The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-11
A. J. LIGHTER Kills Himself Af-
ter Slight Quarrel With
Wife.
ON EVE OF OBTAINING
EMPLOYMENT Az Pl0CHE
Refusal of Mrs. LIGHTER TO Ac-
company Him Cause Of
Sudden Act.

Standing in front of the dresser mir
ror in the bedroom of his little apart
mcnt, d1I South West Temple street,
and placing tho muZzlc of 32.caliber
revolver in his mouth, a. j. LIGHTER,
aged SO years, shot himself about 7:l5
0 clock Thursday night. He died within
ten minutes after the fatal shot had
been fired and Just as police officers
entered the room.
Lichicr is said to have been drinking
Thursday. At the supper table he and
his wife had n little tilt. because he
had been drinking, and because he in
tended TO leave Salt Lako City Friday
to take Il position ut the Prince Con-
solidated mine ut Phoebe, New.
Mrs, LIGHTER says she told her hus-
band that she had been compelled to
he alone much Of the time and would
not 90 TO Piochc. and that she did not
want him TO go and leave her. When
she refused to accompany her husband
TO Phoebe, she says LIGHTER jumped up
from the table, where they had Just
started to eat supper, and exclaimed.
tWell, my dear, this is the last meal
we will cat together,
Then. according to Mrs. LIGHTER, her
husband rushed into the bedroom and
picked up the revolver. which lay on
the dresser. He gave ono look into
the mirror, she says, and then shot
himself.
J. II. Rowe, friend of the LIGHTERS
from Phoebe. was at the LIGHTER home
at the time of the shooting Mr..
Rowe IS story Of the tragedy is as fol
lows;
81 came to Salt Lake City on the 7th.
| had known Jack LIGHTER and through
my efforts he HAD obtained II Job at
the mining camp where | am employed,
We intended going there tomorrow.
Jack was 10 take Job as engineer at
the mines at salary Of Sc a day. He
seemed mighty glad to get the work.
We went about town this afternoon
and had q few drinks. l. was invited
out to the LIGHTERS for supper and
accepted the invitation.
Quarrel Not Serious.
"When we sat down to the supper
table Mrs. LIGHTER sort of jumped on
Jack little for drinking. They had
a few words, but neither one was very
angry. L believe. When Mrs. LIGHTER
said she would not 90 to Phoebe, Jack
seemed very much put out and got
up from the table in a hurry. WAS
sitting with my back to the bedroom
and didn' notice what he went IN there
for All of a sudden ] heard the shot
self. The revolver was on the dresser
in almost the identical spot from which
he had picked ii mp. He was lying on
the floor. ] rushed TO telephone to
call doctor, and Mr.. Smith, who lives
down stairs, came up to see what the
trouble was. lie had already telephoned
to the police.
"No, ] never knew of the LIGHTERS
having any trouble before. They al.
Nv, hoT, har
Samuel Smith, who owns the house
in which the LIGHTERS lived and who
lives down stairs, led Mrs. LIGHTER
from the room whore the shooting took
place. She was sobbing bitterly. She
downstairs until Patrolman
II endrickson informed hog that her bus
band was dead. She then returned to
the little bedroom. kneeling beside
the body Of her husband, she took the
dead man S hands in hers and placing
them to her lips sho kissed them pas
sionately, eXclaimIng as she did SO:
"Oh, my dear boy. my dear boy, ]
did love you. You know / did, Please
come back to me. Oh, what shall [
do, what shall L do?"
Wife Becomes Hysterical.
Mrs. LIGHTER then went into hyster-
les and ran down the stairs,
LIGHTER had been employed a. driver
Tor the IaXlcaD ana Auto company
until q few weeks ago Since leaving
that concern he had been doing motor
repair work and had acted as cbauf-
feur for Il number Of private automo-
bile owners.
Mr.. and Mrs. LIGHTER came to Salt |
Lake City from Tonopah, New. about
six months ago. They had lived i'll
the Smith house about three months.
Mr.. LIGHTER was born in Tuscarora,
H., 4
brothers, Herbert and Victor, live at |
20 North State street, in this city. !
Two other brothers reside in San Fran
cisco, and sister resides at Milford. |
Both Of the surviving LIGHTER boys
are employed as drivers for the Taxi |
cab and Auto company at tho present
time.
The body was removed TO the under |
taking rooms of O'Donnel & Co.