The evening herald., 1918-02-26
REPORT SAYS CASE
GAVE WIFE A HINT
OF COMING CRISIS

9ttiu W AhhNc NtNSh NAoyNA
Gun on Last Saturday; Victim
May Have Been Deranged
santa Ic. y. VI. Tch. 2G.--
Mrs. u. ~. Case. who shot and
killed. her husband at their home
here with shot gun Thurp,iaN
afternoon. will bc nrtulgnrd IN
the district court Monday ~ AN
swcr nn information flied Nv the
district attorney charging mnr-
der. degree not being specified.
No preliminary hearing before
Justice Or pcacc will br held
The district attorneys office made
u careful survey OF the appoint
mrnt where the shooting oc-
turrcd. with numerous photo
grapIl- and while no statement
II made officially II is known
tliat the state win hold TINT Case
was shot Ia the back of the head
while lSing ON the had.
Mrs. Case has claimed that iiIc
killed hcr husband when hc
threatened her with u revolver.
revolver WAS found iSing on
the floor near the bed. The
state. II IL said. will seek To prove
that the position of the blood
smcnr~ and brains showed Case
wne shot ~ hc lny prosIratc.
srrcIAt coaHtsrssprset 20 rEs srastp
Santa Fc. y NJ. Feb. ga btd r.
n Dlsc tell his wife last Saturday
or sunday that thcN would sooner or
later have - serious ana probably
fatal row. aud that hc wished her 10
bc property protected for such an en-
counter handing her q revolver az
the same timc'
This is one of the many rumors re-
gardinr the tragedy of Thursday a-
tcrnuou when Mrs. Case according
20 her own account, killed her hus-
band with a. - gauge shot gun at
their home here. after he had threat
cncd her nfe as she declared
More informant on this eNtrdor-
dinarv tragedy may bc CLEANED when
the prcliminarv hearing is held.
District Attorney J II Crist amt
sheriff Cciso Lopez were In consulta-
ZION Yesterday aud IL Is evident they
have been gathering evidence but they
declined to discuss developments.
sun NJ Sanitnrium.
Mrs Case b. still az thc sanitarium
whrte she WAS taken shortly after
the tragedy II 3, yhtd she has wircd
20 relatives iu ~ pusn nskiuE them
60 como tu Santa re she has q
brother there named " j. lland.
Hcr first husband from whom she
was divorced Wac charles Slossou.
~ VI lu~o
Case Was IN Poor Icalth.
From what can hc ascertaiuod.
ease was In poor health for several
Years tie had undergone au opera
ZION for Intestinal trouble at the
MayoH hospital Eoche-tcr, MINI, II
is sul and was treated fot som"
timo at Battle Greek sariwrium, IN
Michigan lie Is said to have had
trouble with his back which had pre-
vented him for long time from sit
tins up straight lie had taken many
uuuNallug cures, hut II appears thAt
the Mayos ana Battle Greek had
greatly improved his health aud only
% short time ago lac spoke of his I'M
pruvcmcut To New Mexican re-
porter who conVcrscd with him for
an hour ear two AZ lamy while await
INK train Case said then that he
had suffered for long time from
auto -ntoNicn5ion" ana that time and
again he would see people in the
plaza u santa Re and wonder whcth.
ri hr hud known them. He SALT
also that he often lost the sense of
feeling ia his hands.
20 improve his poor health Case
hud taken hack to nature" treat
mrnts not only at Battle Creek but
around Santa Fo many times going
90 the woods to take sun bath,
which ne said had done HIM a great
deal of good
Whether his long period ~ III
health had anything to do with hi'
mental condition during the last pas
few days or not Case appeared I'm a
pleasant frame uf mind shortly DE
fore the tragedy rs far as can be-
asccrtamod from those who ha,
spoken to him. II appears he con.
vrrncd freely with Guthrie smith j.
the office Of the state Record short.
"a attrr noon Thursday, talking oi
the Masonic reunion Case was O.
member 81 the class Of GN which
took the high degrees of the Scottisl
Rite this wrek lie walked to IA,
postotficr with Smith
Ou tine way Ia his home on Man,
haitian avenue. short distance he
yond the capitol, MIR. Case Is said tc
have exchanged a few words viii
Colonel lose y. Sena aud pcrhapl
others,
Mr Case was probably last Socr
alive before he entered his homo b,
Pete Griffin who had been inspect
ing the work of laying water mainl
on Don GasIiar avenue, near Nathal
Salmon's residence. only u stone
throw from Cases house II is sal,
that Mr.. Griffin ana Mr Case chat
ted for several minutes, also ahou
the scottish Rite reunion, that Mr.
Case was asked how he felt afte
an the work he had been through
ani that he replied that he felt "al