The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
Fred SpOOr Kills His Wife in a
BrOtheI, and Later shoots HIM
self in the Heart.
TWO LIVES ARE SNUFFED OUT
WENT TO MILITARY PARK AFTER
THE MURDER TO KILL HIMSELF.
He Was a Photographer and She Was
a Woman of the TOwn-De-
tails of the Tragedy.


travelling photographer, occupying rooms at
326 North Illinois street, went to 'Bobbie''
Warren's brothel 312 West Georgia street,
between 6 and o'clock yesterday evening,
shot and killed Rose Stout, aged twenty,
and thirty minutes later sat down on a
bench at Military Park and put bullet
through his own heart. The first tragedy
took place about 6:15 o'clock. The woman
who was shot by Spoor is supposed to have
been his wife, from whom he was sepa-
rated.
Spoor had been living in Indianapolis
about three months. During this time he
lived in Mrs. Lena Terrys boarding house.
at 1926 North Illinois street. From letters
found in his room and on his person 1T ap-
pears that he formerly lived in Syracuse,
N. Y, and also in Louisville, KY. Spoor
was photographer, and Travelled over the
country making pictures. The people in
Mrs. Terry's house did not know that he
was married until one morning early last
week, when a pretty, dark-haired woman
walked into the house and introduced her.
self as Mrs. Spoor. She was in the house
an hour or more before she met Spoor, and
he seemed glad to see her. She remained
there two days, and the boarders say she
left the house one night after a violent
quarrel with Spoor. He always addressed
her as Rose, and they seemed fond of each
other. On the night of the quarrel, it is
claimed, Spoor threw one of her garments
out of the window as she was leaving the
house.
HER FIRST APPEARANCE HERE.
AS near as the women in ''Bobbie'' War
ren's place can remember, Mrs. Spoor came
there last Thursday. She gave the name of
Rose Stout, and explained to them that she
had formerly lived in Louisville with her
husband, from whom she was separated. 1t
was understood among the women that Mrs.
Spoor came to Indianapolis with travel
ing man and left him after they reached this
city. This man, it is said, gave her Bob
bie' Warrens address, The woman was
handsome and intelligent, and became pop
ular in the house. She complained it is
said. that her husband had not done the
right thing by her, and had squandered her
money She told one of the inmates that her
mother had left her 5000 and some valu-
able jewelry. Last Sunday evening young
man called at 'Bobbie' Warren's and asked
to see Rose Stout. He talked to her in the
parlor a short time and left. The woman
afterward said the man was her husband,
again. He was not seen in the house again
until yesterday evening.
About o'clock the proprietress of the
house went up to her room to lie down,
leaving the house in charge of Rose Stout.
There was no one else on the premises at
the time. The girl was in one of the sitting
rooms downstairs when the Warren woman
left her. Miss Warren went to her room
hut
sound of pistol shot and a woman
scream. One or two others followed She
ran downstairs and found Rose Stout on the
floor near a door leading to an alley on
the east side of the house.
The girl was trying to get up, and ex-
claimed as the Warren woman ran into the
room:
Il am dying, my husband has shot me-"
Miss Warren ran out through the side
door to call for help and met man in the
alley. She thinks it was Rose Stout's hus-
band. He said to her: "Oh, she's not shot !
only tried to scare her" The man then
started north through the alley The first
people who ran into the house after the
shooting found the dying woman above
stairs in the Warren woman's room She
had managed to crawl up the stairs and
had closed the door at the top of the stairs
after her. The door to the room where she
was found was also closed. She was breath
ing, but could not speak, although she made
an effort to talk when one of the women
spoke to her. She died within a few min
utes after the shooting. A dark red stain or
her white waist told where the fatal bullet
had gone.
HE FIRED FIVE SHOTS.
Spoor must have fired at least five shots
at the women. People living in the neigh.
borhood heard the shooting and saw the
man in the front yard. A small ragged hole
in the front screen door of the house indi-
Gates that he may have fired one shot from
the outside. No one actually witnessed the
tragedy and nothing is known as to what
Immediately led to the shooting. The house