Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-21

Allen Hays Greenhow, 40 years old,
insurance salesman, killed his wife in
their suite at the Hotel Combs early
last night and then turned his revol-
YER upon himself. Greenhow sent o
bullet through his brain. He died an
hour and thirty minutes afterward
The, man evidently fired three shots
at his wife. Four empty cartridges
were found on the floor and in his re-
volver. One took effect, entering above
the left cheek bone and passing out
on the right side of her face. Green
how then evidently struck his wife
on the head, probably with the butt
of his gun. Her skull was fractured
Betty. the couples 4-year-old
daughter, witnessed the double trag-
edy. Betty, a bright little girl, gave
Chief of Police j. X. Galusha and
Justice w. w. Mcclellan an account
of what took place in the suite. Her
father and mother quarreled, said
she. The child said her father asked
her mother to pack his grip, saying he
was going away. A ticket to El
Paso. bought yesterday afternoons
was found in the room. Her mother
refused, she said, telling him to pack
it himself. The girl said her father
then drew his revolver from his
pocket and began shooting.
Betty Calls Clerk.
Betty climbed onto a chair, which
stood under the telephone and called
up the clerk She told him what had
taken place. The door was locked and
she could not get out. Persons who
occupied adjoining rooms or who were
in the corridors heard the shots The
little girls message reached the clerk,
however. before they had time to no.
tify the management of the hotel.
Greenhow was lying on the floor of
the larger room of the suite when the
door was opened lie was unconsci-
Gus. A revolver was on the floor near
his outstretched right hand He was
still alive, but wounds in both temples,
where the bullet entered and passed
out, showed that he could not live
long.
The body of Mrs. Greenhow was in
the smaller room, the child's bed
room. The body was in a sitting pos
ture on the floor between clothes
closet and the child's bed. Mrs.
Greenhow was dressed in an under
garment. She had her nightgown in
her hands.
Betty's two dolls, with the bed
clothes tucked neatly under their
chins, lay in the bed. Betty had been
dressed for bed by her mother.
Greenhow Angry at Wife.
The bullet which struck Mrs. Green
how would not have caused instant
death, said Dr.. r. l.. Hurst who, with
DR.. w. r. Lovelace, was called in an
effort to save Greenhow. The bullet
was found lodged in the wall of the
childs bedroom. The ball, which
Greenhow fired through his head was
dug out of the door casing. There
was another bullet hole in the wall OF
the larger room. This one had missed
its mark. That still another shot had
been fired was shown by the finding
of the four discharged cartridges,
some of them on the floor
Greenhow's revolver, .3S calibre
weapon, had been used little, If at all
before last night. Chief Galusha said
the gun appeared to be new. Three
chambers of the five in the gun con-
tanned loaded cartridges, showing that
Greenhow had stopped to reload it.
He had several loose cartridges in his
coat pocket.
Greenhow was talking with Odie
Dyer in Butts drug store, adjoining
the hotel lobby. short time before
he went to his room. His small
daughter was with him. Greenhow
said he was angry, according to Dyer
He said his wife had not treated him
right, Dyer said. Dyer attempted to
buoy up his spirits, urging him to
forget about it." Greenhow said he
would.
Wife Upbraided Him.
A woman, to whom Greenhow was
talking previously, said his wife came