The herald., 1897-02-21

and the fact that she often had male
visitors. They had often quarreled, gem
orally at times when he had been drink
ing, when he displayed a vicious tenn
per. Yesterday afternoon Wall left the
room about 8 o'clock, saying he was 60
ing uptown to get some money, which
was due him from, party for whom
he had worked. He was not feeling
well, and made the remark that if he
did not get what was due him, he would
shoot somebody. Patria begged him to
be reasonable, but he was surly, ana
they parted with ruffled feelings.
HE LEFT HER HUNGRY.
He had taken with him every cent Of
the little money that they possessed, and
when he did not return at supper time,
Patria'S indignation grew with her ap-
petite When Wall finally knocked at
the door she refused to open it, and after
waiting a few minutes he went away.
Directly after he had gone her next
door neighbor, Grace. knocked and was
admitted. She had not been in the room
more than five minutes before Wall
again knocked and was admitted. He
had evidently been drinking heavily
and when asked why he had not come
to take her to supper, said he had eaten
alone uptown. There was no need for
her to be without money, as she always
had some man with her, and he knew
that it was because she had a visitor
when he first knocked that she had re-
fused to let him in. One word brought
on another, until both had worked them
selves into passion.
ANGRY PASSIONS RISE.
Turning to Grace, Wall said that he
guessed he would talk to her moment
as the - - greaser was awful mad, to
which Patria replied that she had said
what she had to make him hot" and
she would knock him down. If he was
going to keep such tactics as leaving
her with no money and nothin gto eat,
they had better separate. Wall was now
thoroughly infuriated. He said, with a
curse, that if he could not have her. no
other man should, and grasping her by
the shoulders, threw her on the bed,
from which she arose and threw at him
whatever came to hand.
Without saying a word he suddenly
drew the revolver and commenced shoot
ing. Patria was sure that she had been
hit in the forehead at the first shot, in
the cheek by the second and in the back
of the head by the third. While she was
lying on the floor Wall blew out his
brains, falling across a rocking chair at
her very feet 1t was several minutes
before she could command strength to
arise, but finally did so.and staggered
THEIR FORMER HOMES
In response to questioning Patria said
that her home was in Ventura, where
she had a father, mother and sister. She
had been in this city a little over two
years, but her relatives did not know
what she was doing. Her age was 26,
while Johnny, her lover, was 27. He was
nearly always good to her and she loved
him, even though he had tried to kill
her and was mean when he was drunk
She admitted that she had given him
money from her earnings, but said that
although he knew of what her life was,
still his jealousy often displayed itself.
Though swathed in bandages and suf-
fering agony from her wounds, the un-
fortunate girl inquired eagerly as to how
badly Johnny was hurt. She had not
been informed that he was dead and
dropped off into fitful sleep, thinking
that her lover still lived.
AT THE MORGUE
The body of the woud-be murderer
and suicide was left lying where it had
fallen until the arrival of the coroner,
who was on the spot within a half hour
after the shooting. Wall had fallen for
ward on his face, striking a rocking
Smith & Wesson 32-caliber, with six
chambers, all of which were empty, lay
close by his right hand, partly under the
body. On the floor lay his Derby hat,
crushed in and despatched with the
face wash which had been thrown at
him, his coat collar being also plentifully
besprinkled. After noting the condi-
tion of the room the body was removed
to the undertaking rooms of Kregelo &