The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-06-28
T. o. WHITE, OF PENDLEToN
FAILS IN HIS EFFORTS
TO KILL HER.
Biowa Hh Own Brains Out On
Account Oh Fear for Her Life
and Chi1dfsn She Deserts
Him Terrible Horrors
in Streets Of Warsaw
and LODI.

and LODI.
Pendleton. Or, June 24.-T. @.
White, an Umatilla rancher, this
evening shot his wife and her neph-
ew, wounding them slightly, and
then killed himself with revolver.
Mrs. White had just left town,
where she had consulted lawyer
with view of obtaining a divorce
on the ground of cruel treatment.
About 8 o'clock this evening, as
Mrs. White, her 7-year-old daugh-
ter, Grace, and her nephew, a 49,
year-old boy named Norton, were.
driving from this city to the Nor
ton raach, ten miles west of PEN
dleton, T. O. White, the husband of
the woman in the buggy, rode up
from behind the rig until even with
the seat upon which his wife sat,
and without word leveled a re-
Ivolver at her and fred five shots in
quick succession.
Upon the frs. shot the woman
received wound in the left wrist,
which caused her to fall into the
bottom Of the rig. Two more tu'- :
Ilets also took effect and caused
IAesh wounds in her back. None
lof the wounds, however, proved se-
Erious, and with proper care Mrs.
White may recover, unless blood
poison sets in in her wrist, from q
few threads which were pulled into
1.-THE wound with the bullet.
The boy who was driving receiv-
led a flesh wound in his left knee,
which is thought TO have been caus.
led by the bullet which struck Mrs.
Wright's wrist glancing from her
arm to his leg.
I After White had fred upon his
wife be evidently concluded that
she was dead, and, turning his
horse, erode back toward the city
labout quarter Of a mile, where he
/ dis mounted from bis horse and af.
ter reloading his revolver placed il
lin the middle Of his forehead and
iblew his brains out.
A csroner's jury was sworn In
land in company with Coroner Hen.
Iderson and Deputy Sheriff Blakely,
went to the scene of the tragedy
A search of the suicides pockets re-
vealed numberless trinkets, which
it was learEed that he had won dur
ing the afternoon at shooting gal
lery-four necties, two pocke
knives. and $4.65 in money.
Around his, neck suspended By
a gold chain. was a woman's golt
watch, apparently new. From
case in his pocket, 1t is surmise,
that this was purchased in Port
land, from which city he had jus
returned, and it is thought that
was to be used as a peace-sfferin
to his wife to aid in reconciliation
This afternoon Mrs. White wa
on her way to the city with her eld
est child and her nephew, G. Nor
top. A short distance from th
icity they were met by White, wh
called to them to halt. The bo
drove on rapidly, White followin
up with threats to do them bodil
harm. AS soon as they arrive
Mrs. White went to William New
berry's office for the purpose of b,
ginning divorce proceedings.
Mrs. White stated that Whil
had at various times threatened {,
z shoot her and the three email Chi
dren, and, fearing that be woul
carry his threat into execution, ST
had left her husband the first
this month and had been livin
with her brother, 81 Norton, te
miles from the city.
Mrs. White, being almost ner
Gus wreck because of her husband
Icruel and inhuman treatment, +
- mained In the attorneys office u
til 6 o'clock this evening, fearir
that White would see her az
shoot. Between 6 and o'clos
Mrs White and her nephew start,
for the Norton ranch. As they Il
the city they were closely watch,
by White. The husband then pr
cured horse from a livery stab
armed himself and started in pu
suit.
on the roadside.
The remains were brought to t
morgue in this city at midnight.
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