Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-29

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and steele made am effort 10 save
his life. From there he wac taken
60 ST Marks hospital and fingered
was sent Co Evans moItuaIy
while the body of Morris was
sent To- Joseph William Taylor's.
FORMER HUSBAND sHoCKED
willard Bean. former husband of the
woman WAS greatly shocked whom he
learned OF the double murder Zoo spite
oi the fact that ho had previously pre-
dictcd just such "a tragedy
My former wife, said Mr. Bean
"w8s Gussio Dec Fclts We were mar
ried in this city and two children were
born 20 us They ana Paul. aged 9
years. and Phyllis, aged 5ia years We
were divorced last August and ] was
given tho custody Of the children. After
her marriage with Morris she realized
her mistake and ] know wanted 20
recuty matters. She was attractive
had winning ways and appreciated the
homage paid her. Morris was jealous
"A couple Of weeks ago she tele-
phoned to me ana asked IL ] would take
the children TO see her. ] did so. She
then suggested that We am go out TO
dinner together ] consented TO go
and thought Morris would be I'm the
party but was surprised TO find that he
was not AT the dinner she told me
Morris had threatened to kin her. but
she remarked that he had made the
threats so many times she was not
afraid OF him. 1 permitted her 20 take
the boy with her FOR a time. on Thurs
day She tolophoned and said she wanted
ff. 30
soc her She said she was going 20 Poe
atello To- look after "a roominghouse run
by q friend there and wanted Morris TO
believe she had returned to Reno.
while greatly shocked over tho de-
plorabie affair. / ann not surprised
knowing as 1 do the trouble they had.
1t is TOO bad, because She was O. good
girl"
NORRIS MENTAL CONDITION.
The actions OF Norris during the past
several months indicated strongly thar
be was mentally unbalanced lie suf-
fered from insomnia and would walk
the streets for hours in a sullen mood.
He had some mining interests at Fair
field. New, and sold them for S9.115
Most OF this ne glmbled away and aft
or returning TO salt Lake issued two
or three checks, st Is siad, which were
worthless. Yesterday he went to the
Western Arms Sporting Goods company
and purchased a IS caliber revolva. and
box of cartridges. He also had bouShN
some strychnine and tin of coffee.
saturday afternoon De was walking
along Second South with his wife and
another woman, and passed his brother
NJ. l. Morris.
he stopped to tank 10 his brother
while the women went on. The two
went into a saloon FOR "a drink and
Morris drew out a package and told
his brother he wanted 20 show him
new gun he had purchased. NJ. !. Nor
rls was called aside for a moment and
when Doe returned and asked tO see the
gun. the man said he had wrapped it
up again lie appeared sulleu and an
CRY.
While talking 90 him." said Mr.
Morris. Jan pulled out a tin can and
asked me If I liked coffee. / told him
yes and he said he could get me an
wanted did not think anything
strange about this, as he had closed out
tho hotel. / am inclined 10 believe
now that he intended putting strych-
nine IN the coffee and then changed his
mind and bought the gun ] ann al
loss TO know what made him do this
awful thing"
Mrs Morris rs survived by a mother
two sisters and a brother al Eureka
Cal. she was n years Of age. Morris
leaves widowed mother az 40 east
Second South street; a brother. NJ T.
Norris and three sisters Mrs Harry
Joseph and Misses Claudia and Rose
Morris Arrangements for the funeral
Of Mrs Morris win be completed upon
the arrival Of her relatives, who We're
tolcgrophed TO yesterday morning by
Mr. Bean. The funeral Of Morris viii
probably be held Tuesday and VIII be
private.