The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-20
JEALOUS LOVER
KILLED COUPLE
After the Double Shooting He
Turned the Revolver on
Himself

rhlaoelphia, Dec. 20.-Joseph MUIR
ray. alias Earnest Bird, nurse at
the state hospital, at GRAY Stone. N.
J., shot and probably mortally wound-
ed Minnie d. Carey, who was also
known as Mrs. William Bostic, and
ner companion. William Boswick, this
AFTERNOON, shortly before / o'clock.
When he found the two together, and
then turning the revolver to his right
temple, killed himself.
Jealousy over the attentions which
boswick was paying to the woman ts
SAID to have been the motive for the
crime. For three days Murray, who
IS an attendant at the hospital, where
ne met Miss Carey, has followed the
couple about the city. He met her
last night, it is declared, and warned
ner of the fate in store for her un-
less she accepted his attentions.
The shooting was dramatic. The
man applied for admittance to the
apartment house just at the lunch
hour.
The couple were seated in the front
room of the house. Boswick went to
the door and admitted the man. who
demanded to see Miss Carey. He
was taken into the front room, where,
without giving any intimation of his
Intention. or without saying a word
to the woman. he drew a revolver
from his pocket and, with the muzzle
aimed at Miss Carey. pressed the
trigger.
Turns on Boswick.
The shot entered Miss Careys
right side. She fell to the floor.
shouting Boswick's name. : He an
preached Murray who. laughing
slightly, turned the gun toward him
and in quick succession fired two
shots One of the bullets went
astray. The other one entered his
arm. DETECTING upward to his breast.
The wounded couple reeled to their
feet and made a wild dash for the
door, the girl screaming:
Hes chasing me! He's chasing
me!" They rushed up the stairway,
Murray close upon them. Clarkson
Dexter, who was in his room on the
second floor of the house. heard the
shouts and opened the door. barring
it as quickly as they fell into the
room.
Murray tried to get entrance to the
room, but failed. He then turned
from the door. laughing lightly again,
and was heard by Dexter to exclalm:
"Oh, what's the use"
Then he went to the parlor and,
standing in front of large mirror,
blew out his brains. When the occu-
pants of the house rushed into the
room smoke from his cigarette still
curled from his lips.
The police were notified, and the
wounded couple were taken to the
Hahnemann hospital. Murray's body
was removed to the morgue.
Wounded Woman Talks.
Although one of her assailant's
bullets struck her in the right lung
the woman was able to talk concern
ing the case with the deputies inves-
tigating the. shooting.
He went under the name Of Bird
sometimes and sometimes used that
of Murray" she said. II knew him
quite intimately; in fact we kept
company for two or three years.
Last February. however. we had a
quarrel and parted for good. Since
then I had not heard anything of
him. He had made no effort to effect
a reconciliation and his action, there
fore, in shooting me is a great sur
prise.
81 knew that he called last night
at the Seventeenth street house, try
Ing to see me. He said then that he
was my half brother. but he was told
that he would have to go away. I
had no idea he would try to harm
me-"