Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-03

ring. The girl had accepted it as such,
but later decided that she ought not
to have done so. Accordingly. in the heat
of argument, she took It of her finger
and handed it back to Walker. He ar
gued with her, plead with her, and
finally threatened, but she was firm.
Finally, in desperation, he produced
revolver and said that If she would
not be his on earth she should at least
accompany him to another world.
HEARS THE SHOTS.
The shots which then rang out in
the still Of the night were heard
throughout the house. Mr.. Komp and
his wife thought they were in an
other house and Komp got up to call
some of the roomers in the house
TO find out about it.
He went to the head of the stairs
and his daughter, Magdaline. cried:
"Oh father, I'm shot"
Mr.. Komp exclaimed What is the
matter?" to which the girl replied,
Nothing, it's the love, father
Komp asked where Walker was
and the girl said In there on the
floor"
Upon entering the parlor, Walker
was found lying on the floor, the
blood gushing from his mouth, the
revolver on the floor between his
feet.
RUNS TO DOCTORS HOME.
The girl then ran to DR.. oysters
Office two blocks away and while
there collapsed. The police were not
notified until 1870, when Chief
Brinn and Officers Kinsley and
Frankhouser drove to Dr. oysters
in the ambulance and took the girl
to the hospital. DR.. Souders was
called to take care of Walker at Is
minutes of IL and found that he had
placed the muzzle of the gun in his
mouth, the bullet passing directly
backward through the soft palate and
lodging in the base of the brain. The
young man was conscious up until
half hour before his death. Miss
Cassie Komp had the young man
propped up in a chair when the doc
tor arrived. She had rinsed out his
mouth, from which the blood was
streaming profusely. She asked him
to take some water, and he replied,
NO, let me die"
FULLY PREMEDITATED.
The act had evidently been pre-
meditated, as the letter appearing
above had been written before he
left Davenport. When the girls
folks came to her, the left arm of
close contact with the revolver, and
she cried repeatedly, "Oh father, he
loved me So"
TOO YOUNG TO MARRY.
Walker had proposed to the girl
last December, at which time she
told him she was too young. He had
also asked the girls mother, who
gave him the same reply. Walker
was jealous because of the attentions
showered upon Miss Komp at the
hotel.
At the inquest this morning, the
father stated that he had heard his
daughter tell Walker that he need
not call tonight. He leaves a mother
and sister at Lancaster, Wis. 1t is
he also wrote a letter to
his sister, appraising her of his in
tentions to end his life. He is %
years old, while the girl is but 16.
She is tall, of brunette type with
beautiful auburn hair and dark
eyes, and withal attractive in appear
ance, although she would not i'm
press any one as being more than a |
mere child.
WILL FAVORS GIRL.
Walker left letter to Mr. and Mrs. |
6omp in which he asked their forgive |
hess for his act, and stated that Mag
1aline had promised to marry him a
ew days ago but since that time |
hings had not been going right. He
Wills to her $4,000 in case she recov-
,rs, and If she will go into a convent /
md never marry he leaves to her all |
le has, $1,000, which he stated in the
etter would be paid by his mother. |
Mrs. George A. Walker, of Lancaster, |
Wis. He ended the letter by express |
ng the wish that both be buried side .
~ side, in the event Of the girls
ieath.