The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-22
GIRL TRIES TWICE
To MURDER LOVER
Uses Revolver First Time,
Weapon She Bought Car
ried Blanks.
THEN YIELDS A KNIFE
Woman Is Placed in Jail Des,
pite Mans Pleadings; He
Will Wed Her.
THEN YIELDS A KNIFE
BY FREDERICK WERNER.

Special Cable TO The Tribune,
PARIS, March 21.-To kill man, as
she thought, twice, and each time to
find him unharmed and smiling the
next day has been the unique experience
of Mile. Marthe of Bois~ Columbes. To
add to the interesting situation the
object of her hatred was her sweetheart
before the first attempt and between
the first and the second. She is now
in Jail, but her love for "Louis'' has
returned and they will be married when
she is freed.
Mile. Marthe had dispute with Louis
one day, and to settle it she bought a
scven-shot revolver. On their next
meeting she discharged all her shots
at him and then fled
On the following day, when Marthe
was only just recovering from the shock
of the dreadful deed she imagined she
had committed, she suddenly came
across her lover, who was quietly TAX
ing his morning walk, at street cor
ner. "Ohl thought you were dead, :"
the girl cried. She was so glad that
she made 1t all up, and he forgave her
quite willingly. There was nothing
really to BIO alarmed at. as the dealer
who had sold her the weapon had taken
care to load it with blank cartridges.
Tries Knife Second Time.
But as days passed she again got
eXasperated with her lover. This time
Mile, Marthe was not going to give a
sly gunsmith a chance. She bought a
sharp knife, which she was going to dig
into him. She did so forthwith at the
first chance and struck him four times,
screaming with each thrust of the knife,
"This time | shall not miss you. She
again took hurried flight, and refused to
buy the papers the next morning for
fear of reading about tho horrible crime
was no longer able to stand it, She
went to the police station, and with
tears in her eyes said: "I have killed
my lover. hope you will arrest me. -
The police commissaire was rather
surprised, He knew Louis, her lover,
and he had not heard of his death, He
sent for him, and before very long
quill as usual. ''You have not been
killed, have you?" asked the commits
saire. "This young lady says she killed
you
But this time Mile. Martbe did not
offer to make up with her lover. On the
contrary, she would try her hand a
third time, but the. police. commissaire
would not permit IL. AS you nave
twice attempted to kill your lover,
will have you arrested. Perhaps that
will cool you, mademoiselle. - Her
lover pleaded in vain. His clothes had
only been slightly cut by her knife The
police commissaire was inexorable. Mile.
Marthe went to prison.
New Long-range Gun.
The French army is about to be pro-
vided with a new field gun capable of
firing shell weighing thirtysiN pounds
a distance Of more than ten kilometers.
The new piece, which is described as
superior to any piece in the German
artillery service, is a quick-tirer and IS
fitted with large shields protecting the
feeders from the enemy's FIRE.
The new gun clincbes the French
artillery's claim to be the finest In the
world. in the opinion of several un-
preiudiced military observers here.