The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-09
ILLICIT love leads TO7DOUBLE
TRACED DYaAND BREAKS UP TWO
FORMERLY HAPPY HOMES
MARRIED MAN AND WOMAN
IA DEAD AS RESULT OF sEcREr 4
MEETING. iss
4. SsYo e .0l'sRE OF GOING OFF MAD,
y RE5sYou2g SAID LOVER AND
as PULLEDFTRIGGER.

A1lRFEfsYou2"S 1lFlE: Y, SAID LOVER AND
P PULLEDFTRlGGER.
WHEELING Feb. 9.-The flames
4 i'9 o9fathe coal fire in the small front
room of No sa19:Alley Eight last even
Ing cast "a Eghastly glow over an. awful
picture Lying side by side on the
iSA35 fNoor,s in a pool Of their own blood,
We're Mrs. Lorena a. Moore, Of West
Nv Wheeling, and Andrew W. Goudy, Of
Bridgeport, while in the latters
Sclenched hand still lay a brand new
revolver. ithatsw three empty cham
~ bers only too plainly told a story of
Sclandestine meetings, Illicit love, mur-
der and suicide.
The woman is the wife Of Jos. H.
Moore, a lime dealer Of the firm Of
the John Moore Company; and well
known on both the Ohio side and in
this! city. She is about thirty years Of
age, and has been twice married,
but was still blessed with the bloom
SSof youth and natural beauty The fact
Sssofs her infatuation for Goudy was not
cealed, but nevertheless their
meetings We're always secret They
known to have met frequently
at the " Wilkinson house in Alley
a Eight. She is survived by her husband
land one daughter by her former mar
;ssriage. s55
Andrew Goudy was one of tile best
.s engineers insthe employ Of the Clevc-,
land, Lorain and Wheeling, being
might yard engineer at Bridgeport. He
S;!wassa very intimate friend of Joseph
e, Moore: In fact he was frequent
ENisitor at the Moore residence, having
been there for dinner only last Sun.
s58Sday,s but the husband never suspected
The unfalthfulness of his wife or the
falseness OF his friend. Goudy has
81 been: married several years and is
" survived sls,u1r by his wife and small
son. The wife is almost heartbroken
lover the terrible tragedy and is con-
5af lin fined e at the home on Pike street,
bridgeport
Lorena Moore was bright, witty
land lighthearted, and was always a
elcome visitor at the house in the
ss3salley,swhere Ella Wilkinson made her
NJ home alone. There she seemed to
bring new life into the SMALL dark
ssparlorEand shed.like kitchen, though
Sss&swith the appearance Of the lover,
Goudy, Mrs. Wilkinson always retired
sandF left them to themselves. The Wis
SS it5ofS Gopdy never lasted much longer
than an hour and when he left the
would follow shortly after.
$Neighbors frequently saw them but
their movements, never excited com.
sSment3 1t appears or the Wilkinson
woman heSauthorities know little or
nothing.
X The !: fateful visit OF yesterday in
Throwing aside the mask of life for
that of death, has revealed a heart.
s@breaking story. In one family last
evening mamma did not return home
for supper, while in the other family
I fathers packed dinner pail was not
sgtaken away, while in the c., L.. & w.
an engine steamed in readiness
for the nights work, but the deft
hand of its master was absent. In
these two incidents investigations
started by members Of the
household that brought to light the
4 Shooting story the Ohio county au-
thorities We're patiently endeavoring
to suntangle.
Story Of the Tragedy.
4: Llorena Moore yesterday afternoon
TO the Wilkinson house at 2
oclock and there engaged the resi-.
dent In conversation. They talked Of
divers matters, 1t appears, having no
direct bearing upon the affair, until
-four in the afternoon. Then Goudy
scame. He seemed in an excellent
humor, but Mrs. Moore at once en-.
deavored to pick quarrel. She told
him he let his wife rule him too much
~ and accused him in other ways, all Of
which he heard laughlngly.
Angered at his iightheartedness
when she was SO serious, the woman
started for the kitchen, where Mrs.
Wilkinson had already retired, with
an evident intention of going out the
q Kitchen door. Goudy reached out,
caught her by the arm and pulled her
back into the room, saying:
You're not going of mad, are
your, =
4 Mrs. Wilkinson Heard Shot.
The Sdoorswas closed. Mrs. Wilkin.
son the only witness, affirms that
there was loud and angry talking;
about which she could tell little Of; o5it: