The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
SHOOTS HIS WIFE
 AND KILLS HIMSELF
Wm. Fox Will Be Buried in An-
 niSton Today
WOMAN WILL RECOVER
After Telling Friends Goodbye Fox Goes to a House on Avenue B and Attempts Double
 Tragedy.

l After carefully making arrangements for the act, William Fox, whose residence UT until a recent date was in Anniston, en- i tered the house of Matte Agnew 23lt i Avenue B, and shot Mattie Lever a wo- man who is supposed to have been his wife, then turned the weapon upon him self and fired a bullet into his own body which caused his death In few seconds. The first reports were to the effect that l the woman was seriously wounded, but an examination at the Hillman hospital showed the wound to be merely a superfi- cial one. The bullet entered the right breast and buried Itself just little bit under the skin. Fox shot himself just over the heart and his death was all most instantaneous.
 1 The weapon used by the man was an old fashioned double -barreled 45-calibre Der ringer. the barrels of which were only about two inches long, and the nature of the weapon is probably all that saved the woman's life. Fox had apparently cho- sen the weapon which would fire two bull lelS Oit lOI HIS NllG ana lHe OlntI TUT himself.
 The whole affair was undoubtedly pre- meditated, it is said, Fox talked freely of his plans just prior to the shooting. and after spending a short time in a saloon near the resort where the tragedy oc- cured, he wrote q short note and turned 1t over to the bartender, whom he request ed to deliver 1t over to his father. Mike Fox, Bessener. The note bore the follow ing words:
 Please notify MT. Mike Fox. Bessemer, 2425 Fifth avenue. Your son, Will Fox. Goodbye to all"
 Found Her at Breakfast.
 After turning the note over to the bar tender Fox went to the place run by Hattie Agnew and found the woman whom he said was hls wife eating break fast with number of other women. This was about Il o'clock. It Is said he called to his wife, asking her to come out into the back yard where he was standing, stating that he had something to say to her. She told him. according to reports. to wait until she finished her breakfast, and about 11.15 she came out into the yard to meet him.
 A few words passed between the two and then Fox drew his Derrnger and fired the shot which entered the Lever womans body. He saw her fall to the ground, and then stepped up. fired a shot which entered just above his heart. and his body fell just a short distance from where she was lying.
 A number of the other women in the house ran immediately to the place where Matte Lever lay, but Captain of Police J. s. Johnston and Policemen Cole and Ray were the first officers to reach the scene. Gaudn & Co.'S ambulance was called, and then the wounded woman was asked questions as to the cause of the shooting. She stated that she was married to Fox. but had left him because she had not been treated right by him.
 Woman's Wound Not Serious.
 She was hurried to the hospital and i'm medately placed on the operating table and the bullet extracted. The injury is nothing more than a slight flesh wound. and unless some unexpected complications set in the woman will be able to leave
 
 at the hospital as Annie Fox.
 Fox's body was taken to the undertake ing establishment of Gaudin x Co.,, where it was prepared for burial. Will Fox was well known in Birmingham and Jefferson county, and well related in this district He was d molder by trade and worked in Bessemer for some time. and it is under stood that he had been working in a res taurant on Avenue B and Twenty third street just prior to his suicide. He was man about 20 years of age and besides his father, Mike Fox, he had q number of other relatives living in Bessemer
 The remains were prepared for burial yesterday evening, and the body was sent to Annston last night at midnight for interment. The funeral will take place at Anniston this morning at 10 o'clock.