Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-08
TWO PERSONS
COMMIT SUICIDE
Milton Franklin Andrews and Con-
sort Die Together.
SAME PISTOL IS USED
In a Statement Left In Stocking o
Woman Much Wanted Man DE.
mes the Murders He Is
Charged With.

San Francisco. Nov. s.-Milton
Franklin Andrews. wanted to answer.
at Colorado Springs a charge OF MUIR
dering Bessie Banton. also wanted at
Berkeley. Cal. to answer charge OF
murderous assault on William ElusI
Monday night shot and killed here Nall
da Petrie. his woman companion, and
suicided. /
Andrews and his consort, who fled
after brutally attacking and robbing
William Ellis. a hOrseman at Berke-
ley. whom they lured from Australia,
were found deadin their room at James
Meagher's house. 74S McAIister street.
The police surrounded the place. An-
drews hid I'm a closet. BY a .ubter-
fuge. policeman entered the room.
Realizing their hiding place was dis
covered. the young woman persuaded
the officers To leave the room. She
locked the door and Immediately the
two shots were heard I'm the room. The
police broke in and found the partners
dad with bullet holes in their heads
Andrews with pistol tightly clinched
lay on the floor. while the woman lay
on the bed as II asleep.
Andrews was charged with the muir
der Of Eugene Bosworth at New Brit
ain. Conn. with staying a woman at
Troy. y. Y. and with the killing of Bes-
sic Bouton at Colorado Springs. He
came with Ellis to this section last
month. having selected the horseman
as another victim to add TO his re-
markable record OF crime.
A statement signed by Andrews was
subsequently, found in a stocking OF
the dead woman. in which he says as
follows:
The people of the United States
have all read Of Milton Andrews. the
many times murderer. and his terrible
career OF bloodshed. am Andrews.
and on Nov. 2 I offered TO give my
self up for trial on three murder
charges against me-the murder OF
Bessie Bouton. at Colorado Springs:
murder of Mrs. Bosworth. at New Brit
ain. Conn. and the murder at Troy.
n. Y, of a woman, whatever her name
was. The police claim to have all
kinds OF proof that ! killed all three
l have a few less serious charges
against me and ] agreed TO stand trial
on all three OF the murder charges
provided petty offenses were quashedr
and they would never have theX
brought up against me II ! were
charged a free man from the my
trials
THE first murder / am charged with
IS that of Bessie Bouton. with whom 1
Travelled as man and wife We had
frequently uuarreled and on the strength
of that they say am a murderer. They
say they found she was a travelling
saleslady. Her folks say she sold hair
dressing goods for J. Parker Pray Of
New York. To protect myself I am
compelled to give her history. She never
Travelled or sold goods for any firm. NO
such firm as J Parker Pray was in ex-
istence at New York. employing Bessie
Bouton. She married an electrician
named George Bouion Mt Syracuse. n
Y. and they both used to get drunk
and fight. and they did not live togeth-
or only few weeks. Bessie was q
well known character at Boone's saloon
and all the rest OF the principal saloons
and Joints in Syracuse. She skipped TO
Utica. y. Y. and lived in house known
a- the Globn. met her there and we
formed living for each other. toll
her was gambler and she wante'
10 travel With me. and when she prom
iged to give up smoking cigarettes &c
ting drunk and meeting men took h.
on the road with me-"
Andrews then says that when the girl
was murdered at Colorado Springs he
was 1000 miles away. and also stated
that he had nothing To do with L
other murders attributed TO him.