Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-22
fer lhls afternoon with the other an.
lhor,os TO determine ~ 10 he inquest,
WHO PRINCIPALS ARE,


ody arc Mrs Mary QUINN, aged 20 years
wife OF Daniel j QUINN foreman III the
oregon short Line yards, Frank w.
Nutllng a sWitchmun, and a boon com.
pauion Of Qunns
Nutllng came here from Kansas city
w May, lie Wna u married man, ana
his wife ia now living IN that city he
was manlod about two years ago His
lntnor ana mother are In Kansas city,
ana all Of them have been notified by
wire Of the tragedy Whether Nullng
had any children or not could not be-
lscorlanod. His wife Wp ready 10
leave for salt Lake until advised not
to come Nuttlng worked IN Kansas
Cily several years H. ls a member
OF the Swlichmnn's union, ana also a
member Of the Is, Of u, order
MIS- Quinn was born IN Alabama 20
years ago Two years ago sho married
quinn IN the east and came here 10
I'VE. She Is Of rather slender build,
about feet 6'a inches IN height ana
mas a sWnrhy complexion, and an
abundance " black, coarse, straight
and Oily hair Her eyes are OF n mud
az brown, ana are almost expressions.
lees She Was dressed this morning In
blue serge suit
PUZZLED THE POLICE,
The attitude of Mrs. Quinn In chief
Lynche office last nghi was pu12ng
10 thu officials After becoming calm
she stared at lha chief with her oN'
prossonlcss eyes, but several times
wlnke1 az that officer IN u manner that
indicated that her mental condition was
by on mcuns normal
suddenly she observed the revolver
lying on the chiefs desk She walked
10 The desk and picked mp the weapon
bN the handle with her thumb and fore
ilngor She gaged at the weapon a mo.
ment and said.
Yos, chat " the gun"
Chlef Lynch WAS watching her close.
~ and had his hand CONVENIENTLY near
the revolver Mrs Quinn raised II and
slowly and deliberately turned Il to-
ward hor head until the mu22lc was
nlnling directly at her rhiof Lynch
lhol seized the weapon aud took II
away nom her rcmnrking, ~ guess
You nave soon enough of IT,"
Vnlll nonrly o'clock the woman was
questioned She declared repeatedly she
did not shoot Nulting, hui when she
hofncd tho man was dead she called
W. Evans undertaking parlors and
WN'd' Us Fred Nultng'8 body there"
WAS uNpIsTuRBED,
Receiving an affirmative rcply sho
turned away from the phone and said
"My.dod, WIN have this thing ON
my souly' But there was no emotion
accompanying the exclamation, Sho
insisted that There had been no improp.
or relations between her and Nutting
only llnlcnlc affection She said she
intended starting "A roominRhouso ana
that Nut,ing promised her some money,
WENT TO NuTTlNGs ROOM
She visited Nu,img mt his room
last Thursday night II she had been
there before that no one knew II, She
remained uniil II o'clock and then went
homo,
Yesterday early In the afternoon, she
again went TO HIS room, When tho shoe
was fred, no ono was IN the house ms
the roomcrs were all out IN the yard.
None Of them heard the shot,
Tho place IN conducted by Mrs, Mag
gle Rowland Nu,tng had lived there
for several months, lie worked sto0di.
" ana 80 far us known drank very
little II NJ all
Mrs. Rowland said Nuttlng was
good tenant and had never known him
TO Interfere with anyone,
WERE Roth TOGETHER,
According TO statements made by cm-
ploycs at the oregon Short Line yards
Nuttlng did no, work Thursday night,
the night Mre, quinn was with him,
They say that Nuttlng nsld Quinn
were apparently the best OF friends
| They took their lunch together and
gave other manifestations Of friendship,
Last night Foreman Quinn was notI'
| fed NJ the yards OF the tragedy, lie
| manifested no surprise,
~ moro than half expected IT," he
| said, He admitted knowledge NJ tho
fact that his wife was IN Nuttlng's
room, that the man had been shot, and
| that his wife was under arrest ON sus-
| pcion Of having done murder, lie re-
fused absolutely 20 discuss the case,
ana up 20 this writing had not been
| near the police station The police
knew nothing OF his Whereabouts,
NuTTlNG's FRIENDS CALL
This morning some OF Nutings
| friends called ~ police headquarters
and asked where the body was They
| said that they would take charge of
| the remains, and II ~ probable the
body viii be shipped TO Kansas city
| The men who called refused 10 give
| their names, or give out information
| concerning Nuttngs past NO. one OF
| the friends stated that the dead mans
| wife was ready 10 leave for salt Lake
but WAS requested by wire not TO come,
IN THE MoRGuE,
| Fred W Nutting, a ewltchman ON.
| ployod by the oregon Short Line Rail.
| road company " lying dead nt the
| undertaking. parlors OF \, D. Evans, aa
n result " "A bullet wound In the groin,
| Tho fatal shot was nrod about 1880
| o'clock last evening In his room NJ lb7
south Fourth West street, Whilo be,
ing removed 10 st. Marks hospital no
expired The weapon used was "A 81
collber Harrington & Richards pearl
| handled revolver
Just before expiring Nutllng accused
| Mrs, Mary Quinn Of firing the shot
but moment later declared she was
innocent lie was IN great pain when
making the statement and the police
say he was somewhat lnoohcreni,
| The police found the gun under the
mattress OH which Nuttng was lying
| According TO the police the KUN was In
"A position indicating that Il was very
improbable tina, Nu,tlng shot himself
| Mrs Quinn had been IN the room
nearly all afternoon, and was there
when the police arrived,
| Nutting was absolutely nude, him
body being IN a crampod position, llo
screamed with pain ana cried out
"Sho shot NO." Mrs, Quinn said II
did not Are the shot don't know
how I, was done"
THE WOMAN ARRESTED,
She was arrested and taken TO police
headquarters, whore chief Lynch qucs,
toned her until nearly 2 o'clock this
morning She admitted that no ono
was IN tho room at the time, and that
no one had been there during the after.
noon, She declared repeatedly how
ever, that she did not shoot Nuttlng,
When the olllcors arrived Mrs Quinn
was partly undrosacd She had ON
only ohemIse loose skirt and stock
lnRa. She was sllllnR on tho bod fnn /.