Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-07
KILLED HIMSELF AND WOMAN.
When Hiding Place Discovered She
Persuaded Police to Leave Room for
A Moment Tragedy Following
HE LEFT A WRITTEN STATEMENT
he aud Bessie Travelled as Man aud
Wile--Giycs Her History to Pro.
tect Herself

San Francisco. Nov. MILTON Frank-
l.u Andrews and his consort, Nulda Pc
tr.e. who had fled after brutaly at
lacking and robb.ug william Ellis,
horsemau at Berkeley, whom they had
lured from Australia were dead last
night On the rooms at James Meaghres
house at 769 NIcAlister street The po-
lice had surrounded the place. Andrews
was hidden IN a closet when a police.
man by subterfuge entered the room.
Realizing that their hiding place was
discovered the young woman persuaded
the policemen TO leave the room. she
locked the door and Immediately after
ward two shots were heard I'm the
apartment The police broke in and the
bodies Of the tugitives with bullet holes
n their heads were found Andrews
pistol was clutched I'm his right hanl
where he was lying on the floor. Tho
woman rested on a bed as II IN sleep.
Andrews was charged with the MUIR
der Of Eugene Bosvorth, at New Bril-
tain, Conn., with the Staying OF a wom-
am at Troy n. Y, and with the killins
Of Bessie Bouton at Colorado Spring..
He returned with Ellis to this country
last month, having selected the horse
man as another victim for his remark
able record of crime.
A statement signed by Andrews was
/ subsequently found In the stocking os
| the dead woman, in which he says, IS
| follows
ANDREWS STATEMENT.
"The people Of the United states
| have AN read OF Milton i. Andrews. the
many times murderer, and his terrible
| career Of hloodshed. / am Andrews.
/ and on Nov 3 ] offered TO give myself
up for trial on the three murder charges
| against me the murder of Bessie Bou-
. tom at Colorado Springs, the murder Of
/ Mrs. BusWorth at New Britain. Conn,
/ and the murder OF the Troy n. Y,
woman, whatever her name is. The
police claim TO have all kinds OF proof
that I killed an three. | have a few
less serious charges against me, and
I agreed to stand trial on all three Of
the murder charges provided the petty
oifenses were quashed. and they would
! never have them brought up against mo
/ n ] were discharged "a free man from
the three murder trials
STORY OF BESSIE BoUToN.
"Thc first murder am charged with
is that Of Bessie Bouton. with whom [
Travelled as man and wife We had
frequent quawels and on the strength
! OF that they say / am the murderer.
They say they found She was IA travel
/ Ing saleslady Her folks saw she sold
! hair dressing goods for j. Parker pray
| of New York TO protect myself l am
/ compelled to give her history. She
never Travelled or sold any goods for
amy firm No such firm as j. Parker
Pray was iu existence I'M New York
an electrician named George Routon i'm
Syracuse. A. y. and they both used to
get drunk and fight and they did not
live together only o few weeks Bcs-
| sic was "a we'll known character at
1 Rnonr's saloon and AN the rest of the
principal saloons and Joints i'm SYRIA
| cuso She skipped % Utica. ~ Y, and
went Co live Boo q house known as the
. Globe I met her there and we formed
% Ukiug for each other l told her I
was a. gambler and she wanted 10 trav-
cl with me. and when she promised to
give mp SmoNug cigarettes getting
o , . ana ii,,, WI. men, '''N '''' ."
when we arrived at Chicago
| b0lght her some diamonds from the
Raumon JeWelry company She agreed
that II ever she met men again or got
| drunk ! was TO take them all back Q
wo would separate. We hired room
ON Cottage Grove avenue opposite
| Giases saloon aud l gtlnbled tor q nv
ms and won $4,000 In 20 few months In
q biz poker room. caught her play
iug sneak on me and going 10 the Al
llmbia hotel district in which she be-
I came well known character, We
split up several times ON the strength
OF it but each time took the bag OF