The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-18
TURNER KILLS
 FORMER FRIENDS
Then Turns Gun and Shoots
 His Own Brains Out
TURNER SHORT IN MONEY
The Dead Are w. J. MalIard, Robert Hamilton and William Turner. Killing Occurs In Law Office
 In New York City.

New York, October H.-Using a new au- former president and treasurer of the Climax Bottling company, today shot and killed W. J. Mallard, secretary and treas urer of the company and Robert Hamil- ton, its president, and then killed him- self with the same weapon. A second revolver. loaded in every chamber, was found in Turner's pocket and it Is be- lieved he planned to taKe more lives than he did. The shooting was caused by a quarrel between the three men over an alleged shortage in Turner's accounts, for which he was threatened with criminal prosecution. The tragedy occurred in the offices of the law firm of Canter. Adams & Mcintyre. in the heart of the Wall street district, during the busy noon hour Turner, who was 45 years of age, and lived at Mount Vernon, N. r., a suburb of this city, was a cousin of Governor O'dell of this state, and the head of the law firm in whose office the shooting oe- cured. Soon after the shots rang out in the office building, wild rumor was started that the borough president had been killed.
 All of the principals to the tragedy were married. Mallard was 36 years of age, a native of Atlanta, Ga, where he was well known in business and social cir cles. He was president of the Young Mems Democratic club there. He had been in this city about four years ana lived with his wife and two children in an uptown flat. MT. Hamilton lived in Pittsburg, where he was president of the J. T. & A. Hamilton glass factories. He was about 60 year old. He arrived in this city yesterday in response 10 a telegram from Turner received at Pittsburg which said:
 Meet me in New York Friday and I will settle with you.''
 The three men met in the law offices by appointment to allow Turner to make a partial settlement and he was asked for a certified check.
 T have it." he said, and then closed the door of the room.
 An instant later he drew a revolver and began firing. Mallard fell, shot through the heart and Hamilton lived only few moments. A number of other persons who were in the room, clerks and members of the firm, fled in a panic After killing Hamilton and Mallard, Fur ner shot himself in the head Some moments later, hearing no more shots the persons who fled returned back into the room and found three bodies.
 On Turner's corpse the coroner also found a certified check for $2T0O. The latter is regarded as throwing peculiar light on the case for 1t is thought to indicate that Turner went to the offices with the probable intention of paying the sum of money which was to have settled the difficulty.
 Arrangements have been made for the shipment of the body of MT. Mallard to- morrow to Atlanta, where the funeral services and interment will take place. The relatives will accompany the body.
 Mir Hamilton brother, J. w. Hamil- ton, notified the undertaken that he was on his way east and would arrive in this city to take care of his brothers body tomorrow morning. The funeral will take place in Pittsburg and the body will be shipped tomorrow.