Gunnison news-champion., 1912-06-28
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The shcossns vas the calminas,on
of domestic infelicsty which bassa
soon sfser the marriage Of Wm.
Tsrksagton and Nerna Marks two
years ago
Tired Of the repeated qasrrels
With fsrkla9toa, ia which she de-
clares he frequently sbsssd her
physically, Mrs Wm. Tsrkingtoa
came ~ Gsanison shoot 9 week a9o
sad consulted Attorney j. n Nc
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divorces. She told her attorney that
her husband hsd grown more i'll
teRpeFsd Of late and il wss .
common practice for him TO enter
their home, bsckle on revolver sad
threaten 10 kill his wife and sayone
else Who misht interfere. He often
told her he would slap her, she said,
snd she he'd cone to be afraid Of his
threats.
When il became certain that she
wosld make effort TO obtain divosce,
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TsrkinGtoa, the father, cs@e 70
Gsnnisoa and consulted attorneys.
Mrs. Harrington, the wife Of William,
ssked for a deed to the bailding and
property which was being used in
conducting q restaurant business
They could reach no agreement and
Mrs. Harrington and her father-in-
Law returned to Ohio City.
From that day on to the time Of
the shooting, Mrs. Harrington said
that her husband acted in the most
fendish manner imaginable. Tues
day night he called to her about
midnight and asked her 10 come in
to the room where he slept and they
would talk over their troubles. Mrs.
Harrington was sleeping with Miss
Aliue Fry. niece of her husband,
who had taken great fancy TO her.
Mrs. Harrington begged of by
saying that she wanted to sleep and
also that she did not want to keep
Alice swsks. Wednesday morning
shout 4:3 O'Clock Harrington arose
and built FIRE. Then he went to
the bedside Of his wife and de-
manded that she talk compromise.
Mrs. Harrington said that there VS.
, no use to talk of compromise; that
they could not agree. and that .
divorce was the best thing.
Tsrkington then pulled the revol-
ver, and while brandishing a long
knife in his left hand, fred a sho.
into his wife's head. Alice Fry.
who had been awakened by the con-
versation, leaped from the bed and
ran screaming through the house
and out into the street. She was
halted in her flight by the sound Of
another shot, and looking back into
the room deserted her uncle standing
in the doorway between the bedroom
in which his wife lay wounded and
the dining room winch was used as
restaurant The smoking revolver
fell from his hand just as she turned
to look and he was sinking to the
floor.
Her screams and the shooting
attracted aeighbors, several of whom
had been told by Mrs. Harrington
of her husbands threats. Hurriedly
they entered the Harrington home,
and began to administer to the needs