The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-14
Gambler Disposed OF His Mis-
tr6SS, Then Of Him
self.
An 6drIU Sabbath Morning Tragedy
in nthe Tucson Tender.
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the fast set, Saturday night. Horace
B. Allen, a gambler shot Mollie Con-
rad through the heart and then sent
a bullet through his own brain.
Allen Was well known gambler. He
came tn TrtsoD last September from
Bakersfield. >Gl;tor) a, and since thac
tim" has L1cn er1uIoyed as a fare
dealer in different places in this city.
For the !.ast few weeks he has been
dealing fare 81 The Totem" but re-
Gently !ai off for a short vacation.
Since coming TO Tucson, he has been
living with Mollie Conrad at 1873 Me-
Cormick Street. This house is two
docrs east of the Red Light Saloon.
aud is owned by Pedro Pellon. who
rented the three rooms about three
months ago to "Mollie" and "Efie."
two women Of ill-fame. Mollie took
the room il the rear and there lived
With Allen. and it was in this room
that the tragedy occurred.
/ Mollie came down town about mid
night Saturday night in a carryalI
/ t. get Allen. He had been waiting for
her and talking to some friends in
/ font OF The Totem" about that hour
! He had been impatient because she did
not arrive. Allen had been quarrelling
with his mistress of late because she
went out on the streets at night. and
| II is supposed that a quarrel over this
| matter led To the shooting.
/ The tragedy happened at about /: 80
a. m Sunday AT that hour, Officer
/ Flannagan. who was in the vicinity
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gate. He entered the room occupied
ny Allen and Molhe and found them
both laying across the bed lifeless.
Aliens head was lying In "A pool OF
blood He at once summoned Officer
Katenstein and Coroner Wilson. who
arrived in a short time and summon
ed the following coToners jury to view
the remains: j. H. Wilson. j. l.. Wiley
lC. r. Fink, A. II. Zeigier. r. Moreno
and E. NJ. Hutton.
When found Allen had q IS single ac'
ton Colts revolver lying near his right
: hand -Four shots had been fired. The
! woman Was shot three times through
. the heart and Allen was shot through
, lshe left hand and through the temple
+, Ia supposed that In the struggle
which occurred that Allen shot HIM
self in the hand with one OF the bull
i lets that entered the woman's body.
The bed had not ben occupied when
found. Allen had removed all OF his
clothes except his underwear and the
woman had on a wrapper.
Coroner Wilson after viewing the
remains turned them over TO O. c.
pc,ker. who removed them to his un-
dertaking establishment and all day
Yesterday a throng of people assembled
there to look at the gastiy sight, Al
len was known as a good fellow and
had made great many friends here
and Mollie was weli-known among the
men and women of her class.
Allen was about thirty-six years old.
He had been a gambler all OF his life
g. 1d for long time lived in Colorado
where he met Ben Daniels and there
formed close friendship with him.
When Daniels was last In Tucson. he
went 10 see his old friend and for a
long time they talked over the old days
In Colorado. Allen was a tall nice
looking man. He had a scar on his
face by which one could easily distin-
guish him He had a cool eye and was
known as a bad man. 1t is said that
he had been in many fight. with Ben
Daniels in Colorado. Allen had eight
marks on his body from bullet wounds.
the result OF few of the many fights
in which he had been engaged.
Mollie Conard was a we'll known
character also. Allen had met her in
FL Paso before coming to Tucson and
consequently easily fell in with her.
She has husband living in Nogales
fr,m whom she separated about three
years ago. A partially written letter
addressed to him was found on the
dresser in her room,
Allen was one of the most expert
faro dealers in the country. He always
carried the gun with which he com
mitted the desperate deed. He was
not known as a man with Jealous
disposition among his comrades aud
they find Il hard 10 account for the
deed which he committed. Mollie had
been i'll recently and the people in the
neighhorhood where she lived say that
Allen was always Kind 20 her during
her Illness They say that the couple
often quarreled. because Allen did not
like TO have the woman so ont on the
street at night
"EHie." who lives In the next room
to the one where the tragedy occurred
was sleep at the time She was alone
In her room. She was awakened by
the shots and heard Mollie cry out
something. Then the officers came and
found the dead bodies
The corners jury adjourned To meet
at 10 o'clock this morning in Judge
Wilson'S court, when the inquest was
held.
The inquest was held this morning
at 10 O'Clock in Judge Wilson's court
when the coroners jury met and took
the testimony of those who arrived at
the scene of the tragedy shortly after
it occurred The jury through its fore
man. c. f. Fink, rendered verdict
that Allen had met death as a result
of a gun shot wound at his own hand
and that Mollie Conard met death from
a gun shot wound at the hand OF
Horace B. Allen.
Aliens funeral will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock from Parker's
GNu- .ANn