The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-07
KILLED HIMSELF
AND THE WOMAN
Murderer of Bessie Bouton Escaped
Arrest by Suicide.
TRAPPED BY DETECTIVES
LEFT STATEMENT DENYING CUT,
LER MOUNTAIN CRIME.

! . AN FRANCISCO. Nov Strapped
ID in his rooms by the police, and
| fully aware that his last avenue
/ of escape had been barred, Milton
Franklin Andrews. who murdered Mrs.
Bessie Bouton on the top of Cutler
mountain, Colorado Springs, ten
months ago and murderously assaulted
/ and robbed William Ellis, an Australian
hOrseman, at Berkeley, Cal, tonight
/ shot and killed Nulda Olivia, his last
/ female companion, and then sped q
| bullet into his own head, causing in
slant death. That Andrews, for whom
/ the police Of the entire country were
searching, was fully prepared for the
tragedy that closed his career, was
I shown by the fact that he acted with
/ out a moments hesitation.
Fatal Shots Fired.
| Having learned that Andrews and
/ Nulda Olivia were living in an upper
/ Hat at as McAllister street. the police
| department tonight sent detail of two
/ policemen and two detectives to make
arrest. Although certain that Andrews
and the woman were in the two
room apartment they occupied.
Z
! repeated kicking on the door. At the
moment one of the officers was dis
patched for an axe with which the door
was broken open, Andrews fired the
shot that ended the career of his COM
3 panion. The bullet was fired into her
right temple, and she dropped dead on
the bed, falling backwards, with her
[ hands clasped over her breast. When
/ the officers gained entrance TO the
apartment they found Andrews lying
OF the floor, grasping his revolver i'll
/ one hand and mirror in the other.
/ The weapon was of 45-calibre and but
two Of the cartridges had been fred.
! Extra ammunition was found in his
( pockets.
Left Written Statement.
On searching Andrews remains the
| coroner's deputies found $3.50 in gold
and IN English sovereign, all the
money that remained of the $500 of
which Ellis was robbed at the time he
was lured by Andrews TO the latter's
cottage i'm Berkeley Considerable jew
elry was also found on him.
\ rambling typewriter statement,
that had presumably been written by
Andrews, who denied that he had any
thing 10 do with the murder of Bessie
BOuton at Colorado Springs. was found
in one of the dead woman's STOCKINGS.
Andrews and his companion had been
living at the McAllister street house
for three weeks. The landlord stated
that he had believed that only the
woman occupied the apartments, as
the man had never been seen. The
police believed that the couple pursued
the same hiding tactics here as else
where, Andrew remaining entirely
within doors and the woman making
. necessary purchases.
Assault on Ellis.
\ little over a month ago Andrews
and the woman arrived here on a
steamer from Australia. On the vOy-
age they formed the acquaintance Of
William Ellis, q horseman, who was
coming TO California to attend the
winter racing Ellis was known to
have considerable money in his
possession. Friendly relations were
established and when Andrews and the
woman engaged cottage at Berkeley
they invited him 10 luncheon. During
the meal Ellis was struck on the head
with a hammer and the woman fired
couple Of shots at him, but they missed
their mark. Ellis managed TO escape
and notified the police A search Of
the cottage showed that the pair had
made complete preparations for dispOs-
ing of Ellis body. Implements for dis
membering the corpse. acids for mutt
lation, and large pieces of oil cloth
for preventing blood stains were dis
covered.
Fled After Crime.
The couple fed Immediately after
Ellis escape and were not located until
tonight. Photographs Of Andrews
were obtained. and he was positively
identified as the man who was the
friend Of Bessie Bouton Of Syracuse,
y. Y, who was murdered on Cutler
mountain, Colorado Springs, about ten
months ago. The man was then known
as Milton Franklin and had an alias of
William Curtis.
Bessie BOutOn was murdered and
later the clothing on the body was sat
urated with benZine and ignited. When
the remains were found they were 50
badly mutnated that only two gold
filled teeth served 20 identify the vie
tim. Rewards aggregating $500 have
been offered for the arrest Of Andrews.