man would testify to, and when he
had read it Lowe turned upon his heel,
walked into the station and UP the
stairs into the hall where the girl was
sitting with her friend, the Melville
woman.
She arose to her feet as Lowe faced
her, but what she might have said or
done will never be known, for when
within two feet of her Lowe raised his
pistol and without a word fired two
shots in rapid succession, one entering
the right, the other the left breast.
If 1T was the intention of Lowe to close
the mouth Of his victim, he was emf
nently successful, for she never spoke
again.
But this was not ALL The ends he
riay have desired would not be served
were he arraigned for murder, and it
hut remained for him to finish the
work begun by ending his own career.
Quite a number of persons were
standing in the hall when Lowe came
up, though no attention was paid to
him, but when the first shot was fired
9 panic seized them and they rushed
into the apartments of the City Attor-
rey, the City Justice and the Police
Court to escape from any stray bullets
that might be flying about.
Only Police Officer Fisher remained
in the hall, and as the second shot was
fred into the breast of the defenseless
woman he dashed for the murderer
Put when nearly within reach of him
owe threw his pistol down within a
foot of the officers breast, and the lat
ter stopped There was that in loves
eye, Fisher afterward said, that meant
death.
The instant the officer stopped Lowe
raised the pistol which was of large
caliber, to his ear and pulled the trig-
ger. The cartridge failed to explode,
but quicker tnan a flash a second at
tempt was made, third shot rang out,
and Lowe was dead before he touched
the floor.
Ten seconds later the suicide might
have been averted, for Hospital Nurse
Alex Robinson, who was standing at
the foot of the stairs, had run up the
steps when the first shot was fired. 1t
was all done in an instant, and before
Robinson seized the murderer and sui
eide the bullet had sped on it's course
ard the man was dead.
His body was at once removed to the
Morgue, where were found in his coat
y,ocket two letters, one addressed to
newman Oh IillS CITY, IHe OlllcT
to Judge LOWE of San Jose, his father.
The woman was picked up unconscious
and borne into an adjoining room, and
City Physician Nichols and his assist
ant. DR.. Ogden, ascertained that life
was not yet extinct. Both shots had
penetrated her breast, one passing
through the right, the other through
the left lung. One bullet was removed
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under the skin, and the other was pick
ed up in the hall. having passed en-
tirely through the woman's body.
At ITO o'clock p. m. she breathed
her last The body was removed to
Ike Morgue.
LOVES LETTERS.
Among the letters written by Lowe
recently to various persons concerning
his relations with the woman was one
to herself. 1t was dated on the 18th of
this month, and in it he used both en-
dearing and abusive terms. He ac-
cused her of having ruined him finan-
cially and otherwise, and plainly
threatened her with violence and even
death
At that time he evidently premedi-
tated suicide, for he wrote: BY the
time you receive this letter I will be
dead to the world, and bear 1t In mind
that you are the cause of this rash
act. If there is any truth in there be-
ing a God and that spirits can return
to this world, j will remember you.
He told her in the same letter that
he wouldn't give two bits for her life,
and declared that some night some one
would enter her parlor and then she