The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-23
Chauffeur
dies FROM
GUN shot
Bullet Thru Abdomen Ends
Life OF Leo Price After
Argument
JURY VISITS THE SCENE

The deliberations of coro
nsr's jury. ursI~r Ch~f Deputy
WIN n. Cor~on. which convcucsf
al y m. Monday. arc ~xp~~t~d
either To ssooerst~ or fin the re-
spoaslbiliiy for the murder Of
I~o Price. %. chauffeur. on
Harry 7. kitto~. n. son ~ =. y.
kftee. 7Iyosreid prop~ssior cf
the Albany Dental fariors. Of
Seattic.
Price was shrr thru the abdomen
and alsnasl irlttansis kilied ia the
kstso- residence AZ Sunnydai~. m
the fvs Moincn road. II q. m sun
day. Following tire shooting. Harry
ISlttoe. his father and Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Hrcitenstssn. visitors az the
kIitoc homo. we're arrested and TAX
en- 10 tho county jail There the
Breite nateins accused Harry kittoe
OF the shooting. and supplemented
this with IN. statement that both
Harry klt,oc and his father verc
intoxicated at the time the crime was
committed
Wait Scene
Monday morning a hastily organ.
tied ooroners jury was taken 10 the
scene OF this shooting. together with
the two witnesses. the Breitenstsins.
10 gather data for IN. afternoon In
quest. The mystery OF several un'
related and dlsjointrd events which
led up 10 the tragedy were unex
plained by noon Monday. Harry
Kltioe and hi. father were detained
In the county jail
According 10 the Brciteusteins.. a
state Of jealousy existed between the
chauffeur. Who had been employed
about week. and the younger Kit.
toe. over who should drive the Kit
toe automobile This had been liar-
~ Kitioc's privilege prior to the en-
ployment OF Price.
Events in their sequence. as relat-
cd to deputy sheriffs by the Breiten'
stems, were as follows: Price. the
chauffeur. called for them at their
home at p. m. picked up Harry
Kittoc at his fathers office In the
Peoples Bank building. and motorcd
out 10 the Kittoe home. on the way.
a squabble developed between Kittoe
and Price over driving the automo
bile The chauffeur rclinauished his
seat at the wheel 10 young Kittoe.
said at the time to have been intcxi.
Gated.
Two Shots Heard
Events leading mp 20 the shoot
ing, however. are disconnected.
Deputies have been unable to get
n satisfactory explanation from
Harry Kittoc. or from Breitenstein.
According 20 Mrs. Breitenstein. two
shots rang thru the house about
ii. and she rushed out. scream
ing. TO be followed by her hus-
band and Price Then. she says.
Harry Kittoe appeared. flourishing
a smoking revolver.
"I'm going to ret you now.
he is reported TO have said, rais-
ing the revolver and deliberately
aiming at Price. The chauffeur
dropped. according TO Mra. Brclten-
stein, after Kittoe pulled the trig-
ger. lie was carried into the
house, where he died few mo-
ments later. Harry kittoe In then
said TO have declared TO the Brciten-
stems, "l'll hang for this. " you
don't swear that he committed
suicide.
10y Collapsed
According to Deputy sheriffs Asa
Lee, william Barr. Fred Brown
and G. X. Scoones. who were de-
tailed 10 the scene OF the crime
on receipt OF telephone summons
from Mrs. /. Green, who lives
across the road from the Kittoe
residence, John kittoc was In bed
i'm one room and Harry In n
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