Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-21
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RUNS | A|H|UCK
IN HIS RAGE:
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Larry kavanaugh in Jealous Pas
sion Attacks Woman
With a Razor.
VICTIM ESCAPES SCREAMING.
after Vicious Attempt TO End Life
Of Mrs. CrandaIl He Cuts
His Own Throat.
Policemen Meet Glusuy Sight as The,
Enter House Where Tragedy. III 3.
Occurred.

In the blind passion of Jealous ra.,,
and maddened by the rejection of his
advances, Larry kavanaugh shortly
after II o'clock today attacked Mrs.
Elma Crandall at her home, 143 Social
Hall avenue, with a razor hacking her
throat and wrists, and MS she escaped
from him. turned back into his own
room in the house and completed his
LIES tragedy by cutting his own
throat.
The attempted murder and the suicide
form one of Social Hall ave-
nue's grimmest tragedies. There
We're no eye-witnesses to tile
actual attack. which occurred. .Sin
the Kitchen, and it was not until N1rs.'
G,raNdall ran screaming into the yard
with IaYanaugh still clutchng and
hacking at her that the attention of the
neshbors was attracted, Several saw
the scufile iii the back yard and then
with the blood gushing from her throat
and wrist the woman ran into t!ip
street and to the house of a friend,
Mrs. Anna Lindell. two doors away.
MEET CHASTITY SIGHT.
Even Mile the struggle was going
on. in the yard tho police We're. notified
by telephone and Lieut.. Hempel and :.
several officers were quickly on the
ground, AS they arrived several Of tho
neighbors and William kirschcff, a
bell boy at the University club Whosha
witnessed the struggle, Informed them
that the man had gone into the house
With Lieut.. Hempel leading the way,
the officers went through the house, to /,
draw back in horror at the CHASTITY sight
lSof the front bedroom. Flat on; his back
with his throat cut from eai5to ear and
hegllead almost severed from the body
lSavanaugh lay gasping his last
brea this 4 b rs 3i.
The3scene of the bedroom, with all Its
evidence of grim purpose. was grew
some in the extreme. After re ontering
hissrooni.. ISavanaugh had evidently de-
liberately stood in front of the mirror
to look at41is own last act, The bureau
spread was saturated with his blood,
and the swift determined insertion Of
the razor was manifested In the blood -#1
spattered mirror and wall. With a
single step backward he had fallen on
his back hurting from him the razor
which broke as it struck the wall.
STORY OF TRAGEDY.
The attempt to murder was told by
Mrs. Crandall in an incoherent way
between her gasps for breath as she 4
lay on the floor Of her friends house,
awaiting the arrival tAof a physician. e
Mrs. Crandal Is q divorced woman,
and has maintained a small boarding
house at 1Sl Social Hall avenue for tile
past two months karanaugh, who has
been employed at the Kenyon hotelfas
night porter, roomed at the house. His
attentions toward Mrs Crandall We're I.
not returned and she had endeavored
to get him to leave the house. as she
was in fear of him.
According to her story after the
tragedy, while she was in the kitchen,
Iiavanaugh came in clad only in his
trousers and shirt and in his bare feet.
As she turned around she saw the
razor in his hand.
FIENDISH ATTACK.
With the words, 1--WE made up my
mind 10 kill YOU, and | guess I'll do
il now" he lunged at her and as she
threw up her arm in protection she
partly warded off what would have
been her death blow. As the razor fell
in its sweep it entered the right side
Of the neck and then across the wrist.
With a scream OF terror she ran into
the yard with Kavanaugh behind her.
He caught her again and while he
was attempting to strike another blow
she fell to the ground and managed to
roll away from him. Rising to her
feet quickly she ran screaming out of
the front gate and to the home of Mrs.
Lindell
FORCED ATTENTIONS ON HER.
To News representative Mrs.
Lindell said:
80 n Holt 1Nnnv 1fr raj cr,v.
some time that kavanaugh would
harm her. He has tried to force his
attentions on her and she has been
afraid OF him and has spoken of II
frequently She wanted to get rid or
him but was afraid to tell him and she
told me the other day that she was
going to try to get another roonler. +
and that would be an excuse for her
to tel. aim that she couldn't board him
any longer.
'srhe FIRST sw of the affair was
when | heard yne screams and ran to
the front door to see her coming to-
wards my hoase with her throat all
bloody The two were alone in the
house at the time as Grace, Mrs.
crandalls little daughter was playing
with my little girl in the yard here.
think he WAS insanelE Jealous, and
wouldn't giye Mrs. Crandali up
William Kershaw, the boy at the Uni
versity club said that he had seen the
two run into the yard and that the man
was beating the woman. When the
woman started towards the front of the
house the man had gone back into the
kitchen.
OF NoMApIC DISPOSITION.
Kavanaugh mas worked at various in
tervals as porter at the Kenyon hotel
for the past four or five years. working
a few months al a time and thenegoing
TO some other town for a WHILE He re-
turned to Salt Lake from one of his z
jaunts ABOUT month ago. rs-entering
the employ OF the hotel. On account %
rheumatism he laid off for five nights,
returning TO his duties last night -,
was OF Irish extraction and was known Il
at the hotel as a jolly, likable fellow
During his work last night he, exhibited
no Indication of breeding -or worrying