The evening herald., 1918-02-22
ANCIENT CITY MAN
IS SLAIN BY WIFE
TO SAVE OWN LIFE
Mrs. r. II. Case Blows Husband S
Head or With Shotgun, Claim.
ing He Had Threatened to Kill
Her Slayer Is Hysterical.

SPECIAL CoFHtspoHuUNrC 20 THt Hrsstn
santa ic y NJ. Feb. - Threat
cncd. he says, with the alternative col
staying cor being slain. Mrs H. ". case
Yesterday afternoon shot aud killed
her husband boz the bedroom uf their
home. too Manhattan The WEAPON
employ ed was 20 l--guu4c -hutguu,
which tore ofi the entire u-ht -ds ft
the mans uvld a %, ,lub,r aut,-
matte revolver Na- found lying near
tr~r- right hand u- DO nuu down
FROM the side of the bed where he
ntdN Dos. O. Is with This weapon that
Mr. Gas, asserts hcr husband ate
tempted Geo ku her
Mr.. Case. vino .- ulmus, insane with
UEstvric-. Wa- arrested Immediately
Hi',r the tragedy .ud BE- u tho cu-tud,
nf sheriff Cvlsu Lop'z Temperate,
pa. b. nclur held 20 81 Niuccul4 hos
puHl she Is being guarded ,trefuA
iu prevent possible suicide. District
Attorney i. &c. tri~t and his assistant,
J.. T. pH les urr both ont or the cltR.
but have been summoned tu come tt
once amt take charge ut tho ease
Mrs Case told sheriff. Lopez THAT
her husband entered ihy house Iu uu
angry frame ui m,ud and said
"bue ol US must die. either SOU k|.
mo or ! must shoot you.
II was cruz, with fear" said Nr-
Case. according tu the .uc.ris STORY
"and } seized O. shotgun aud iirod bg.
fore 0 ,huu-h' What Was dpin4
tn, fac, tnHI iho muu HpparyuH.
was shot u th, ba,E ut the head .r l
Icircumstuu,c fhat tho officers can uoi
reconcile with 'Hc woman's STORY o.,
was Impossible 600 tuc, the course .i
the shot after striking Casr
An inqucs, held at the scene ug 10,
tragedy yesterday afternoon by Ju-ti'.
Iur the Peace Jose Dumusucl t,uri
THAT Case had com, Goo hs death -
being Shu. n, guu .u thv hauH. ..
his wife Mrs t. "a. case.
Shrich, Draw Nttcntion.
Attention was first attracted tu 'ly
Tragedy by tho shricktug Co. Mr. Case
lwhn ran into the yard di-uo, alcd aud
WILDLY gcsI. Mating Nc.shhurs ran o.
ascertain what hud occurred. and
Learned from her incuh'roul word.
that 'u.r hud been shot Gushiug in
tp the house they found the body oi
Case lying ur the bed ,hu head am,
tnu right Hru Laugiu- over fhr oJs"
IA Jursod hole had h,yu torn boo rn,
skull practically the ."r.r, right hHII
Dot the head having been torn awns
Brains and blood spati~r,b the floor
land the mans shirt amt Jg, H,J we've
lowered with the red ruid.
Case luy with hls head JI 1h" h,l,
uf thu bed, facing the WHll His l,t
lleg was Outs,rotched. and the right
WAS bent at the knCe. th, ankle lynne
uu the right calf Tho position won't
have appeared 200 hI., been mtur,
but Tor the fact thIt tine head aud lIr
huns too fnr off the edge Apparent
Us the man had been sjtu...I u'u
the bed or was yud,HEur.u- BOO ,lim'
over b toward his vile when hc va
struck. lie musj have boon u,srcs
the side toward which Dol. bead i'I
tor iharc We're mo- stains uc- r.p,t
on the other side. However, th'r'
may have been stain. .rU,ath 'n
body, which had not u,nn removed I'
hour after th, TRAGEDY pending 'n,
Coroucr's inquest. %, may hay, .,'I
lying ON the bed when shot.
Revolver Near ~ Hand.
Case was In his shirt sleeve, nu
otherwise was fuliN dressed. Sea
his right hand ug au automatic ry
Nov,r ct .3N caliboT 20 had NOT h'r'
Idls- hurrcd. Directly opposite him uH
f.t,rrI fl. f.Yf tf fl. I.I UeHV "a doc