The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-20
ed by Mrs. 8. F. Powell, and went
down town. He had arrived in this
city yesterday morning.

DOWN town. He h3d arrived In this
city yesterday morning.
Net Wife In Cafe.
He met James M. Martin In q local
cafe, with whom he talked some time.
Fenton, Martin says, had not been
drinking. Shortly before 2 o'clock
FNent0n left Martin, saying he, Fenton,
had IN engagement with his wife.
Fenton went to cafe In New York
avenue. where he met Mrs. Fenton
and an unidentified woman. He en-
gagged his wife In conversation, and
after remaining In the cafe with the
woman for half an hour left the
place.
Mrs. Fenton and her friend went
out shortly after Fenton had departed
and met him In front Of the building.
Mrs. Fenton's friend left her at this
point. David Curtis, negro waiter
in the restaurant, told the police that
Fenton was talking about money to
his wife. and acting In a threatening
manner. After talking to her hus-
band for about ten minutes Mrs. Fen
ton ran across the street to her home.
Fenton did not follow Immediately,
but walked into the cafe again.
A few minutes later he walked
across New York avenue. He was ad-
mitted to the house by his wife. who
asked him to walk into the back par
lor. Neither the man nor the woman
got that far. When husband and wife
reached a point q few feet from the
steps which Y>d to the basement.
Fenton drew >evolver from his
pocket and + q. ing.
Fired 70 >ots.
The first shot D. he woman
behind the right ear,> 81. I'd above
the ear, and the thirdN ~. chest.
Fenton, looking down on Hacw etc
form of his wife. placed theeh =
to his right temple and pulls
trigger. He fell with his head VIZ 4
q few inches of his wife's feet. Mfs.
Riley, who was in the kitchen, ran
upstairs at the sound of the first shot,
but she did not arrive In the hallway
until after Fenton had fired the four
shots.
Nick Fuller, who conducts fruit
stand at Twelfth street and New York
avenue, heard the shooting, and ran
into the house. He notified the police,
and when it was discovered that the
woman was living, the Emergency
hospital ambulance was called.
|, At the hospital physicians asked
her to give her name, and she said 1t
was Virginia Taylor. She said she
was the wife of "Dick" Taylor, q secret
service man. She died 1t s o'clock.
''virgie" Riley was one Of the most
attractive girls In this city ten years
ago. She was engaged to marry a
clerk in the employ of the Southern
railway. The engagement was sud
denly broken. Later, she met Richard
Taylor, secret service man, detailed
at the white house, and was married
to him. They had one child-Eliza-
beth, who is now 8 years old.
Several years after their marriage
Mrs. Taylor met Fenton. who at that
time was married After Fsnton's
wife died his attention to Mrs, Taylor
became more marked and Taylor then
obtained q divorce. The wife was
granted custody Of the child.
Separated in Six Months.
Fenton then married her, and they
lived happily together for q little
more than six months, when trouble
began.
Last January, Fenton, who had been
hits city, and went to the Riley home.
He was refused admittance, but later
succeeded. In getting an interview with
his wife. This resulted in recon-
ciliation. They lived together again
for few weeks, and then separated.
Fenton had not seen his wife for some
time until yesterday.
"Virgie" Taylor was well known in
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