The Arizona copper camp., 1920-06-05
FORMER RAY
MAN KILLED
BY HIS WIFE
James G. Healy, Formerly
Engineer on the Ray and
ella Valley, Is Shot at
Ely, Nevada, Following
Domestic Difficulties.

OOmeSJlc !DlInculC1eS.
James C. Healy formerly a locomo-
tive engineer on the Ray and Gila
! Valley, was shot and killed by his
wife at Ely, Nevada, May II. Mrs.
Healy, who surrendered after the
shooting, is being held on a charge
of first degree murder.
Mr.. Healy was member of the
Florence lodge of Masons, and was
well known in this part of Pinal coun-
ty. He left here in 1915, and at the
time of his death was employed as an
engineer on the Navada Northern,
being instruction engineer if the Ely
yards.
The following account of the tragic
affair from the Ely Record of May
21 will be of interest to Rayites:
The community was startled on
Monday night ly the announcement
that James c. Healy, an engineer on
the Nevada Northern, had been shot
and killed by his wife at their home
in Central Ely
The shooting is supposed to have
occurred at about 8 O'Clock, or a lit
tie later, after which Mrs. Healy,
badly burned about the arms and per-
son by sulphuric acid which, she
claims, was thrown upon her by her
h11Ch NJ +1 ho
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Werner, where
she was taken care of, and the Off
GERS Immediately notified by tele-
phone of the tragedy.
The Healys came to the Ely dis
trict about three years ago and re-
mained for about year, after which
they spent some time in Texas and
Arizona. 1t was known at that time
that their domestic affairs were not
running smoothly and that suit had
been started Ly Mrs. Healy for di-
vorce, but their troubles were
smoothed over temporarily before
their departure for their new home.
the couple were having difficulties,
and that Mrs. Healy had employed
counsel to start proceedings for di-
vorce, including alimony, which had
been done.
Wife Tells Story
The couple had not been living to-
OQfhnr Cincn thn fret nf thn Y,annth
Mrs. Healy recently made a short trip
to Salt Lake on a visit to her brother,
arriving home Saturday night, and
was occupying the residence alone.
On the evening of the trouble, accord
ing to her statement, she spent some
time with neighbor, after which she
entered her home and decided to re-
tire early preparatory to the ordeal
in the court house on the following
day A synopsis of her statement
follows:
II had gone to bed early and had
fallen asleep when / was awakened
by some one at the window near the
led. The window was then raised
and the party crawled through it,
passed through the bedroom and en-
tered the kitchen. The house was
quite dark, but l could distinguish the
form of man, and I heard his step
on the linoleum as he entered the
kitchen l then got the pistol which
l had under my pillow, slipped from
the bed and stood by the side of the
arch between the bedroom and the
front room The man then turned in
the kitchen and came toward me,
when / fired the first shot Almost
Immediately I was struck by fluid
and in second it commenced to burn,
when l realized that acid had been
thrown upon me, when l fired again,
and the man fell with a groan.
l grabbed cloak and ran out of
the front door, screaming, and as no
one appeared to hear me or come to
my assistance, / ran over to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Werner. | fell