El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-08

about six years, and was at one time
president of Ell Paso Typographical
Union.
Story of the Tragedy.
A telegram to The Herald from the
Houston Post gives the following story
OF the tragedy yesterday:
Yesterday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. E. \. Moore in Drummer, suburb,
Clarence c. Martin shot and killed Mrs.
Agnes Payne, of Austin, putting two
bullets into the wolnan's body and then
shot himself through the head, dying
half an hour later at the hospital
Martin had been in Houston several
days and was stopping at the home OF
Mrs. Moore, a half sister of Mrs. Payne.
Martins is said to have been infatuated
with Mrs. Payne, who has a husband at
Austin, where Martin had lived for some
time. She had been with her sister for
several weeks, but had been persuaded
10 go back to Austin and was TO have
left last night.
Martin had gone to the Houston Post
office, where he was employed, drawn
his money and returned TO Drummer En-
tering the house, he asked for Mrs.
Payne and upon seeing her. asked if it
were true that she intended returning
TO Austin, to which she replied in the
affirmative. He is said to have de-
manded that she remain, which she re-
fused to consider, whereupon he shot
her.
Martin has a divorced wife and s.
yearold son at San Antonio.
Martin was an expert linotype oper-
ator, maehinist and printer and found no
trouble in securing employment Since
he had been here he had been wearing
the automatic pistol which he used yes
terday afternoon to commit the double
tragedy, but explained at the office that
he did it because he had to 90 to his
boarding house before daylight and was
afraid of robbers
The bodies are being held awaiting
instructions from relatives
Wounded in Philippines.
Clarence c. Martin was % years of
age He was born at Loclhart, Texas,
on JAN Is, 1881, and was educated at
San Antonio. He learned the printer
trade On the San Antonio Light and was
just finishing when the Spanish AmeTi-
can war broke out. He enlisted in the
Fourth regular infantry, for service in
company ID, while the regiment Was
fighting at Santiago, but did not get to
-
Soon the regiment was ordered to the
Philippines to take part in the Filipino
lnsurrectlon, and he accompanied 1t. On
June 19, 1899, he was shot through the
body IN battle with insurgents at Das
Marinas, LuZon island. Maj. Bulbs bat
talon OF the regiment was ambushed IN
a rice field by the insurgents and %
men were killed and over so wounded
out of a total of a little over 800 men.
The long Journey to the general hos
pital at Manila almost ended the young
mans life and he lay lowering between
an existence and death for six weeks,
with Filipino fever and from the effects
of his wound.
Offered Army Commission.
Recovering sufficiently to travel. he
was sent home TO recuperate and was
discharged on the personal recommends
ton of Gen. Chambers McKibbin. then
commanding the department of Texas !;
Gen Elwell S. Otis, commanding the di-
vision Of the Philippines, and congress
man James L. Slayden. of San Antonio.
Gen. McKibbin urged him TO take COM
mission in the army. out his physical
dlsqualifications prevented it and shortly
after his discharge, he marrial Eva Ma
thews and came TO Ell Paso where he
went to work in The Herald COMPOSING
room. The shock of his injury in the
Philippines was manifest IN the later
years of his life A son was born to
them while they lived here at sos North
Oregon street. and the child. five years
of age, and the wife, now divorced and
living in San Antonio, survive him. De-
ceased belonged to the Ell Paso lodge of
Knights of the Maccabees.
His parents still live in San Antonio.
where he will be buried.
Deceased is a brother or G. A Martin,
of Ell Paso.