Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-17
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Disgraced Wife Shot by Her Hus'
band, Who Then Kills Himself.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY At ROSWELL.

From Roswell Record.
About 8 o'clock last Wednesday
evening Arthur Kline arrived In Ros.
well from Carlsbad, where he had
gone Monday after giving his wife an
unmerciful beating, and proceeded at
once to the house OF Ill fame where
his wife was staying and began kick.
ing in the door. Sheriff Higgins was
called and took him away. Later,
about 10 o'clock the same evening.
while the keeper Of the house and
another woman and Charley Baker,
the proprietor Of the Oriental restaur.
ant. were sitting around the Kline
woman on a bed near the window,
Kline sneaked up to the window and
putting a pistol against the screen,
the inner blinds being down, fired at
the party, the ball striking his wife,
who was lying on the bed suffering q
great deal from the unmerciful beat
ing he gave her Monday. Instantly
there was screaming Of women and
scampering to get away. The lights
were put out as quickly as possible
for everyone in the house suspected
Kline, as he had threatened to kill
them all at the first opportunity. The
women al into the yard, except Mrs.
Kline, who attempted to get put In.
other door, when she met Kline and
he commenced shooting mt her at
close range. One shot struck her in
the abdomen and the other In the
breast. She fell over the bed and ex.
claimed: Il I'm dead" when the muir.
derer thinking he had finished her.
placed the muzzle OF the pistol to his
heart and sent a ball through II, dying
Instantly. In the meantime, Baker,
who had gone there to take some soup
to the injured woman, had gotten q
gun and attempted to defend himself,
but the continual screaming OF the
wounded woman was too much for him
and he ran. About that time Marshal
Maddux appeared on the scene and
seeing a man running commanded him
to halt, but Baker, who Is lame. sprint
ed the faster, and the Officer, after
commanding him to halt several times,
shot at him striking him In the hip.
the ball passing through the bone.
making a very painful wound.
The woman. who exhibited a mar
riage certificate as the wife of her
would-be murderer, is in a very criti.
cal condition, but may possibly recov-
or. IL seems that Kline was bitter
toward the people Of the resort where
his wife stopped because they attempt
ed to protect her when he beat her
Monday. although IL is said to be o
fact that he Endorsed the life she was
leading and accepted all the money
from her she would give him. The
couple came here from Houston. Tex
rs. The woma is being cared for at
the house where the trouble occurred
and the body OF the suicide was taken
to the city morgue at Ullery's furni-
ture store, where II now lies, and will
be held to give friends a chance to
claim IL, otherwise II will be buried
by the undertaken, deceased having
upon his person enough money to de-
fray the expenses. An inquest was
held over the remains of the dead man
Wednesday morning and the Jury
brought In a verdict In accordance
with the above facts.
In the pockets of the suicide were
found three letters, all sealed. One
was addressed to his brother In ALE
ghany, Penn, another to Cora Sam
uels, the keeper Of the resort where
the killing took place, and the other
to The Police Of Roswell" and was
as follows:
"ln my pocket you will find a letter
to my folks. Telegraph them and they
will bury us both. Kindly forgive me
the trouble ! have caused you and
think there are two souls better OF
| have been done dirt and this is just
payment. Yours,
tSigned) "A. II. KLINE"