The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-12-29
Frank Rose, Formerly q Bar
Der at Deeth, Nevada, Com
mitS a Horrible Crime
SPEAKS ucHTLY OF DEED
Left Their Two-Year- Old Baby
Alone With the Corpse for
Forty light Hours

Salt Lake. Dec. 2s.-A Christmas
tragedy with attending circumstances
so shocking as to be almost incredible
came to light yesterday mo- ming. when
Frank Rose, a barber who recently
came here from Deeth, Nevada, walk
ed into the police station and confess
ed that he had shot and killed his wife
and allowed his two-year-old child to
remain alone in the room with the
corpse for nearly two days.
Investigation showed that Rose had
not overstated the case a particle. The
body of the woman was found in bed
and nesting against the cold, life
less form, was the child, half dead
from cold and hunger and exhausted
der word or a comforting caress from
its idolized mother.
Jealousy was clearly the cause of
the killing, but Rose did not attempt
to explain his shameful negiect of the
little child. He claimed that he had
gone to the room where his wife lay
dead twice and fed the little one, BIT
and doubted by ehe police. Taking i.
for granted, however, that this state
ment is true, IL is inconceivable how
he could leave the baby unattended 70.
SO many hou in the bed stained wit.
It's mo,ners blood.
hose had ample opportunity to es-
cape, but made no attempt 10 do SO.
BY exchanging his good clothing FIR
cheaper a4 licies. lac secured eno-gh
money 10 buy n4uo4, ana, ne tod tne
police. he pul OH su- rendering himsel.
un4I ais money was gone.
SCENE OF THE MURDER.
The tragedy took place in a squal.d
room at tie rear or As West rni.u
Sou.n ST.. eet al o cock FRIDAY after
noon. NO one heaId the revolver sn0t.
nor felt enough interest in MIS-. Rose
to ln4ul.e 1of ne4. dhe Duhet ente. &c
the " oman meek back OF TIE lett ed
and went Though the ban 10 ,ne
top OF tne head. nose insists that Ills
ylIe Ased ana talAed with MN 10
mo1e than an hour aIIer the Shooting
I1e says tnat they talked the mat.ei
over and llat he Dalhea her head, gave
her a u4ink OF wa.er and KISSED h~l
at her request while sic was dying
Ponce oeigl hoJe4ts was aione III
the desk Sc. seant ONCE at tie sta
ton wAen nose entered TO tell OF ni=
crime.
us the chief in?" asked Rose.
''Wnat 40 you want OF the chief?
inquired the Sc geant.
II want TO give myself up"
What 40 YOU want 10 give yourself
up for?"
"Mny, killed my wife"
AT tuIs point the sergeant began t.
get inIel ested, but he tnougnt the mai
must be eltner joking or insane.
now DID you Kill fer?' was the mex,
question.
/ snot her."
why did you do it?"
ION, sne tuned out to be no good
She Was always running a. oand VIII.
people of Lad character. and l talked
to her until l got TIED and the-
Thought l would end it,"
1ne man then gave details of his ter
TlUle crime WHICH lSll ittiS 0OaSe a.
the minds of the officers that he Was
telling the t4uth, although 1t seemed
almost too horrible to believe. His
wife had been out on Christmas day
h,s said, retui ming in the middle of tbs
afternoon. Shortly after her return
they went to bed. He was lying on th'
side of the bed next to the wall and
the woman was lying with her bach
to him and the baby in front.
Suddenly the thought struck him tha
1t was a favorable time to end her life
and he quietly took the revolver f.on
underneath the pillow, placed 1t b.
hind her right ear and fired.
The woman lived nearly two hours.
after she had been shot, Rose said,
She asked him TO kiss her. whic.
he did. Then she asked for The baby
and he placed it in her arms, and she
kissed it, After this he turned hsi
over on her right side and she ed.
Tc sevelal officers and reporters Ros
said. il the city Jail, that his wife hat
insisted on going out at all hours o
the night ana had been unfaithful L
him f.om the time she joined him l.
Ney ada
1.-TWO nights before Christmas" h
said. she went out at IL o'clock an
oid not get back until o'clock In the