Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
DIES MONIES FARMER SHOOTS
AND KILLS DAlRYMAk eE.
CAUSE OF JEALOUSY.
LEE WILSON SENDS FIVE
BULLETS INTO c. MASTERS
Several Neishbors Witness Double
Tragedy, Which Occurred in Street.
Wilson Supposed to Be Jealous Of
Masters Attentions to Wife-Had
Long Brooded Over Matter.

Des NToines, Oct. 13.-Claude Masters
a dairyman, residing at the Law farm
South West Twenty-first street and
Bloomfield road, and Lee Wilson, a
prominent farmer residing south Of the
army post, are both dead as a result
OF double tragedy which occurred at
5 o'clock last evening in which Wilson
shot Masters five times and then turn
ed the gun against himself. dying al
most instantly. Masters died at the
Methodist hospital at 10 o'clock last
night. Jealousy is said to have been
the cause.
The tragedy occurred at South West
|Twenty-first street and Mckinley
avenue. barely across the south line or
the city limits. Wilson, riding horse
his milk wagon. The two halted at
the corner and after brief CONVERSE
ton Wilson whipped a revolver from
his pocket and started firing.
At the first shot Masters was seen
to fall from his wagon into a four fooc
ditch at the edge of the road. accord
ing to the story of a half dozen persons
in the vicinity who witnessed the trag-
edy. Alighting from his horse Wilson
is said to have turned the animal loose
and with calm elaboration followed
his victim into the ditch where he
fired three times more into the pros
trate form.
Shoots Again.
Evidently believing Masters dying
he walked away and started to climb
thru the fence when his victim started
an cutlery and he started back with the
remark, heard by Mrs. Mathew Mason,
who was dozen rods away. Il guess l
haven't given you enough and reload
ing his revolver as he returned. shot
once more into the struggling form.
Satisfied that his work was well done
he climbed thru the fence into the
Hethershaw field and walking deliber-
ately to the top Of a knoll 800 yards
away, in plain view of the Mortified
neighbors placed the muzzle of the re-
volver in his mouth and pulled the
trigger. There was muffled report
and the murderer swayed and fell. Inc
body was found there an hour later by
the police, the gun grasped tightly IN
the right hand and the finger still
pressed against the trigger. Death mad
evidently ensued almost instantly.
Restoratives Fail.
Mathew Mason, who, with his wife
had witnessed the shooting from his
garden a few rods away. hurried to the
residence Of DR.. c. L. Wright some dis
lance north, and in company with the
physician in an automobile rescued
Masters from the culvert under which
he had taken refuge and hurried him
to the Wright home. where restoratives
were administered and the police no.
titled.
Sergeant Thomas Denholm and De-
tective Sommers hurried to the scene
with a squad of officers and physicians.
followed by Sheriff Ben Ness with dep
uties. The only service required of the
peace officers, however. was to assist
with the dead and dying. the murderer
had already worked out his own des-
tiny.
Duo to Jealousy.
That the murder and subsequent
self destruction Of the murderer was
premeditated and had been carefully
planned in every detail Is the belief OF
the police Every detail of the tragedy
s,,ppested the well laid plot to do away