The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-23
CREENHOW PLANNED
SHOOTING OF HIS
WIFE AND HIMSELF
Note Found Among Effects Re.
fers to Past" but Sheds No
Light on Underlying Motive for
Murder and Suicide.

AeAeNa oba SaatAANs |
That Allen Greenhow. who killed
himself and his wife in Their rooms at
the Hotel Combs saturday might. plan
ned The murder n suicide was indi-I
Gated By a note found today In Green
how's notebook. The note read as
J follows.
LET God be the Judge. a man
with q past must pay the penalty. Ny
best wishes To- any friends | might
leave on this planet.
"ALi.EN HAYS GREENHoW.'
The note was found by chief Of Poe
lie, Galusha shortly before the IN
quest. II was written on n Hotel
Combs letterhoad, and folded Nat to
iii between leaves 4 tho notebook.
The notebook was found in Green
how's pocket. CHIEF Galusna lookrc
hurriodly through the book before
turning II over to the coroner sat
urday nlght. and this morning before
the inquest he got II and other pa
Iers back TO give them more thorough
examination. The discovery OF the
note. tucked tightly between two
leaves in the center OF the book, fol-
lowed
The writing was firm. and only a
certain slant to the signature line hint
cd that the writer might ave been
under the stimulus Of drink or excite
ment.
Motive Still Mystery.
Even with the note In hand, 'he
lnuthorities are still az n loss to name
the actual underlying motive Tor the
murder and suicide. Thcy haven't tie
~faintest real clue 10 the past TO.
which Greenhow refers nor hat beat
Ing II may have had on the shooting.
An the note does is 10 help the po-
lice. with the other facts brought out
by investigation and the testimony At
the inquest TO reconstruct the last act
In the Grcenhows' tragedy The chief
facts are. first. the note itself, seconc,
that when he went To his rooms ne
locked the door; third, that he put
extra cartridges in his pocket alot,s
with the loaded rev Oliver, fourth, that
he had been drinking before he w,ht
TO his roomo.
Those facts are taken TO mean dat
the murder and suicide were drliDoi 70
lately planned. The police have notn-
ing TO show whether they were plan
ned while Greerhow was unaor the
influence of drink or whether no
drank early saturday night To- nerve
himself Ia the deed.
The appeal To judgment IS regard-
ed AZ an indication that he meant To
XIII his wife from thu start. The
Quarrel over the packing uf the grip
Is regarded as Incidental, the note
eliminating any idea Of u sudden ana
lLnpromeditated act. The hurying OF
the note in the notebook might by
! itself. give rise to Il theory that
q. lGrcenhow was hurried hy the quar-.
q, lIei into acting before he had plan
ned. but tho locking OF the door in
conjunction with the note leads TO
, tbs belief that he went to his ROOMS
[ with murder and suicide in his mind,
% MAY Never BE solved.
Unless relatives make statements
Y shedding light On the ease. the ele-
ment OF mystery IN the ease Will
k llrObably never be publicly solved.
q The sister u Airs. G%reeuhoW, who
telcgraphed that she would come
y here. changed her mind % later
g adylces Indicate that neither she nor
RELATIVES OF GrecnhoW will come To
r Albuquerque. The police might have
Questioned any relative that came
here. but they Will make no inquiries
= AT long distance. with the Inquest,
n the case apparently closed as far as
a 1.-THE authorities are concerned. they
. feel that 10 probe further would
= merely To keep stirring % painful sub
ject 10 no good purpose.
The inquest brought out virtually
nothing new excepting the note.
betty. tho i-year-old daugh' . ut the
couple. testified with childish direct
mess. repeating In eject the account
Of the quarrel and the shooting t"id
TO the police and Justice Mcclellan
- on Saturday night. Betty has aoao-
Iutely no realization of the tragedy
she witnessed or the loss of her par
ents. She THINKS her father aud
mother are coming back some time.
and plays as happily us she did bee
fore the night OF the tragedy.
"a child Ia indianapolis.
~ Mrs. Catherine churchill. OF I'D
,d ~Gianapolis. sister of Mrs. Grccnhow
~ yesterday tclogr,phcd Barth and
"a Mabry. retained tu look after the Ell
,r fccts ~ the GrecuhoWs, 60 put Betty
o. on train 40. 2 today boo the care "'
woman who Wl.l travel with
Pei TO Indianapolis.
nr The bodies OF Grecuhuw and hI'
vc wife Will Doe shipped tonight Dos str9ui
ry BROTHERS To- NiuCcuucs. lud, under
lt lUNtf utliNNa iINln MIrs d'lh DO
lc Greenhow's sister The message D..
T. The law hrm said bat "i~ndiauapol.
best relatives would car, Tor Betty, van
.- cyunos relatives would take care %
tine bodies
OF GrccnhON Drinking.
81 The lnucst Was held before Juslie'
u' Of the Peace Mcclellan aud a -iN
ca man jury az the city hall this morn
INK. The verdict was thai Mrs
td Grocnhuw came 20 her death from
" gunshot wound inflicted by her nus
% band and that Grecuhow died ny Dor
~, own hand
~ ode T., Dyer, tho hotel manager
the nrsi witness e. testify, sald INA
w he talked To- GrceuhoW about g o.clo''
boa the evening ln Butts drug store
.aand that he know Greonhow ha'
~ been drinking. Hc said he had sr''
him drink several times previously
~. hut he could not say that Greenh"'