The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-15

But the Miserable Youth, a Son of
The Missing H. j. Hanchette
Hangs to Life by a Thread.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

OS ANGELES, June 14.-In the
cold. half-light of early morning
to-day. in a South Broadway
IL lodging house, was enacted the
final scene of the Old, gloomy
tragedy of a marriage that 1alleo-
The husband, vain, irresponsible,
cbaracterless boy of twenty crept
from the side of his sleeping girl Wlfe
and fool, from 9 mantel bottle OF
chloroform. Behind him lay their baby
less than a month old. asleep on sofa
inflow The fumes of the drug appheo
70 the pale girls nostrils deepened her
sleep beyond the possibility OF accl-
dental awakening The murderer was
sure of his purpose and drew from pc
hind him a shining revolver Inc "lle
Law on her right side, with her face 10
the wall and her back toward the boy
husband A shot was fired and the
voung woman. her night garments
stained with blood and powder MARKS
rolled upon her back. spoke once VI
twice and died The baby woke up ana
whimpered feebly, its tiny arms peat
ing the air. The murderer walked
few feet from the bed and placing the
still smoking revolver to his BODY hreo
a bullet through his abdomen. he zen
TO the floor, fatally wounded and was
found writhing in agony by the peo-
Die that rushed to the scene.
Earl M. Hanchette, aged 20 years
this morning shot and instantly killed
his eighteen year-old wife, Georele' III
room 19 Of the Hotel Columbia, Whefe
in poverty they had been living TOT
week. The murderer immediately alter
ward turned the revolver upon hlmsell;
and in the stomach inflicted mortal
wound. The tragedy was the end OF
a senseless runaway marriage between
persOnS incompetent on either Slue 70
care for themselves individually ana
far less to carry the burdens ana re-
sponsibilties of matrimony. Inc WIG
"a weak frail little thing-gaNe olrth
a little more than d fortnight ago 10
child. They had no money except the
small sums given them by relatives.
In these pitiful straits Hanchette
showed a lack of manliness that is in
conceivable, even in a boy husband.
He rallied weakly over the embarrass-
ments that marital necessities placed
upon his ease-loving nature, and loaflng
about their single room, quarreled pet
tishly with the girl he had sworn to
honor and protect. He made no effort
to find employment, although he made
representations to the wife ana 10 her
nurse that he had secured, through an
employment firm, position as book
keeper in Santa Barbara Hanchette
told them last night that he intended to
leave for the coast town this morning.
The story of the prospective position
proves untrue The wife was deeply
unhappy in her feeble, girlish way,
over the failure of her marriage. Her
mother and sisters. who until recently
lived in Los Angeles, went to Denver
some weeks ago and George. lying i'll
in bed, was now alone with her nurse,
her improvident husband and her little
pound baby girl and was so weak
that she could not handle the infant
and needed the constant care of the
attendant night and day.
The small sums Of money that the
mother sent her from Denver We're alb
stracted by Hanchette and spent upon
himself. The sick little wife suffered
for the necessaries Of life. A week or
two ago Hanchette received $40 from
his grandmother, who lives in San
Francisco He spent the money for
fine raiment. The situation became un-
bearable and the girls mother, Mrs.
S. Vi. Elliott. wrote from Denver that
sne would sond railway tickets to
e4te pst her daughter and Mrs. W. j.
Apyet. her nurse, 10 60, with the baby
~ Colorado. But Hanehette was not