The courier-index., 1920-10-29

Stories of the trouble between
 r Horne and his daughter and MT. [uule are somewhat conflicting. There were no witnesses to the tagedy except the three partici- bnts. MT. Apple was conscious up
 within thirty minutes of nls tath and gave his version of the ffair to his father-in-law, M. Il. [Ord, former sheriff of the county, hd to several of his friends who Eere summoned to his room. Ac- brding to this statement MT. Apple &id Miss Horne, who has been his Eief deputy, was in love with him fd on several occasions recently Rd proposed marriage to him. lie eclined to accept the proposal, tell La her he did not love her and puld not be happy as her husband.
 r Apple stated that about one &elock yesterday afternoon Miss Horne returned from lunch to re- bme her work in his office and Dat soon after she entered the of |ce he observed she was holding fstol in her right hand, partly con- faled under her shawl. He asked Rr what she was going to do with he pistol, whereupon she pointed
 at him and exclaimed she intend
 to shoot him if he did marry er. MT. Apple said this occurred
 the vault that joins his office.
 hen Miss Horne drew the weapon Zpple claims to have struck her fm, knocking the pistol from her Pnd. He and Miss Horne then egan a scramble for the weapon. While they were so engaged, Apple Palms J. A. Horne, father of the Pung lady, came running into the nain office from the corridor Tn he court house, that he stopped at &pple's desk long enough to open
 drawer and get Apples pistol, that
 rushed in the vault and began Prlng at Apple, the early shots plng wild. Apple claims Horne
 Den placed the weapon close to
 stomach and fired. He stated DIS occurred in the vault, and that
 was unarmed, that he picked up
 leather duster and tried to. de- Fho himself with it but without Rall. In the fusilade of shots fired \ Horne one of the bullets struck
 s daughter.
 The ether version of the trouble Eeording to information coming =om friends of Mr. Horne, IS to Re effect that Miss Horne, who
 been employed as deputy m n. Apples for nearly a year, con
 ssed to her parents Wednesday ght that Mir. Apple had been too
 umate with her and that he nad PomiSed to marry her last Sun fy She claims he put her OH eOm day to day on various pretexCs' Enally telling her Wednesday after pon he did not intend to marry
 r When she advised her parents
 the situation Wednesday night It
 stated Mr. Horne said he would
 G to Mir. Apple about the aftair ua try to get him to marry nis Sughter. As head of the Daggett fOstract Company MT. Horne mas $uSlness every day in the office or <e circuit clerk, looking up recoris II connection with his abstract work
 IS understood he told his daugh- Er at noon yesterday he would ac- *pnpany her to the court house, <lat he wanted to look up some deeo .eggords and that he would also 1 FIX to MT. Apple about his promise N marry his daughter. Opon leaV-
 g home at about 12:45 it is stat Ia Horne put his gun in his pocket rsnt to the circuit clerks offlce Ei.n his daughter, passed on into kae vault, called MT. Apple in ano SAsd for some information aboul ueed record. While Horne wa ks1ting his data from the reeorS EiHpie was in the main office wlti t.ss Horne, according to the versloi
 ne9 by Horne's friends. It IS al
 ssa Miss Horne made an outer, Sau Sa. called to her father to rui ''e eulck." Horne rushed iron