The San Francisco call., 1910-12-08
WHITLEY FIRES
Upon WOMAN;
CUTS THROAT
Keeper of BruIe Hotel Fatally
Shoots Common Law Wife
in Elevator
Brother" Who Was Given
Place as Clerk, Is Cause of
Double Tragedy

-eff VIE ana TO WnOm he had
given an interest in his business, had
been unfaithful to him and believing
that she was about to desert him for
another. Jones Whitley, so years old.
shot and mortaIly wounded Mrs. Zula
A BARLEY in the elevator at the BruIe
hotel just after noon yesterday. and
Immediately afterward tried to commit
suicide by slashing his throat with
pocket knife.
Whitley and his victim were taken
10 the central emergency hospital,
where no hope was held out for the
said. wiz live.
Brs. BARLEY IS the divorced wife of
BENJAMIN BARLEY, a member of the
grocery firm Of BARLEY Brothers, 997
san Pablo avenue, Oakland. Whitley
is from Colorado and has a wife and
daughter living at Grand Junction
"BRoTHER" BECOMES CLERK
For the most part Of the last year
whitley and Mrs. BARLEY lived in Salt
Lake City, where they passed as man
and wife. August p of this year Whit
ley took a lease on the Hotel Brule at
so Eddy street, and decided Mrs. Bart
ley an interest in the business. Recent
ly there came TO the Brule hotel q man
who was introduced by Mrs BARLEY as
J. ". Webb her brother, her maiden
name being Webb. Whitley accepted
the man as the wonan's brother and
gave him a position as clerk at the
hotel and, at his request, asst gned him
10 a room next TO that occupied by
Mrs. Barley.
Tuesday morning a guest al the hotel
informed Whitley of III edeception be-
ing practiced, and stated that the al
legged Webb's true name was J. W
Hudson, z lover of Mrs. Bartley's.
Whitley discharged the clerk. Yester-
DAY he was informed that Mrs. BARLEY
was going 10 leave him and he de-
rnanded that the interest in the hotel
business be redeeded to him. This she
refused. Mrs. BARLEY went down town
during the morning, and when Whitley
saw her returning he waited for her in
the elevator. AS the woman stepped
into the elevator Whitley started IL
upward.
Kiss me goodby." he demanded Of
Mrs. BARLEY. She refused and Whitley
drew % caliber automatic revolver
and fred five shots at the woman. Four
Of the shots took effect in her abdo-
men. causing punctures in the intes-
tines which viii result in her death.
While the woman lay bleeding on the
floor Of the elevator Whitley ran the
cage 10 the third floor and ran to the
second floor to her room As the shoot
ing was going on Hudson came into the
hotel and, hurrying to the third floor,
ran the elevator down to the first floor
and summoned the ambulance.
BEGs FOR REVOLVER
When Detectives MCGOWAN and Lam
v~-ert arrived az the hotel they found
the guests in confusion and with con-
siderable difficulty traced Whitley to
Mrs. Bartley's room. On breaking in
the door they found him lying in a
pool OF blood which flowed from
wounds he had inflicted in his neck.
He told the detectives that he loved the
woman better than his life, and that
was why he shot her. He further said
that he had tried 70 drown himself in
the bsthtub, and had tried TO shoot
himself, but found he had used all his
cartridges on Mrs. BARLEY and had
then cut his throat He begged the
detectives 10 lend him a revolver that
he might kill himself
A watch was placed over Whitley at
the hospital. and he will be charged
with murder on his recovery. In her
dying statement, taken by Assistant
District Attorney NJ J. Roche. Mrs.
BARLEY said that Whitley shot her be-
cause she refused TO deed back her in
terest IN the hotel.
Divorced in Oakland
Zula A. Barley secured an interlocu-
tory decree of divorce from Benjamin
/. s. BARLEY August II. 1910. in Supe-
rior Judge Wastes court in Oakland.
; The complaint charged the husband
with having broken his marriage
vows"
The couple were married in Coving-
ton, Ind, September %. 1897. One child
was born Royce, a boy, now 10 years
old. The decree Of the court provides
that the boy remain with his maternal
grandparents, where he is now living
with them at Hoyt, Colo.
BARLEY is a carpenter, but at the
time Of the fling OF the divorce suit he
was ia grocery at 9s7 San Pablo ave-
nue.. Oakland, where he is now part
ner with his brother, William B. Bart
: ley
Mrs. BARLEY gave her age as 30, and
said that her husband was 80. The
Bartleys came from Illinois five years
ago.