Weekly journal-miner., 1919-05-07
JACK WILSON IS SHOT ID DEATH
 BY BERNICE
 ANDERSON
(From Saturdays DaiIy)

JOlllA Slcil n " 4AoOlA 4S uNdO anu Bernice Wiley Anderson severely wounded as the result of clash of convention with the elemental ie- male. The killing of the ex-soldier by the wife of an officer of the 158th Infantry, SO nobly welcomed at Fl Paso Thursday, threw pail of gloom over that notable event yesterday.
 Jealousy over another woman IS said to have prompted the vengeful shots, fired in the room of Mrs. An dersou at the Forrest Sanitarium about Il o'clock yesterday morning. Mrs. Anderson, who was employed as q nurse at the sanitarium turned her weapon on herself, and inflicted a wound that was at first considered fatal.
 Before he followed Lieutenant (now Captain) David D. R. Auder- son to France, last summer, Wilson is said to have "gone with" Bernice Anderson. His return from overseas was followed by a series of quarrels, one result of which was the express ed threat on the part of Mrs Ander- son, "to get even with Jack" The rews that ,c had escorted another woman to the May Day Ball Thurs day night, is said to have decided the nurse to have it out with Wilson.
 Particulars of the killing and at tempted suicide, brought out at coroner's inquest yesterday afternoon reveal a peculiarly sordid and un- wholesome tragedy. Mrs. Anderson is accused of being unbalanced and is said to be the daughter of wo- man whose mind is unsettled. Be fore her terrible deed, however, she went about her work at the sanitar- ium without sign of what was in her mind-tne testimony showed she was more than happy-probably worked up by what was being planned for her victinl.
 So vengeful was she that after Wilson had staggered downstairs to a cot, she followed and fired another shot.
 The Inquest Story
 Only one principal witness was ex- amined at the inquest before Justice of the Peace McLane yesterday at 2 D. m. That was Mrs. Jack Love, manager of the sanitarium, who told her story approximately as follows:
 q was upstairs when Mrs. Ander- son told me she had called Jack and asked him to come. When he arriv- ed, he came in the kitchen where l was, and after I went upstairs to work, I heard Bernice call Jack to her room. 1 then came downstairs. from where I heard some shots. In a moment, Jack came down the stairs toward me, with Bernice after him asked what was the matter, but before anybody answered, Der nice shot again. The bullet passed along my face. I do not think it touched Jack.
 q followed Jack into the living room, where he lay down on cot. He. told me "She shot me in the heart and two other places"
 q hurried to the telephone and as I was calling up the doctor, Bernice went into the living room where Miss Shields was bending over Jack, and shot again."
 Questions by County Attorney Neil Clark developed Mrs. Loves testi- mony further. It appeared that Will son had been going with Mrs. An derson for some time, and that their recent relations had not been cordial In fact they indulged in frequent "spats" Mrs. Anderson worked yes terday morning with great cheerful ness, singing and smiling as she tend ed her patients.
 According to Mrs. Love, Bernice must have been deranged. It was said her mother is insane. Captain and Mrs. Anderson were separated, but not divorced. and Mrs. Love though the captain was in France.
 Mrs. Anderson was aware of the fact that Wilson escorted some girl to the May Day bali. It has been said that she spent Thursday practic- ing with the pistol, and had bought a new box of shells for it.
 The gun used in the killing was left at the sanitarium by patient. Mrs. Love said she had hidden it, but that Bernice dug it up.' It was a cheap 38 caliber gun, carrying what is called metal patch" bullet, Dep uty Sheriff Ali Jones picked up two shells in Mrs. Anderson's room.
 The Attempted Suicide
 No testimony was permitted at the inquest relating to the attempted suicide. It developed outside the in quiry, however, that after Mrs. An derson fired the last shot at Wilson ill the sitting room, she went to the basement and turned the gun on her self. The bullet did not penetrate deep, and missed both heart and stom' ach, according to the doctors. It was the opinion of Dr. Soutnworth, who was called on the case and was the first outside the sanitarium to