Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-18
SH0T HIS WIFE THEN KILLS
 HIMSELF
An Fl Paso & Southwestern Brakeman, In Fiji of Jealous Rage, Attempts to Murder
 His Wife In Booming House.

Enraged by a jealousy that has been cankering his ssul for months, and los Ing hope of ever winning his wife back to his side, from which she had been estranged by alleged brutality on his part, Gilbert c. Boone yesterday after noon shortly before o'clock shot his wife through the right lung and inflict- ed a wound from which she now lin gers between life and death, and then turned the weapon upon himeslf, In- flisting a wound from which he died instantly.
 The trouble, which is said to have been brewing for months, eliminated in a rooming house at S21 Texas street, which was conducted by Mrs. Boone, when Boone called at the house after being away for about a week, es- tranged by beating which he Is said to have given his wife, and for which he was fined s20 in the police court, with the admonition the judge to had expressed the wish that she never see him again.
 Only One Eyewitness.
 The only eyewitness to the terrible tragedy which ended the life of Boone and terribly wounded his wife was Mrs. Frank McDevitt, a roomer in the house. The wound was inflicted up- on Mrs. Boone by her husband In the room occupied by Mrs. McDevitt, as Mrs. Boone crouched behind a wash. stand and begged for her life. She tells story of the crime, which must have been perpetrated by a man mo- mentarily maniac.
 Tragedy Seen by Mrs. Mepevitt.
 Mrs. McDevitt told the following story of the tragedy.
 Mrs. Boone was in my room and we were talking. Suddenly the bell which calls the landlady rang, and she started to the door. As she reached the door heard her say:
 Now Gabe, I've told you that there is no use for US to try to live to- gether." ...
 Ran at Sight of Revolver.
 q could see out the door, and as Mrs. Boone said this I saw Boone draw a revolver, and Mrs. Boone started to run across my room to a washstand in the corner. She crouched behind this and Boone, standing in the doorway, shot at her. The first ball missed her and I could see it blow mark along the plaster in the room only a few inches from the crouching form of Mrs. Boone. He shot again and this bullet took effect. She jumped up and started for the door. brushing past her husband, who shot again at her as she fled down the hall, screaming.
 Presently heard another shot and the fall as of body. I then went into the hall and there saw the prostrate form of Boone, his clothing still smok- ing where they had taken fire from the revolver" D.. ,t-,,
 Said Husband Shot Her.
 Mrs. Boone, after she had received the wound from the revolver of her husband, ran into the hall and down the stairs and into the saloon which occupied the first floor of her rooming house. Here she almost fell, and leaning against the bar she gasped out that she was shot, and that her hus- band was the one who shot her.
 The proprietor of the place, J. G. Barry, picked the wounded woman up and carried her across the street to another rooming house, and Dr. An ierson was summoned. After an ex- animation of the wound Dr. Anderson said that the wounded woman had a fighting chance for recovery.
 Bullet Went Through Right Lung. ..
 The ball entered her back, just at the point of the right shoulder blade. and penetrated her body, coming out just below the right nipple. Her clothing was steeped in blood, which dyed her waist in both the back and front.
 Many Times Arrested.
 Boone was a brakeman on the Fl Paso 6 Southwestern, running between Fl Paso and Santa Rosa. He and his wife have been married for about three years, and their home life is said to have been far from Dleasant.
 The records in the justice and police courts show that at least three times Boone has been arrested for beating his wife The first time was about a year ago, when he was arrested by then Deputy Constable Ryerson. He was fined s16.50 in Justice Marshal's court. At this time the two were living on Texas street, just a block from where the tragedy of yesterday occurred.