Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-01
CALLS ON WOMAN
He LOVES; SLAIN
Husband of Wife with Whom COL
Ieue Professor Was Infatu-
ated Shoots Her Visitor
VICTIM ExONERATEs SLAYER
Letter Breathing Ardent Affection
for Woman Found in PoCk-
ct of Educator

Answering the summons of q mar
ried woman whom he loved madly,
Thomas D. slddmore, a college pro-
fessor, hurried to the home OF Howard
Green, an attorney, at 1887 Dalton
avenue, yesterday afternoon. Green
shot him and 5lddmore died in the re-
ceiving hospital at 9:55 last night.
Listen, meni" said Slidmore. when
Green faced him In tho receiving hos
pitai. HE shot mo under every Jus
tiflcation."
God bless you and pity met" sobbed
Green.
"God bless yout" the dying man
murmured, and the two ended a scene
as dramatic as was ever witnessed In
the receiving hospital by shaking
hands.
Few stranger tragedies have been
chronicled than the one ending in
SlSidmore's death. His brief statement
to the police. made up of short sem
tences, spoken weakly, indicated that
he had loved Mrs. Green for years.
Until few days ago he believed that
she returned his love. Then, judging
pocket Of his coat, she bade him to
pass out OF her life. He had known
her thirty-threa years, he said.
Skidmore's last letter hints broadly
at a scene in Green's office. Neither
Green nor his wife, nor any person
acquainted with the facts would talk
last evening, but It was evident that
Green suspected 6kidmore Of invading
his home.
THREE SHOTS FIRED
What happened in the Green home
before the shooting Is known only to
Green and his wife. Three shots were
fred. Two OF the bullets entered Skid
more's body. Green left his victim
lying on the dining room floor and
summoned officers from the University
police station.
at shot him. Here is my gun," he
said when officers entered, according
to their report.
Green was taken to, the receiving
hospital as quickly as possible. There
were two wounds, one in the left thigh,
the bullet having fractured the thigh
bone and the other lodging above the
ninth rib on the left side. The mans
condition was so desperate that salt
solution and other heart stimulants
were administered.
Detectives and q stenographer were
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ante-mortem statement from Skid
more. It was then that he told Of
going to the Green residence In re-
sponse to q telephone call for the pur-
pose of bidding the Greens goodby, as
he expected to leave the city.
'Who shot your" asked a detective.
Howard Green" replied 5lddmore
In a weak and almost inaudible voica
"Do you know why he shot your"
HE accused me of being intimate
with his wife7"
Were there any grounds for him
guspecting anything like that7"
"I have known Mrs. Green for thirty
three years. knew her before she
was married"
6KIDMORN BECOMES EXHAUSTED
At this point 6kidmore became 80
weak that the questioning ceased. It
was continued in few minutes and
then Shidmore said he had come to
Los Angeles September 25 and that
times since then. Also that he had
a wife and eight children living in
Rio Grande City, Texas, which he left
September 8. When asked concerning
the conversation which preceded the
shooting Skidmore would not answer
and repeatedly whispered:
1T am dying"
When Green entered the hospital to
be identified by Skidmore he was ac-
companied by his wife and 16-year~oId
daughter, Matte.
"Is that the man who shot your"
asked a detective. pointing toward
Green.
"That is the man, Howard Greer"
came the reply. listen, men," said
skidmore, "he shot me under every
justification" ana with that he weakly
lifted HIS hand and the two men
clasped hands.
"God bless you and pity me-" sobbed
Green as his eyes flied with tears and
those about the room turned their
heads.
''God bless you," was Skidmore's re-
ply as his head fell to one side and he
lapsed into semi-consciousness
With that Green was led from the
hospital to the desk Of the booking
sergeant Here another pathetic scene
was enacted when Green kissed his
wife and daughter good-by as the
doors of the jail yawned to receive
him. A few hours later Skidmore
died.
INVITED BY MRS. GREEN
Stripped of q mass Of seemingly un-
important circumstances, the details of
tt shooting as told the police are:
Slddmore went to the Green resi-
dence in response to a telephone mes
sege from Mrs. Green. She asked him
to come out to her house and say good
by before he left the city, as he ex-
pected to depart yesterday, according
to an unmailed letter, addressed to
Mrs. Green, which was found among
his effects in the receiving hospital.
Skidmore, 1t seems, had visited Green
and his wife several nights before, and
also had met them In Green's office In
the Story building. What transpired
at that meeting is not explained In the
letter, but the off1ce visit Is referred
to.
SlSidmore, It appears had been madly
infatuated with Mrs. Green and fol-
lowed her to Los Angeles from Battle
Creek, Iich., last January. He had
corresponded with her from time to
time. Some of the letters, It is said.
will be introduced In evidence at
Green's hearing.
When Sk'dmore arrived at the Green
residence yesterday, Mrs. Green is pur-
ported to have said:
II have confessed everything to my
husband"
What transpired between that time
and the arrival of the officers is not
known as neither OF the principals to
the shooting or Mrs. Green, who was
a witness, viii talk regarding it. Skid
more, after his arrival in the hospital,
stated that Green had accused him OF