The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-17
ENDS HERLIF[ WITH
PISTOL FOLLOWING
QUARREL WITH MATE
Mrs. Reene Brennan Of Las Vegas
Shoots Herself With .25 Caliber
Colts Automatic Revolver;
Family Trouble Che Cause.

Special Correspondence TO The Herald.
Las Vegas. ~. Al. May l1.-Mrs.
Reene Brennan. aged 81 years. wife
o. Santa Fe Engineer II. ]. Brennan.
shot and killed herself shortly after
10 O'Clock Yesterday morning. at her
home on Nvrth Third street. Mr..
Brennan. who had come in ON train
No. . yesterday morning. was alone in
the house with Mrs. Brennan when the
woman committed suicide. He tcsti-
fed 20 the ~coroner's jury yesterday
afternoon hat he and she had quar-
relied yesterday. and that she had
threatened to leave him. when he
reached home she had packed her
errcfs. and asked him q so TO the
bank and get her money. He did 80.
and she threw two stOo bills toward
him. saying: "Yoa might need some
OF that"
Later the ashes OF what Is believed
to be the remainder OF the bills were
found In the stove.
A few moments later Brennan went
into the kitchen. and while there he
heard a shot fred. When he reached
the parlor. Mrs. brennan was lying
on the couch. with her right arm and
right limb hanging over the edge. A
rs caiiber Colts automatic revolver
was lying on the floor about three
feet distant.
Mr.. Brennan ran Immediately 20
the home Of Larry Cieyenger and told
what had happened. Mrs. clevenger
summoned DIR. w. Z. Easer. who went
Immediately to the Brennan home.
and found Mrs. brennan TO be dead.
Chief OF Police Ben Coles Office was
notified. but the chief was oft, being
engaged In serving official notices on
the drainage assessment, 80 ne did
not receive the notice until after ~
O'Clock noon. The telephone messag
TO chief Coles was received az his Of
ice at lO;t0 o'clock.
Coles vent TO the Brennan house
and found the revolver lying on the
floor. but the body had been moved
by Mr.. Brennan. who said he had
folded the hands, raised the limb INTO
the couch and closed Tho eyes. The
gun was evidently the property OF
AIRS. Brennan. according 10 the tesd-
mony Of Mr. Brennan. He said he
had seen Il once or twice before. and
that she mad told him she needed h.
for her protection because she was SO
much alone.
The revolver found on the hOor by
chief Coles had a loaded cartridge ia.
Il. The Colt automatic revolver. when
hred discharges the empty sheh and
re-ioads the gun. 30 there was ma eti-
dence there 10 show whether or NOT
A.. - 1t..s 600. HHsa..H
The members OF the c%oroncr's jury
questioned the Witnesses closely as tD
whether there was more than one
Shot hrod. Dr. Kaiser. who slated n
ala not remoYe the clothing from tho
body. said that tho one bullet sound
over the lon breast VAS 40 mas he
saw Charles j. Day M examined
the body az hiss undertaking eHtah-
ilshmenf. testined that there was but
one bullet wound.
The coronor's lury returned a vcr-
dlrt ~ the eject that mo decreased
came 90 her death hy reason oi "a
punshot wound se.f-lnnieied.
Mrs. brennan came To- LAS Noga,
.hont slxieon months aao from Ration.
Al that time she was Mrs kcene
I.onchouran.pyr. she too@ a room ~
tho Rawiins house. which ls conduct
I'D by Mrs. Rhodca Nh fyf secured
"a dINorcc here from her former nus
hand and In tho iater pnrt of Mnieh'
.sis. she vas married "a Mr., hfeh
san at Ration. The ccnpie had resided
IN las ycFas I'M the marrinee
cheapcst arcidenf inauraucc-Dr