The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-29
WHEN MANS WIFE
LOVES ANOTHER.
Millionaire cIubman Shot to Death by
Chauffeur and Police Have a
Battling Mystery to
Unravel.
HIS DYING STATEMENT
J. J. Moore Told City Attorney How
He Met Death just Before he
Died as Result Of Bull
let Wound.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 90. II
What promises to prove one of the
most bafflfng mysteries they have en-
countered in recent years confronts
the police today In the killing of ]. ].
Moore. millionaire clubman, who was
shot Saturday night in revolver duel
with Samual l.. Timothy, chauffeur.
Moore died Sunday night after an un-
successful effort had been made by,
surgeons to extract the bullet.
Although Timothy, who is in Jail at
Redwood City, insists that he shot
Moore only in self defense and after
the millionaire had fired several times
the police insist that he was in love
with Mrs Moore and that the tragedy
may have resulted from a fight be-
tween Timothy and Moore over the
latter's wife. Timothy Is chauffeur for
a neighbor of the Moores. His story
Of the shooting Is that he was driving
| past tie Moore home when his engine
went dead" He was about to get out
to crank the engine, he said, when a
man whom he thought to be high
wayman stepped out from behind a
| tree and opened fire. Timothy said he
fired back once and the man fell to
/ the ground. His story that he fired
only once is borne out by the fact that
only one chamber Of his revolver was
4 EN- .sty.
Before his death, Moore made a
statement to the city attornew alleg-
| ing that he had been watching his
wife. and declared that, Saturday
night, while lying in wait near the
Moore, home, which Mrs Moore oc-
cupies. he saw her in the automobile
! with Timothy He ordered Timothy
to stop and the woman to get out, he
said. She refused and Moore opened
fire. Moores statement concluded.
He charged that Timothy was in love
with Mrs. Moore and the police
found her picture in the front of the
chauffeur's watch.
Mrs. Moore denies that she went
automobiling with Timothy Saturday
! night or at any other time. She de-
clares that she was in her home all
evening and that Moore was simply
insanely jealous.
For the past year Mrs. Moore has
been endeavoring to get divorce
from Moore on charge of extreme cru
city. Moore filed a cross-complaint al
leging habitual intemperance and
dragging into the case the names OF
q number of prominent San Francisco
men These included Rear Admiral
, Thos Phelps of the United States
navy. After sensational hearing
at Redwood City, Mrs. Moore's peti
ton was denied
/ Mrs. Moore was Frustrated at her
i home today as. the result of the tragic
turn her troubles with her husband
have taken.
That Timothy will never be prose
; cuted on the charge OF murder, was
the prediction made today by Frank
, lin Smart, district attorney of Sar
: Mateo county, who asserted that the
, case against the chauffeur is Yer.
, weak
A new angle was added to the case
Z H.
? today when it was reported to the po
!. lice. that despite the fact that Moore
/ and his wife had been bitterly assail
ing each other in the divorce courts
> they had been seen dining together il
: San Francisco cafes recently
Mrs. Moore alleges that her hus
. bands insane jealousy caused Satur
. day nights shooting which ended il
e his death. She asserted that he wal
e constantly seeking, through detec
t tives. to get information to her dis
r credit or to damage her reputation b.
n accusing her of improprieties will
{. other men.
h In the light of his statement, thu
S police are unable to explain VIII.
s Moore and his wife should appear il
v downtown cafes together as If nothin,
i. had ever come between them