The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-10
ANGRY FATHER
SHOT HUSBAND
Of CHILD WIFE
Bride of FoE.aen Was to be
Left With" hnarents
for a Tim. cus
HUSBAND REFUSED TO TELL
WHERE She Was BEING kept

When the Husband Refused to Tell,
RiddIed Him With Bullets-Parents
Agreed to Marriage.
Washington, May 10.-Believing
that his 14-year-old daughter Dorothy,
who three weeks ago was married to
Irving w. Beck, a grocer, aged SO
years, was being held prisoner
against her. will, Albert Willard, a
machinist, Of 204 N. street southeast,
yesterday afternoon fired three shots
into the body of his son-in-law be-
cause the latter refused to divulge the
whereabouts of his child-wife. Beck
died at Casualty hospital about $3.50
o'clock last night. The body was re-
moved to the morgue, and this after
noon Coroner Nevitt will hold an in
quest.
Willard Is locked up at the Fifth
precinct station house. He made a
statement to the police late last night
in which he admitted shooting Beck,
but explained that he had warned
Beck he would kill him unlesa he al
lowed Mrs. Beck to return to her par
ents. Willard said he was driven to
desperation by worry over his little
daughter, who, he said. was taken
from her home on Monday, and, so
far as he knew, was being held a
prisoner.
Beck never regained consciousness
after he was shot. The shooting oc-
CURED about o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon In Becks grocery store, at
Second and N streets southeast. The
victim was taken to Casualty hospi-
tai, where the physicians made every
effort to save his life. OF the three
bullets which took effect, only one
was extracted.
Child.Wife Frustrated.
Beck's child-wife is. prostrated with
grief. She is now at the home Of her
mother, and when told of the death of
her husband she collapsed. and a
physician had to be summoned.
About an hour after Beck was ad-
mitted to the hospital a slip of a girl
with her hair down her back and
dresses to her knees, walked timidly
into the Office. Her eyes we're large,
and when she spoke her voice sounded
like that Of child or 10 years old.
Can l see my husband?" she asked.
"Is he hurt bad?"
The physicians gazed at the child in
wonder, and one of them, patting her
on the head, asked who her husband
was.
"Mr. Beck is my husband" said the
child. He was shot by my father. and
want to see him. Here is my we'd
ding ring" she added, holding up her
left hand that the physicians might
see the gold band. When she was
told that her husband was in serious
condition she smiled childishly and
said she hoped he would get WELL
When she left the hospital she ran
down the steps and skipped down the
street like child fastening from
school.
Goes to Mothers Home.
From the hospital Mrs. Beck went
direct to the home of her mother, and
when she walked into the parlor Mrs
Willard took her into her arms and
burst into tears. Little Dorothy wept
also. and when seen a short time later
she said, speaking of the shooting of
her husband:
Il think daddy did wrong to shoot
Irving. was fixed nicely, and had
nothing to complain of. Irving gave
me pelnty Of money, and l could come
and go as I saw fit. But he told me
not to 60 home, and l thought myself
that 1t would be better If l stayed
away. When Irving gets out of the
hospital am going back to live with
him. love him Just as much now
1t not more. than l ever did. I am
sorry for him, and hope he will get
WE'LL"
Mrs. Willard. when her daughter
said she would 60 back to live with
Beck. said:
mo, my daughter. you must stay
here with your mother. don't want
you to 60 back to live with that man."
The child wife replied:
Il am going back to him, mother"
Child Was to Stay Home.
Beck was permitted to marry Doro-
thy Willard on condition that he
would allow the child to remain with
her parents. For two weeks Mrs.
Beck lived with her parents. On
Monday last her husband called at
the house and took her to the theater.
When the child failed to return home,
the father and mother became greatly
agitated, and the former, according
to Mrs. Willard. attempted suicide.
Willard tried to cut his throat
with butcher knife. and when the
knife was taken away from him by his
wife, he attempted to swallow a quaint
ity Of carboic acid, which contained
insect powder.
On Tuesday and Wednesday Willard
made frequent visits to Beck's grocery
store. 200 N street southeast, implor-
ing him to let Dorothy return to her
parents. Beck told the father that
Mrs. Beck was comfortable, and that
she did not wish to return to her
parents.
Yesterday morning Willard made a