The copper era., 1911-01-13
HUSBAND KILLS WIFE
 IN A JEALOUS RAGE
Duncan Is the Scene of Hor- rible Tragedy on Last
 Tuesday Morning.
WIFE SLAYER IS NOW IN JAIL
While Resisting Arrest He Was Shot Through the
 Mouth and Arm.

In boarding house at Duncan on Tuesday morning, about ' o'clock, Ben Lindsey, day laborer employed in that vicinity, shot and killed his wife, who was employed as a wait ress. The murder was committed in the dining room of the boarding house in the presence of several wit nesses.
 Joe McAllister, the proprietor of the place, arrived on the scene few minutes afterwards and was threat ened with the gun in the hands Lind sey, when he opened fire on Lindsey, shooting him once in the lower jaw and again in the arm before he was able to disarm him.
 After receiving her death-wouud Lindsey's wife staggered from the dining-room into the kitchen and fall ing beside the stove breathed her last in a pool of her own blood which covered the floor.
 Lindsey was disarmed after being shot and was turned over to the au- thorities and brought to Clifton on Tuesday evening and placed in jail by Constable Sherman Stewart.
 Seven years ago Ben Lindsey was married in Duncan to Winnie Stevens. At one time they lived in Douglas, where three children were born but all are now dead. Later they re turned to Duncan, and after mar ried life of seven years the wife be- came dissatisfied and left her hus- band. The reason she gave for this step was non-support, making the statement that ever since she had married Lindsey she had been com pelled to work to support herself and family. After leaving her husband the wife found employment as a wait ress in the Duncan boarding house. Lindsey was in town doing odd jobs that he could get. For the past ten or twelve days Lindsey made an ef- fort at a reconciliation. He sent Sherman Stewart, the town consta- ble, to see bis wife with view of again being reunited. To all his en- treaties the young wife, who felt that she had been abused, turned a deaf ear. While Stewart was hav- ing the conversation with Lindsey's wife he was eavesdropping on the outside of the room, and it is believed he heard her positive declaration that she would never live with him again.
 The next morning Lindsey went to the boarding house for breakfast His wife entered the dining-room and refused to serve her husband. He was waited upon by Mrs. McAllister, wife of the proprietor. When his wife next entered the room Lindsey arose from the table and jerking a .3S-calibre revolver, fired at her twice within a few feet of her, both shots taking effect. The wounded woman ran into the front room of the board ing house with Lindsey iu pursuit. Jim Hill, who was in the dining-room, seized Lindsey and threw him back into the dining-room, when Lindsey turned the revolver on Hill and fired, the bullet grazing his abdomen. While Hill and Lindsey were scuffiiug for possession of the gun the wounded wife ran from the front room to the kitchen Lindsey shook Hill loose and pursued hIs wife through the house. She fell dead beside the stove in the kitchen.
 In the meantime Mrs. McAllister had summoned her husband for as- sistance. As McAllister entered the kitchen Lindsey, standing over the prostrate body of his wife, turned the gun on McAllister. McAllister fired at Lindsey, the first shot strik- ing him in the jaw and the second in the arm. Lindsey attem pted to shoot McAllister but his gun was empty. He had fired four shots at his wife and one at Hil who had interfered.
 Sherman Stewart, the constable of Duncan, was one of the first officers on the scene and took Lindsey into custody. He was bleeding profusely from the mouth and his crippled arm hung limp by his side. When search ed a razor was found in his inside pocket. He admitted to Stewart that he entered the dining-room with the intention of killing his wife and