The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-30
SHOOTS WIFE DEAD
THEN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
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Since then he had spent more time In
his room than formerly.
Two Shots are Heard.

Since then he had spent more time II
his room than formerly
Two Shots are Heard.
returned together shorty after the
noon hour and retired at once TO theil
room at the end OF the hall on the
main floor. About 4:10 Linehan went
out alone, returning five minutes la
ter. Almost Immediately afterwards
Mrs. Ruth Leake, the landlady, heard
two shots.
Except for the Linehans the house
was practically deserted at that hour
Mrs. Leake ran to- their room and
found the door locked. She ratified
at the door In vain at the same time
demanding excitedly:
What's the matter In there?"
Receiving no response she went To
the rear OF the house and, mounting
a stepladder, peered through an open
window into the bed chamber Line
han was lying across the bed. with
blood oozing from a wound in his
head. A revolver lay on the floor be-
side the bed. From her position Mrs
Leake could not see Mrs. Linehan
whose body lay on the floor face
downward directly In front OF the
window.
Mrs. Leake ran to store nearby
and asked that an ambulance be sum.
moned. Re-entering her home she
met Charles Conroy, another roomer
coming out and asked him to go for
policeman. Capt Culver. OF Trum'
bull station. CHANGED TO be passing
and Mrs Leake took him TO the rear
Of the house for glimpse OF ~the
death chamber. He called out to the
man on the bed and the latter moved
slightly.
Linehan Unlocks Door.
Capt. Culver ran into the house and
ratified at the door. He was prepar-
ing to- force an entrance when Line
han, dragging, himself from the bed
with great difficulty himself unlocked
the door and admitted the officer. "
was then that the body OF the wife
was discovered.
East End ambulance removed the
man to st. Marys hospital. Coroner
Parker took charge OF the woman'e
body and had II removed to the county
morgue, where County Physicians
Stapleton and Grimes performed 4
post-mortem- examination. Wednesday
night.
Mrs. Leake's recollection OF the mum
Der of shots fred is corroborated by
the finding OF two empty shells In the
revolver that lay beside the bed. One
OF these, the post-mortem examination
showed entered just below the We
mans left eye and passed In direc'
line through the brain, lodging agains
the base OF the skull. which was shat
tered. A bullet hole through the
fieshy part OF the left thumb showed
that the woman had raised her arm
to defenS s~clf just as the shot wa
fired. That the shot was fired at yer!
close range was evident from powde
burns both on the woman's hand AM
cheek.
The other bullet. Linehan sent crash
Ing through his own skull, IL the the
DRY OF murder and attempted suicide
IL correct. holding the weapon TO hi
head Just above and little behind tn
right ear. The ball penetrated tn
brain and emerged near the right TEN
pie. The two bullet holes are abou
two and one-half inches apart.
Talks OF "other Men,"
In a statement. made In the hosp
tai soon after the shooting. Linehai
denied that he had killed his wife. do
cIaring that another man was respor
slble. but he did not name anyone.
He has been paying attention I