Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-07
Stays HIS WIFE
AND THEN FIRES
A BULLET INTO
HIS OWN HE'S
Three-R Ranch Near Pueblo
lSSCene of Double Killing;
No Eye-WltneSSeS to the
Crime Is Belief,
AUTHORITIES UNABLE
TO ASSIGN A MOTIVE
May Have Been Grief or
jealousy As the Couple
Separated Recently on AC-
count of Domestic Trouble

ley MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlRtl
Pueblo, Colo, April S,-The
Three-R ranch, about twenty one
miles southeast Of this city, was
the scene of double killing yes
terday about noon when Daniel
Fain, 2G years old, shot and in
,stantly killed his wife. Mrs.
Blanche Fain. and then fired a
bullet into his own heart. SO fan
Coroner McClean has been unable
to discover any eye witnesses to the
crime and last night he made the
statement that he was not certain
there would be an inquest held
over the bodies The Fains were
married in Pueblo before the war
and the man left a short time later
for service in the army, On his
return they set up, housekeeping
in this city, but owing to domestic
difficulties they separated. Mrs
Fain worked for a short time
around the city and later went to
the ranch where she was killed yes
terday Faln left Pueblo for 81 /
Colo, where he spent several
months trapping and later made a
trip to st. Louis, where he sold u
large amount of furs. He returned
to Pueblo. about FRIDAY, it is be-
lieved.
Fain went to the offices of the
Big Four Taxi company last Sat
urday and asked what they would
charge to take him to the ranch
where his wife was working
After receiving the information he
left and was not seen again until
yesterday morning when he again
came to the taxi company and in
formed them that he was ready to
make the trip. He was driven tC
the scene of the shooting by c. r
Mattice, a driver for the taxi com.
pany, who says that Fain was IL
rare good humor all the way tC
the ranch. ...- ... ..
| On arriving at the ranch Fair
told the driver to wait and then l'
went to the ranch house where h
met Mrs. Hopkins, wife of he,
ranch foreman, and asked he
where he would find Mrs. Fain. HI
| was ulItNltN W a Ollldil DOllN llpuo'
and kitchen where his wife wa
working and when he walked in OF
her it is believed he at once firec
| the shot that ended her life. Boil
Mattice and Mrs. Hopkins heart
the shots, fired in rapid succession
| When the two arrived at the kttch
! en- both Fain and his wife were
dead death having been instaneous
Mrs. Fain was shot through the lef
temple, while the bullet that hat
ended Fain's life had pierced thu
heart.
Mrs Fain was young woman
of about "a years of age. She wa
a pretty blonde and little is known
of her past life by the ranch peo
I pie. Her parents live in Eads thi
state, and have been notified of tn,
death of the daughter. She had {
-year-old, son Robert, who wa
taken TO the home of Mr.. and Mrs
DriscolI 430 West Abriendo, b!
Deputy Coroner McMinn, imme
diately after the shooting. Mrs
Fain had been employed at thu
Driscoll home for some time befor
going to work on the ranch. FAN
has a mother living in Florence
Colo, and she also has been mott
fled of the affair.
The officials are at loss for
motive for the killing of Mrs, Fain
unless her husband was jealous o
grief stricken over the separation
Both bodies were brought to Puebl
by Coroner Luke McClean AM
equity Coroner William McMinn.