The Detroit times., 1910-12-13
KILLS WOMAN AND
THEN TAKES HIS
OWN LIFE
William F, Baker Was Insanely
Jealous of Kitty" Devine, With
Whom He Lived-0ut of His
Head. Brother Declares.
Murderer and suicide Leaves Note
Referring To Vampire" as Ex-
PLANTATION of Crime.

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compos mentis." said Wallace Baker,
of Chicago. in speaking with The
Times. tuesday morning. Of mis-
brother, William F Rakel, 80 years
old. who snot and killed Kitty De
vine. aged y years. il her roomins
house. No. 81 Parkpl. west, about o
O'Clock Monday Afternoon. and then
took his own life By blowing out his
brains. My brother was not a liter
AIRY man, either. and anJ quoting ne
did from kipiing or any other autnor
was simply done for effect. ! tell you,
he was this kind OF fellow: lie
would strange 4 cat and then sing
Nearer. My God. TO Thee. to smother
the yelling OF the cat. Oh course, he
was my own brother. Dut that's the
kind Of fellow he was. He was just
simply OF his head. that's all. he
had no reason 10 be Jealous of Kitty,
| for she was good woman. / don
think he was in love With her, either;
he just had an Authorization that made
him jealous OF her, that's all
why. yes. he was very jealous OF
her" assented a woman roomer.
| why, ii Kitty went outside to talk
10 another woman, Willie would get
| jealous. II is only short time ago,
| too. that he threatened TO Kill her
I He told her she would never see day
! light and she had to jump out OF
window TO get away from him
Baker approached Kitty while she
was working at the kitchen sink. They
| had a few words about something, no
| one knows just what. and without the
slightest warning, he shot her down.
sending four bullets into her head and
! breast Then he turned the gun on
/ himself and sent ball crashing
through mis- brain. Both were dead
| when picked up few minutes later.
Mrs. Lillian Fralick roomer, was
| in room adjoining the kitchen when
| the tragedy occurred. She ran into
neighbor's home TO call the police and
| in a short time Motorcycle Patrolman
| Henry Smith and Patrolman John
Kane were on the scene. The officers
called Coroner Rothacher, who had
| the bodies removed TO the county
morgue.
Two new revolvers were found by
| the body OF Baker. One was empty,
| while the other had TO loaded shells.
| Eight shots had been fred
Baker was the son OF William r.
| Baker No. SAC Sixth-st, former CHIEF
clerk of the Justice courts and well
known in politics. The son. William,
was employed in the district mana
gers olice OF the Western Union. He
IL said TO have been steadily of late.
and his friends are surprised at his
action. Shortly before the tragedy
he was planning 10 buy Christmas hol-
ly wreaths for Kitty Devine's home,
where he boarded.
| The dead woman was born in Lon
don. Ont. where her father, Robert
| Devine, employed by Workman Il
Ward. pump makers, London. and
her step-mother, still reside She was
married nine years ago in London TO
| Thomas Bradshaw. also of London. A
couple OF weeks ago she was divorced
| from Bradshaw on the ground OF de-
sertion. Bradshaw is now in Cleve-
land. A daughter was born 10 Mrs.
Devine last May and the child is be-
| Ing cared for by friends in Detroit.
The body OF Kitty will be sent
| to London for burial, while that OF
Baker will be cared for by his par
| ents.
In Bakers note book was found the
followin notation bearing on the trag-
edy:
TIE REASON FOR IT ALL.
See Kiplings cpiiogue on the rag.
bone and hank OF hair.
She could not stand prosperity
and threw down those who stood
by her during adversely.
MORAL
To the Gentler Sex When YOU
Keep him guessing YOU have got
him. out don't stay out all night
As ne may nave stayed out all
night with someone else's wife.
Look out for the other fellow when
the BABY" answers
The Kipling verse Baker referred
TO was the following
fool there was and ne made his
prayer,
even as you and II
To rag and bone and hank OF
hair.
And we called her the woman who
didn't care,
But the fool he called her hts lady