The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-19
IMPR|NTS KISS ON
LIPS SHE SlLENCED
Young Woman Who Killed
Soldier Sobs Bitterly When
She Sees Body.
iNHERITS RAGE TO KILL?
ATTORNEY LEARNS THAT HER
FATHER SHOT DOWN ENEMY.

Sobbing as though her heart would
break. Mrs. Laura Vandaveer Shaunty.
who shot and killed her husband. Paul
p. Shaunty. a hospital corps private, at
Fort Douglas Wednesday forenoon.
when his vicious abuse crazed her with
anger, viewed his body at the mortuary
OF Undertaken S. d. Evans, AS South
fore II was shipped to the home Of his
mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Shaunty, in
Springfield, KY, for burial
Investigation revealed yesterday that
the father of Mrs. Laura Shaunty, j. L.
Vandaveer. a dairyman of Wellington.
Kan. shot and killed William Cam III
that city several months ago when
seized with a fit OF anger. He was
acquitted on grounds of temporary in
sanity. Counsel for Mrs. Shaunty Is
of the opinion that she has possibly in
hsrited the uncomfortable rage from
her father, and that she was irrespon-
SsibIe when she slew her husband as her
father in the killing Of Cam.
Kisses Her Victim.
When the young widow of the dead
soldier first viewed his body, she
seemed to become filled with remorse.
1amenting that she had not turned the
revolver upon herself instead of killing
ahe man she loved. The waxen and
gold face OF Shaunty appeared for the
first time TO bring her 70 the realiza-
sxfoa of the crime she had committed.
She raised her heavy veil, and with
sSrembling lips kissed the forehead of
the soldier. and then stroked his face
affsctionately. 1t seemed to distress
her that he lay mute and made no re-
sponse.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. Shaunty
made a request to United States Har-
shall James H. Anderson to be given
an opportunity TO see the body of
Shaunty before il was shipped back to
Kentucky. Because OF its unusual ma
ture and the fact that the woman had
suffered much abuse at the hands OF
Ser husband, the request was at first
denied. After a brief conference with
Captain Willis Uline, commander Of
C company. Fifteenth Z. S. infantry, IN
whose quarters the shooting took place,
Marshal Anderson changed his mind
and under the guard of Chief Deputy
Marshal Lucian Smyth, the young wom-
an was escorted to the undertaking
parlors OF s. D. Evans yesterday noon.
Pathetic Scene at Bier.
The heavy wooden cover of the coffin
was removed. and at the request of the
young woman the glass that covered
hts face was removed. She seemed
cOmforted when she could draw her
hands over the forehead of her hus-
band, smooth his hair and place her
cheeks very close to his. The conVul-
sive sobbing that almost made Mrs.
Shaunty fall into a sWoon when sac
first viewed the body then subsided,
and the strained, nervous tcOnulllOn OF
the young woman, which has been care
fully watched by those attending her,
seemed to be alleviated
For the first time since her arrest,
Mrs. Shaunty expressed a desire for
something to eat. In company with
Chief Deputy Marshal Smyth she par
took of & hearty luncheon at a restau-
rant. 1t refreshed her, and when she
again came out into the air and walked
briskly to the county jail, her manner
seemed to change, and, considering the
nervous strain of the past three days.
she was in good spirits at the county
fail last night. Signs of mysteries
seemed to have entirely vanished.
Mrs Sarah Vandayeer Shaunty left
her home at Wellington, Kan, about
four years ago because her home life
had not been pleasant, and for brief
period lived in st. Louis, when she be-
came fascinated with the life on real
military reservation, and about two
years ago she came to Fort Douglas
as the wife of Private Shaunty. She
had frequently expressed contentment
at any kind OF work as long as she
could see soldiers out on the parade
grounds and be among them and talk
with them.