Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-04-03

MONTANA, acCOTQlUS u lnIOTIufuOH
reaching Watertown from that city,
today.
Il Mrs. Elli;a left Watertown shortly
after her husband entered the serv-
ice, and with her mother has made her
home in Montana. Mr.. Ellis is still
overseas and no word has been re-
ceived as to when he expects to return
t otile states. Mrs. Ellis was Lille
Inman previous to her marriage.
The details of the shooting affair
as given in a Great Falls paper. are:
Robert f. Cook shot and instantly
killed Mrs. Lille ellis at the home OF
the latter, Ago Fourth avenue south,
at $50 this morning, and then turned
the weapon upon himself the bullet
passing through his temple. causing
instant death.
The shooting occurred in the yard,
Mrs. Ellis running out from the house
pursued by Cook, who sho. her
through the body in the neighborhood
Of the heart. when she fell he put, the
gun to his owrs head, blowing out his
brains.
The shooting was done with a Colt
Al caliber single action revolver. The
killing occurred SO suddenly that 1t
was over almost before anyone real
lied that q tragedy was taking place.
A neighbor telephone Fire Chief A.
T.. Trodicksswho was on the scene With
in a few minutes after tie shooting,
and found both the man and woman
stone dead. their bodies lying within
20 feet Of each other, both covered with
blood aud the revolver lying beside
the man, mute evidence Of The bloody
tragedy in which lWo iixss haa been
snnffed out in a moment. In the
gun there were five empty cartridges.
Finding both dead, Chief Trodick
telephoned for CHIEF Of Police Marcus
Anderson, who summoned Coroner
McBurney and the bodies of the two
were taker to O'Connor's, where an
inquest win be held later.
A sister of the murdered woman was
the only witness Of the killing and
suicide, Cook and Mrs. Ellis coming
into the front, sroomsfrem "a walk down
town, and were arguing about the lat
ter TRoving 10 another Iuus.:..5ssEs3s:. !..
shots were heard and the sister saw
Mrs. Ellis run screaming from the
room, Cook following and shooting
twice more. AS the woman fell ne
turned the revolver upon himself. the
entire shooting taking but a few Sec
ends.
Cook is well known in the city, hav-
ing lived here a number Of years and
being about IS years Of age. He was
employed as a brakeman on the Great
Northern, having previously worked
several years for one Of the ice com
panies of the city. He was not known
as quarrelsome and had many friends
in the city. Mrs. Ellis was the widow
of Samuel Ellis, and had lived here
Is months. She was about "a years
of age and lived with her sister and
mother al the address named.
sstThey had not been quarreling,'
said Mrs. f. H. Hilton, sister of Mrs.
Ellis, who witnessed the tragedy My
sister and mother work at Hoffman's
restaurant, on the late night shift, and
Bob met them at the restaurant at 8
o'clock when they came off shift.
They walked home Sogether. and they
were chatting together when they
came in.
see you are moving Bob said
when he saw our goods all piled up in
the raiGdle of the room, ADDING, ]
Twill help YOU w. ewere getting ready
to move across the street.
"He stood around for few minutes
and went into the front room. LILLE
followed him. 7 heard no word Spoken
an dthey weren't in there a minute
when Lille came running out into the
kitchen.
on siss==silr screamed. and + saw
him after her.
What are o doing, Bob?' ] sait
and held my hand to stop him
las she opened the door, he brushet
me aside and pulled out d revolver AMI
fred d snot. 1t missed her by foul
inches, piercing the WALL.
Mrs. Hilton followed out of the hous'
and as her sister ran to the from
OF the house and lodged behind |
shack, situated On the corner Of Fiftl
same lot, he fired another shot. Thl
pursued woman rounded the seconl
house and started around thirs
/ shack, situated on the cnrned Of Ftftl
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