The San Francisco call., 1904-10-13
Lover Becomes WrOth
Because Husband
Claims Wife.
Shoots Mrs Lockwood
Four Times, Then
Himself

Because Mrs. Lulu Lockwood had
come TO see the error Of her way, and
was about to return to her husband,
her life was sought by her paramnur
with fiendish hand in her room at
22S Mason street yesterday rnoIling,
and after he had wounded her With four
bullets he turned the pistol upon him
self in an endeavor to pierce his cruel
heart. his name is Fred Averell, and
his insane purpose may be defeated, for
both he and his victim are thought to
have chances OF recovery.
Mrs Lockwood had been out the
evening before to meet her husband.
benjamin ". F. Lockwood, who is an
industrious painter, and had promised
that she would mend her ways and
fOrsake the man for whom she de-
serted her husband Averen learned
what was going on and was aroused to
a jealous rage His mood was already
aggravated because he had been dis
charged the day before from employ
ment as a cook in a restaurant at Turk
and Hyde streets
Mrs lockwood failing to return until
a late hour in the night, AvereI waited
until morning TO carry out his diabol-
ical purpose. IT was shortly after 9
o'clock when he stole into her room,
and as she lay sleeping in the bed be-
gan 10 shoot at her. The first report
OF the revolver aroused her, and she
began to cry for help. At intervals that
were almost regular the shots could be
heard above her frantic calls as the en-
ragged lover fired three times more
Believing he had mortany wounded
the woman, Avereu held the pistol TO
his breast, aiming inaccurately for the
heart Sweltering in blood both were
found by Charles Green, a young man
who lives in the house. and a policeman
was quickly summoned
TELLS HER TO DIE.
At the Central Emergency Hospital
the woman was placed on the table for
examination first and Averell lay on a
stretcher near by.
Die viii you; die, will you" he
called out repeatedly in response TO her
groans OF agony.
Mrs. lockwood was found to have
been shot in the mouth, shattering her
front teeth but the bullet had come
out through the gum. Two bullets en-
tered under the left shoulder and
passed through the lung, and the fourth
struck the middle finger of the right
hand. AS 10 himself, AYerell had failed
10 touch the heart. the bullet pene-
trating the lung instead.
Lockwood came TO the hospital in re-
sponse TO a message and showed strong
devotion TO his wife He had her re-
moved TO a private sanitarium later.
My wife, without reason, thought I
was not faithful to her." he said. "and
then she formed the alliance with Av-
erelL She declared finally she would
leave me, and while I was on my sick
bed I told her to go. This man who
came between us seemed to have some
strange influence over her She went
10 live with him. A few DAYS ago I
met my wife and we talked things
over. Through illness she has become
addicted TO morphine and I did not
hold her responsible for her acts. I was
willing TO sacrifice everything if could
induce her 10 lead a better life again.
The result was that she agreed to re-
turn to me.
4 shall do all ] can to save her life
DR.. Stephens. the chief surgeon of the
hospital. told me he would take the
case, and I must now seek my friends
for money to pay him, inasmuch as this
trouble has come at a very unfortu-
nate time for me-"
SAYS HE KILLED FOUR MEN.
On his hospital cot Averen said his
real name was Clark, and that his
mother and brothers live in Ottawa.
Why have you been going under an
assumed name2"
Because killed four men in Alaska
in 1898 and I did not want to get
caught"
He laid the scene Of this tragedy
near Fort Mcpherson, in the Mackenzie
River country, about 200 miles above
Dawson He said he had about s36. 600