The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-10-27
old MAN MURDERS
HIS Wife Then
SUICIDES
COMMODORE CAREY LOADS
DOUBLE-BARRELLED SHOT
GUN AND KILLS WIFE.
Returns to Kitchen and Kills Him
self-Double Tragedy at Boise
Monomaniac Well Known in Cald-
well-Writes Letters Telling of
Contemplated Crime.

Commodore Carey, we'll known in
Caldwell, he having worked in this
city for some time, murdered his wife
and then committed suicide at Boise
about 8 o'clock Monday morning. The
Statesman has the following account
of the double tragedy:
After brooding evidently for days,
writing numerous letters to various
persons, which he sealed and secreted
in the house, and which recounted
his terrible design in language clear
ly indicating that he was victim of
the monomania that everyone was
conspiring against him, Commodore
Carey, an aged laborer and garden
tender, shot his old wife to death as
she was busy about her household
cares, and then killed himself, about
8 o'clock Monday morning, at his
home, 1920 East Washington street.
All the indications point to the
theory that Mrs. Carey was cleaning
up the kitchen just after their break.
fast, while her husband was premed-
itating her murder in the next room,
where he carefully arranged bundle
of letters describing his motives for
the awful deed and placed money in
long leather purse, including a 500
money order for himself, $50 money
order for his wife, $50 in bills and
$3.50 in silver, which he put on an
organ.
He loaded a double-barrelled shot
gun, "a l2-guage, hammerless), with
shells carrying No. shot.
Shoots as Wife Turns.
Mrs. Carey evidently was leaning
over the kitchen stove when he step
ped from the next room into the
doorway, and, as attracted by the
sound of his footsteps, she turned half
way about toward the right, he fired
one barrel, the shot striking her
low in the back, tearing clear through
her body and coming out in front on
the left side.
floor in a narrow space between a
chair and the kitchen stove, her body
lying partially under the stove. The
mailman then deliberately took aim
again at the PROSTATE form at his
feet and fired the second barrel, the
shot again entering the back, a little
higher up than the first wound, and
coming out also on the left side of
the sternum, at point higher than
the first shot emerged.
Evidently Carey did not have a
clear aim at the second shot, because
the top of the chair was powder
burned and the discharge tore away
small segment of the seat of the
chair.
Mailman Attracts Audience.
Carey then went out the back door,
into the back yard, where he reload
ed the gun. Several neighbors, arous-
ed by the reports, had gone out to see
what was the matter. 1t is believed
that the shots fred by Carey in the
yard were for the purpose of attract
ing an audience to witness his suicide,
as his actions at this time were high
ly dramatic.
Mrs. James A. Taylor, a neighbor,
started into the Carey home to dis
cover what had happened and in
quired whether she could do any
thing for Mrs Carey" and the maniac
warned her to go away. He fred two
shots, but the woman was about 90
yards distant at the time, and it is
believed that if he had aimed at her
some of the shot would have struck
her, as he was a good marksman and
No. shot, which he was using, carry
we'll out of l2-guage. 1t is believed
these two shots were fred into the
air by Carey as a part of his theatre
cal program to attract a crowd to
witness his own destruction.
Pushes Trigger With Stick.
Thelma Dunning, little girl who
lives in that neighborhood, happened
} to run up in childish excitement, and
Carey instructed her to telephone to
the police and tell them that he had
killed his wife. Hurry up! Hurry
up!" he screamed to the girl, an be
dead before the officer gets herel" The
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