The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-31
BLOODY TRAGEDY ENDS
JEALOUSY Of HUSBAND
Edgar Bowman Shoots Young Wife and Kills
Himself in RoOming House on West
Second South Street.
BorrowS Money With Which to Buy Revover-Woman Had
Planned to Bring Suit for Divorce and Secure
Freedom From Unhappy Life

The crime was committed about II
O'Clock, when a number Of policemen
were at police headquarters for the
change of shift The patrol wagon,
flled with these patIolmen. was hur-
riai to the place where Sergeant Rob
erts was found endeavoring to get Il
coherent exclamation OF the uagedy
from the Witnesses. The two women
We're half hystevicaI and Adamson was
Tnnerved by he tell bile scene lie had
witnessed. = was some time lelorn
the police could learn what mad oc-
Cured.
Married Life Unhappy.
Mrs Bowman. before nor marriage.
Was Miss Edna Franks. daughter OF
former Detective g a. Franks. Her
mother was divorced from Franks some
years go and afterwards married john
Eva of PSI East Third South street
The sister, Miss Lenora Franks, who
Witnessed the shooting, was also
daughter Of former Detective Franks
Mrs Bowman was p years old. When
she vas Il she married Bowman and
went to Los Angeles to live. Her mar
ried life was not happy Bowman was
jealous and, she claimed. cruel threat
ening her life several times At last.
growing weary Of the life she was lead
ing with him, she decided To return to
Salt Lake She reached the city last
August and went TO live with her
mother and step-father Bowman cor
responded with her and begged her 10
return to him. At first she answered
his letters, but after a time paid little
attention to them. This must have
stirred his Jealousy 10 a frenzy.
Returned to Salt Lake.
About ten days ago he unexpectedly
appeared in Salt Lake and-called at
the East Third South street house.
There he was welcomed by his wife
Who at first was disposed to return to
him, but after a few days the old fear
of him returned.
She then determined to get di-
vorce. She went to Goodwin & Van
Pelt, who prepared the papers Her
husband learned of her intentions and
earnestly pleaded with her not TO sep
arate from him.
She told him that she did not think
that they could ever be happy to-
gether.
Bowman Uttered Thrsats.
From words dropped by Bowman it
was evident that he believed that she
wished to get rid Of him so as to marry
another man, and he uttered threats
which alarmed the wife's relatives
Former Detective Franks visited his
daughter last Monday. He advised her
TO go to the home of her grandmother.
Mrs. Hannah Hogesen Of Bingham
Junction. until she was able to secure
the divorce and until Bowman left Salt
Lake
Go away to some place where your
husband cannot find you" said Mr..
Franks Bowman is dangerous The
man may kill you. His mental condi-
I ton is such that he is capable of any
thing"
Mrs. Bowman paid no attention to
her fathers advice. It was not until
the first bullet was fred that she real
lied her awful danger. Up to that
moment she had frankly shown her
husband the disdsin she felt for him.
Has Terrible Look.
As she lay gasping upon d couch in
the room in which the crime was com
mitted she said
He often said that he would Kill
me. but l didn't believe him. How ter
rible he looked. When 1 saw that look
I knew he would do it
Mrs. Bowman was taken from the
emergency hospital TO St. Marks hos
pital. after she had been attended by
DR. Paul The bullet which had en-
tered her left breast above the heart.
/ had passed through her body and
LOGGED under the skin IN the back.
The doctor could feel the bullet but
owing to the wOman;s condition would
not perform an operation to remove
it.
While Mrs. Bowman was at the
emergency hospital her mother, Mrs
Eva, and her father Mr. Franks. went
there to see her. The estranged couple
met at the bedside of their daughter
and, forgetting things which had drawn
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