The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18
MADDENED BY JEALOUSY
ADAMS ATTEMPTS MURDER
4TreS to Butcher Woman With Razor and Then
SIaSheS His Own Throat
Jumps HeadOng From Balcony and EndsavOs to Tear Out Hi
Juguar ven-BOth Dangerously Injured

he became mOrose. brooded a great
deal and acted queerly upon several Oc-
casions. A week ago Saturday / went
to Butte, but he followed me and
brought me back. 1 told him this
morning that / was going to quit him
after I got into the rooming house on
west Temple street. He stood and
drummed on the table with his fingers
while l cleaned up the breakfast dishes.
went out to empty some garbage and
came back
Struck Her With Bottle
AS stepped into the hall he struck
me with a catsup bottle and knocked
me dow Then he jumped upon me
with the razor and began 20 cut me.
/ struggled loose and ran into the
yard and he followed me- but what e:se
happened I don't clearly remember
This was all that Mrs. Gerald would
say about the affair. From reliable
source, though, it was learned that
Adams was jealous of another man
whose identity is not known. 1t is
said that Adams and she had a quarrel
IN restaurant some days ago and at
that time Adams threatened to kill her
If she had anything more to do with
someone whom he mentioned II is
claimed further that Adams mistreated
the woman and she refused his request
- marry him.
Then. Adams learned il is said. that
Mrs, Gerald had been with the person
of whom he was jealous. This coupled
with the remark of Mrs Gerald, that
she was going to quit him, is believed
to have enraged him to the extent of
attempting murder and suicide. Adams
refuses to make any statements about
the matter that would throw any light
on the tragedy.
Adams Had Money.
While on his way to the hospital
Adams pulled 1920 in greenbacks out OF
his pocket and gave it to one of the
doctors, to take care of. For a time
Il was believed that this played some
part in the tragedy, but it was learned
from close friends Of the waiter that
he was an inveterate gambler and if
is believed that he won the money at
faro bank in Butte. Adams attempted
to talk while being carried to the hos
pital. but his throat was in such con-
dition that he could make only a gurg-
ling sound.
An examinat ton of him by Drs. Beer
and Witcher showed that he had cut
his throat from ear to ear, severing the
windpipe, and almost cutting the jugu-
lar vein and carotid artery. II took
the surgeons nearly two hours to sew
up the throat. This work had 20 be
done without the aid Of an anaesthetic
IS the patients windpipe was cut. The
doctors. after sewing up the gash
stated that the patient had chance
for recovery. Last night he was not
in a very good condition, though. and
little hope is entertained for his re-
covery.
Was Terrible Smashed.
Mrs. Gerald had eighteen cuts about
her face and throat, varying in length
from an inch and 4 half 70 four inches.
Her face was literally carved to pieces,
and there were three slashes in the
throat, but none of them deep. Fifty
stitches were required TO sew up the
gaps. One slash ran from the temple
through the cheek to the teeth and
across the chin. The point of the razor
was found to be broken. and it is be-
lieved that it was broken by coming
in contact with her teeth when this
cut was made. Drs. Benedict and
Raley attended 90 Mrs. Gerald. She
was resting easily last night and the
ply siCians state that she has a good
chance for recovery.
The scene Of the tragedy was a
, bloody one. Crowds of people gath
cred there during the day to see it.
( There was a train Of blood from the
vacant lot to the house, upstairs and
through the suite OF rooms occupied by
Adams and Mrs. Gerald, to the side
walk in front.
The carpets were saturated, and a
box in which the effects Of the two had
/ been packed. and which stood in the
hail, was soaked. on top of it were
scattered countless pieces Of the bottle
that Adams knocked Mrs. Gerald down
with. 1t is believed that he knocked
her across this box and cut her first
while she lay there.
xrr1I 49, MI NIL
J. Gerald, a brother OF the former
the st. Dennis cafe here, and went to
see Mrs. Gerald Immediately after the
affair. She would not tell him all the
details of the trouble leading up to the
crime. but she gave him to understand
that il was jealousy. Gerald states
that she left her husband some months
ago and has been mere most Of the time
since then.
Adams. il was learned. has not only
been living with Mrs. Gerald. but has
been keeping a room on West Temple
street at the same time. spending some
of his time there. To his employers.
Messrs Bray & Shafer, he did not in
troduce Mrs. Gerald as his wife. He
worked for them for about two years
! but quit about three weeks ago. They
state that he drinks some. but has been
a good man for work. All those who
know him. though. state that he is of a
peculiar disposition.
IL is said that Adams true name is
Wilding. although no one here ever