Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-07
JEALOUSY PHASE
OF kARTH TRAGEDY
Chief Barlow Tells OF Call at His
Office One Hour Before
Shooting.
!NFATUATIoN OF NJ. G. MAY
Nifc's sister In an Interview Denies
Indignantly stories of Domestic
Tanglc la karfh Household.

With the meeting on the street to.
day Of Chiof OF Police Barlow and Mrs
Marcus G May a new phase was given
TO the attempted murder and sue Id
OF yesterday IN which Mr.. and MrF
Melvin Karth were tho principals.
The events ~ yesterday forenoon. fol-
lowing the Identification 81 Mrs. May
this morning BY Cblcf Barlow depro-
cate the idea OF the rash act having
been committed In moment Of drunk
en- madness
chief Barlow said today;
Yesterday forenoon. about 10 o clock,
Mrs May and Sir. Karth came into my
office and they had long rambling
tale From what ! could make out Of
their story Marcus May formerly Of
the Teddy Bear Cleaning works had
been infatuated with Mrs. Karth, and
there was the charge OF inideity
karth did most Of the talking. explain
Ing the thing which was hardly under
stnndable, but all he seemed TO want
WAS a divorce Mrs May wanted her
husband back. and they wanted me 10
arrest Mrs Karth saying that II she
was IN custody she would tell where
Mr.. May was. I told them that could
do nothing unless complaint and war
rant WIS Issued and suggested To them
that they go To- the county attorney
Half an hour later while I was going
to the city and county building I met
80 tw" on the street coming from
that direction and then the next thing
- ) tne attempted murder and suicide.
Il thought yesterday afternoon that
karth was the man who had been iu
my Office I'm the forenoon hut was not
sure until | met Mrs May coming
from the hospital this morning When
| met her | asked her II she had not
been In my office yesterday. but she
seemed reluctant To- answer until
asked how Mr.. Ksrth was setting along
and recalled the meeting Of yesterday"
SISTER rs INDIGNANT
Mrs. C. H. Highland. sister Of Mrs.
karth. who resides at the Manx apart
rnents. "a east South Temple street, was
vehement in her denunciation OF the
story of Mrs May. when seen by
News representative this morning. THE
woman must have been insane Mrs.
Highland declared Ito talk about my
sister the way she did. Her state
ments are absolutely false. and Mrs
May shall account for every
statement made The facts are that
Mrs. May was jealous Of n supposed
liking for my sister which she claimed
her husband had, and so she must
malign my dying sister to vent her
hatred. As matter OF fact my sister
was IN hard circumstances when she
vent 10 work In the Teddy Bear Clean
ing conpany's place. where she re
manned only one month She h.-i no
food In the house, and her husband.
KaIth, had been discharged from a
butcher shop where he was working.
She had been az the cleaning works
just one day when Karth went down
there drunk, and threatened to kin
her and himself then. That was IN
l. N4aall 4 cd. H.
came To Salt Lake, and was discharged
from every one OF them because OF his
drinking. karth was originally from
Geneva. Nebraska. and anybody can
get his record by writing TO chief Of
Police John Creighton at Geneva
Earth had been a drunkard since he
was a boy and even his own folks
won't speak to him | have visited
my sister time after time when he
WOULD come home So drunk he could
not sit up.
1T Is shame and an outrage for
this woman To talk like she did about
my sister. MN sister was born Of good
parents at omaha, Neb.. and has al
ways horne good character She was
patient and long suffering, an ever
since she was married she had to sup
port herself and her little hoy. Her
people are well 90 do, and thoy win
spare no pains OF expense 10 make
said in maligninE my sister.
- made this statement tn the chief
al police and to the county attorney
this morning, ana they told me Ia in
woke the aid OF tho law In the protoc-
ton ~ my sisters good name. and YOU
Tnv be assured | shall do So"
Paul Karth. the little 7-yeer old son
OF Mrs Karth, who saw his father
shoot his mother and ran screaming
from the room. II with his aunt Mrs.
Highland. The little fellow Is a great
deal worried about his mother. and
was shocked when he learned that his
father would probably live.
Late this afternoon complaint was
issued from the office of County At
torney Lyon charging karth with as
sault with deadly weapon with in
tent to commit murder The warrant
was served by officer Gillespie. Re-
ports from the hospital are that Harth
IS IN critical condition while Mrs.
Karth Is GU, OF danger