The evening world., 1904-04-22

HIS DYING WORDS
Wife Slayer, Before Facing
Rifles of State Executioners,
Calmly Declared 1t Was His
Duty to Murder the Woman.

Especial to The Evening WORLDLY
SALT LAKE CITY, April 2.-Declar-
n hg that he had killed his wife because
b had been predestined he should. Frsnk
-. Rose wa shot to death to-day in the
thil yard as punishment for his crime.
SHe had the preference of being hanged
or hot and chose the latter.
In a statement preceding his execu-
kfNon Rose told the story OF the tragedy
y calmly as though relating an incident
- passing interest
Vi II had planned for months TO Kill my
khvlfe," he said. II had told her that II
ne dad not quit her conduct with other
men ] certainly would kill her. she
eoid me each time she didn't care
aEinauy Christmas Day came.
ny wife asked me II I was solnR
- KIN her, and 1 said Yes h
haaa II vvas all right, adding thai
should TO out and get something
Sess breakfast. I cooked breakfast.
AFTER breakfast my wife again
hsassd me II I was going 60 XIII
hnr, and I told her Yes We sat
h-ound until about II O'Clock She
ssnt out and got stnh for dinner.
A5ax1nS she q ntos meal be-
lDse she died.
sWhsn she Game back shs brought .
mt boeete OF whiskey. She drank some
: md told me to drink some. Ny wife
bhsn prepared dinner. We got through
r Hbout . o'clock Shs said she wanted
80 60 out about an hour. She came
ghaoaE about . O'Clock. just a. b said
she would
ssEhen she said 20 me; Wen, n you
going 10 keep your promtssf' and I
answered, Yea
Then He hot HsH.
.Then she said, Wei, let's 90 TO
h.d.' She undressed irst and told me
3 do the same. I toe my pistol out OF
nv pocket and put 1t on the pillow.
hhe got into bed, about h middle OF
4, 1 got on the inside next the wal.
sfThen we talked n little while.
NE talked about dying. turned
her lace toward me and asked IL
I was going to keep my word, and
said 'Yes.'
"Then she said, II don't believe
you are game
az said, ooh, res I am'
"After that 1 said. q Will how
you.'
"she closed . s1es ana told me
20 sheot.
IT said 20 hsr 70 turn her back. as I
ala not want 20 shoot her in the fore
head and disiSurs hsr noe. Then she
turned her back to me. and I felt her
head TO see where was the best place
to shoot her. I located the spot with
my finger. II was o. the back Of the
head behind the right .
ssThen ] held the gan within six
inches. When I pulled the trigger
the sun was szDiodsd and she was
elaot.
"shs tuzAsd evsz ON "a sasa,
and i Jumped out OF bed.
"shs said, TweIl, BranlS zen dad
aes
aThsn she asked me to k1ss her,
then she asked fog the baby, and
] put him on h bed. Aftsr .
while she asked me % rub her
head, ssyfng Il felt numb. she
talked to me, and soastfmes
eszid not understand hsz. finally
Z me disdI'
sSWsss you druu1rs- hs was aairsA
/ te9gos
Were o tnsanss-
Mo-
Hose told about how hs had then
Etarted out to md two men. Harvey ID.
srofes.s ana 70 Z " Y. Jenkins, Of whom he
e 5in them qlso.. He did not md them,
1e ciaimed 70 have zone back several
Nnes during the succeeding three days,
= feed The child whom he had left in
psn With the mothers corpse. There IN
no sVfdenoe. however. that he did.
Made No Defense.
When. three days later, hs walked
J INTO the police station and told of his
I eztme the officers went to the scene
| . broke into the room. In the dark
\ psated on the bed beside the iifeless
! body Of his mother, his clothing stained
With her blood. He looked up as the
newcomers entered. patted the dead
= Homap'9 cheek with his tiny hand, and
aid, In an innocsntly distressed man
! sMamma won't wake up
8 Placed on the stand during his trial,
4 Rope told nonchalantly of his crime.
\ md declared he. was not only willing.
! but anxious TO die. Physicians who exc
Z emined, him testified he was wholly
5 The only direct evidence rs to his
( crime was given by himself. He de-
lighted In going ove- the details OF his
self. Of her kissing tho baby Just before
4 took place between his wife and him
lelf, OF her kissin the baby Just before
\ u the ma who had just slain her. He
Z teclined to make a defense. Asked for
! statement of his motive, Rose said:
y Il believe In the doctrine OF pre-