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Shoots Wife, PutsAffairs In Order,Takes Own Life1rt-cntsCOLUMBUS, April 17 (INS)-A 65-year-old Columbus attorneyafter shooting his wife, wentabout carefully putting his* legalaffairs in shape Wednesday before shooting himself.Police said Harry B. Yarnelileft the body ,of his murdered wife in)mjthe house and went to the court | house shortly after 8 a. m. He spoke with friends a few minutes and then went to the county recorder’s office to record cancellation of a $4,000 mortgage on his property.He. then left the building, and according to court house employes, paused “for some time” looking into the’window of a nearby tombstone company.Arrived home, he called police] pj to tell them, “I think I have a suicide here.”When police arrived they found ar his wife, Theresa Jean Yarnell, 49, lying on a bed with a bullet woundin the he.ad.. Yarnell Was unconscious on the floor, also with a bullet wound in the head. He was still breathing, but died enroute to the hospital.Police*, said Mrs. Yarnell had been shot late Tuesday1. The coro-iTOrreturned a verdict ot~murder odjand suicide.diVcwtvStvv2kslmPiS:erwciflviPlt;
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Sandusky Register Star News
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 17, 1952
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