The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-29
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THE sADvocATE.S N,
! 7.E ssEs:= Fss.s= 80 ==s=t==s
ed ttsa pc, / revolver upon him
self s a q ,ttfsd three shots into hts
own boS tWp Just above the heart,
the sotAS In Sas left shoulder \; s 60
TEs xraISay occ1rrsa y tsunasy
!, mora mo sM ah9lit ~ clock ]. in Wash
tngtoQh1 SsS3urt23Mat a bove Jacob street.
=: !, CaEt AFks were5 neigh6ors.
the iat t6g in one stt the three
houses OF the former. Carter ha /
been seQgratsa, from bis wife for. a
year sSF rsssah Mrs.SBuBEs had
'boeBHre HIS me lsaads Sookang
aftetshis odsN FBurks / IN lbs Was Of
an eStres Nelly 4ea}aus dSsposttfon ia d
objecSss ito. ssdaeaa 81 arIangemen more
than X once and had told seYeral
friends that something would happen
which 5~Saadssyir up the conhn1afnity.
,jsSFor ssyerai mouths Ht1rks HID
bEe4S d riB4 King 8 teadily and qua rrals
hst WeSn stm and his wife twer&sS Il
freq ent Occurrence About Two
!; aeks agqshe lett home, aeconaAni3
ed, it is raInored, by another woman.
he spent some. time at Hinton and
Roanoke, 4: ) returning home, Sunday
morning, ;optan early train, He went
to Carter ., hohse about O'clock aid
requested that he come out atd;lget
some money. due him for rent. car
ter informed htQE that, as, he would
beat homsfall aay,, the money could
be paid pt any time. Returning. home,
BuFks, who appeared to be bent4ton
doing something desperate, was de-
TERED From shooting his wife only
by the pFesencS sof his, two. children
in bed W4th-shers at the" time: Later
he went to Carriers house again and
asked him to- cofhe out for the mon
cey,r but Garterj Who had not yet arts
en-, told him to 'see him later ii, the
day. ~. -,i.$-,ss ~. "... III =
IL It, was about 8 o'clock, while car
tea was ;feeding his chickens, that tile
tragedy oceurred!I Burks, Seeing him
In the yard, rushed out of the house
and wiSh tho w6r DIS, you to1d nv;
nay wife 4 had run off with another
woman slIfred Fat Carter twice; the
FIRST going wild. The second pierced
Garter s brain and he fell without a,
word. Bnrks. wife Immediately ran
for doctor, and it was during her;
absence that Burks shot himself, fall
Ing withfn&a few, feet Of the mai, he
had shot q few minutes before. ~ :
j.. The police arrived at the scene a
few minutes after the shooting and
summoned an 'ambulance, which
look Burks to the General Hospital,
where he died at 10 o'clock! The re-
mains OF Carter were taken to Simp-
sons undertaking establishment and
prepared for burial. i
Canr t. Il IS; yifg and UNCLE, who re-
side at ParheTrsbnrg, were > nnotff1eda
and arrived srIsthe city Sunday even
ing. ( His DptheE, pwho lives III New
Jersey, is expected Tuesday. Carter
Is 9spoken@'af in *Skfet' highest terms ~
mas rs associates and was wen to. do forl
one Of his statioh.' He was the owa-
ef or three cottages, in WASHINGTON
Court, and had given'ihis wife a de-
'lrable property att PaFRefsblrg;v his /
FORMER home. His work. at the state
douse, where he had been EMPLOYED
OF about seven years. had always
oeen done In a satisfactory manner
and BE- &gas sssgca rated ssssane: of, the best
IN the 1anitors' force.s g.
Burka had .tesm employed In y. v,{ari-E
2us eaPdcities iii the city, but iatelvI
ais drinking habits had made him sol
1nreiiabfe, ~ It ~ Reported, that n het
.ouna IT difficult TO get,work. He had
been sufferer from heart disease,
Ind this is supposed to have contrib
ate e largely to his dependency, as
his wife, who thought; him con
'umPtive,, because of the hemorrhag-
es to which he was subject, had in !
sisted upon his occupying a separate
room .. ~. e.. ~
Carriers remains were taken to
Monday afternoon. for
BURIAL - '.'