Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-21
OEBTOR MURDERS
HIS CREDITOR
r \. Geiger Has Dispute With
lanes II. 0Iiphant and
Shoots Him.
Ne THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE
s..rcd 10 De Making Demands That
Wcr, ACKNOWLEDGMENT He Was
Temporarily Insane.

Vow york; Dec. 2O-James IT, OLE
.t,rf senior member of the stock ok.
,b,rro firm OF James H. Ouphaut g.
~ died tonight from O bullet und
rfIe.,d in hIs office this afternoon by
charles A. Gelger customer from
psautort. s. c.. who, after fring upon
ogphant killed himself
Ourh8ut died at 2:S0 Saturday morn
mg
Tho men were closeted iu Onphants
,rlyato office at the time and an that
4 known of the Incidents Immediately
rrscsaing the shooting was learned
nom the lips OF the dying broker Oil
rhart said that his refusal TO extend
further credit Co Geiger caused the
tragedy. There is reason 20 believe,
however, tnat Gelger had become mem
tally irresponsible. a notebook found
upon his person contained a computa-
ton hv which the writer apparently
gnU0O00 by Jan ]. 1908. lie actually
roszessed so far as his personal effects
showed less than Sl1.
6egcr owed the ELEPHANTS $1,000 and
had been asked Tor a settlement. He
cfred 40 their office today and after
esrlammg that he could not meet his
litigation. asked that the firm advance
Inn sufficient credit TO carry 5000
,hares OF certain stock until a rise in
ihs price should yield him profit His
Imposition was refused. and the shoe,
lng followed.
The offices Of James n. Ouphant &
.Y.. az q N
tsr of the financial district. and the
shooting caused a sensation I'm the
street and temporarily Interrupted the
business Of the curb traders. the scene
az whose activities is overlooked from
the big Office building Clerks who
rushed their way into ELEPHANTS office
when they heard the shots fired,
stumbled over Geiger's dead body. He
had shot himself u the mouth and
again in the right temple. a revolver
was cIutched in the right hand. oil
rhaut had slipped from his chair ana
hv half concealed under his desk. A
ballet had entered the stomach. grazed
tie llpeys and lodged In the back.
GEIGERs CAREER.
Beaufort, S. c.. Dee. 2O.-Charles A.
Gager, who Killed j. II Oliphant in
New York today lived here for two
Years Each day he expected kilograms
ron his broker. James Oliphant ex-
CDi during the Geographic strike. when
ha went 10 New York. returning as
slou as it was over. on Tuesday last
De left here. saying he was going TO
Atlanta. He was uncommunicative.
teyer drank, and he seemed TO live an
6 bsteminous. simple and regular life.
lie wls born in Roswell, Ca, in 1852
Ills father was at one time a physician
at Baltimore. His mother was Miss
Helen H. Barnvell OF Beaufort, S. c.
He spent many years abroad, ana on
coming back TO Beaufort in January,
1906 Dc told friends here that he was
40 one time court physician TO King
lineiik OF Abyssinia, and became a
friend Of Count Szechenyi, the fiance OF
Miss Vanderbilt In his room he had
many photographs OF himself and the
cunt taken together I'm Abyssinia, as
ven as many curios collected IN Africa
ie said that be served also as ply
ician at the court OF the sultan Of
Iorocco. 10 the very few with whom
e talked he showed himself TO be a
nan of culture, broad education, wide
Iavel and a successful physician.