East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-18
SUPPOSED SLAYER OF wife AND
SELF SUCCUNBS SHORTLY after
SEARCH BY POLICE is FINISHED
Note Received Last Night by ater is Last Message From
Man Who Left Directions Not to Disturb Wife and De-
parted Car for Portland to Make Double Attempt to Die

! canoe attached to young CIark's visit
t to his fathers office at 1880 a. m.
Monday Is the assertion Of the father.
HE frequently visited me about
neon time, sometimes driving me home
for luncheon
Monday he entered the office as
usual went into another room to teIe-
phone. and when he came out he ask
ed me If had $1.5O that ne could bor-
row / had no change, so gave him a
SO bill He was cool as ever. and
there was no indication that anything
had gone wrong"
Married Eight Years
The clarks had been married about
eight years. They had no children,
Mrs. Clark, who was % years Of age.
was Miss Frances n. Norman before
her marriage. She was the daughter
OF Mrs. f. II. Norman, ITO st. Clair
street.
Mrs. Norman who is information
clerk at The Auditorium. was to have
met her daughter Monday afternoon
at o'clock, but thought nothing amiss
when Mrs. Clark did not appear.
my wife is i'll and should not be
disturbed until p m.,'' Clark told
employees in his farm as he left for
Portland in his car shortly after 10
a. M, Monday several hours after the
coroner declares his wife was killed.
When Mrs. Clark did not appear at
p. m. the employees feared she might
have been taken seriously i'll. When
they investigated. Mrs. Clark was
found dead on her bed in an upper
bed room She was practically fully
clothed. Twice she had been shot
through the head and once through
the heart.
Revolver is Found.
A small revolver. declared by deputy
sheriffs and the coroner to have been
used in the shooting was found on
shelf in the next room. Two of the
empty cartridges We're found in
clothes closet in the bedroom, and the
third was under the bed.
Apparently, declares the coroner.
Mrs. Clark was shot at close range, as
her Iothes near the heart show powder
stains.
Then, he believes. she fell on the
floor. Her slayer carried her to her
bed, wrapped a towel around her face.
and placed a comforter over her.
One shot entered the right temple.
another about three inches to the left
OF the first. and the third directly
through the left breast, heart and out
the back.
Breakfast Not Eaten
No breakfast had been eaten and
the supposition of the deputy sheriffs
who Investigated is that Mrs. Clark
hurriedly dressed to leave the house.
to ride with Clark in his car.
When found the body was fully
clothed. excepting the overskirt. A
long street coat and shoes found on
her led the officials to believe she in
tended to go out
Cool and collected as usual Clark
left his farm in his automobile shortly
after 10 a. m. Again he cautioned the
three farm employees not to disturb
his wife, they say
He drove to his fathers house. 1923
East Flanders street. but not finding
his father at home. drove to the elder
CIark's office in the Railway Exchange
Last seen at 1850
Early Yesterday, however his Lib
erty car was found parked at Tenth
Motor car was found parked at Tenth
md stark streets. There was nothing
n the car except several blue prints OF
house.
Native of walIa Walla.
Mrs Russell Clark was a native of
valla Walla She was Miss Frances
Norman and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
}. ID. Norman. MIR, Norman was for
long time agent for the O-W. II. &
4 at WalIa Walla and at Dayton. The
PARENTS have separated and Mrs Nor
nan is now living in Portland, where
he has three sisters. Two other sis
ers are residents of walla Walla.
rhey are Mrs. H. ScholI. sci Valencia
treet. and Miss Anna Hill. living in
he Reynolds home. Second street
According to relatives of Mrs. Clark
lark has frequently been in trouble.
nd his parents who We're at one time
Iuite well to do have spent large sums
n keeping him out of trouble.
Recently the man is said to have
hown evidences of acquiring consid-
rahle money. lie built himself
arge home in Troutdalc. one OF the
suburbs of Portland and
ntertained Iavishly. How he came
" this money has always been
MYSTERY to Mrs. Clark's relatives az
valIa walla. but they intimated that
'ossibIy he might have been bootleg
1ng.