The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-19
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Short coming to town. met them
that, returning to the farm he me
them driving away: that after the,
passed MIN he fired two shots, tn,
first one striking Mrs Short in tn,
back and ranging to the front anC
right, and that second shot pass
ed between the two women; tha1
Short, before shooting, upbraided nis
former wife for taking apples
"Did | Shoot My Wife?"
Coming to the city Short made no
statement He was glum all the way
until just before the Jail was reach.
ed, when he asked the sheriff:
Where are you going to take me?
20 the Jail said Sheriff Murphy.
What, take me to jail!" What
have | done?" he asked
SHOT your wife; that's all, said
the officer
"Why, that's strange, Did | shoot
my wife, he asked plaintively,
Further than that. he has made no
comment, it is said
Hard Hit in Divorce Suit
In the divorce proceedings, start
ed by Short and ending in a decree
for Mrs Short, w J Short got de
the worst Of it. The woman
was awarded exclusive control over
some property claimed in her own
name; was given the north half sec
ton, on which the homestead is To-
Gated; was awarded attorneys fees
and the household goods; was given
a piano not paid for the account toI
be taken up by Short; was given
custody OF the children Short re-
aimed most of his farming tools and
horses and cattle, and
he crops, with trifling exceptions,
md the south half section. The di |
lorce was not to be absolute until
January 1, 1912, by which time Short |
S to get all his crops and belongings |
,ff the north half section This is
he section over which ne and Coun-
Y Commissioner Oberholzer had |
ONE fist fights.
Wife Would Live In Town
In Shorts original Bill he set olt
hat he was seriously hampered as a
armer by the determination Of ms
fire to remain in town; that the l.
rem were running wild in Gown
hey were married over nineteen
ears ago, in Lincoln county im~lc-
lately settling on a quarter sec.iJn
/ Logan county. The property has
cen increased to four quarter se7- j
ons. ,wo north and two south ot II
,Nn there are also lots on OKLA
ar;a 11tnue, a home in the city 4.d
lo; in Carlsbad, New Mexico
oulen'l Stand The Temper
"a case was heard by Judge iIus-
n o. the district court, who de lied
decree ,
slls Srort was in June, at a seo'a- !
0pal hearing, given divorce on her
1swer and cross bill She set mp
lat Short was a man of most 5io-
mt and ungovernable temper; 'icta-
rial, harsh and unreasonable; that
eir married life had become an IN
easing burden ana that she could
, longer endure life with him and :
at she feared for ner safety. = =
Shorts temper is a matter OF com Il
ON knowledge. according to persons .
miliar with all the cases. he is - -
,out forty-fve years old, and is =
rmer and stock raiser. - -
In the belief that Mrs. Short was in ii
niger of death from wounds, Coun- @
Attorney Adams and Sheriff Muir r;
~ visited her at the hospital last
ght. DR. l.. A. Hahn was attend A
2 her. and he was not then hopeful II
her recovery She talked freely, "
tn comparatively little pain. IN
ad Been Warned w
1t developed today that Mrs. Short ST
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