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OTHER MSN CAUSE OF AFFAIRA bland. NVbr.. July 12.— (AIM—J ‘'Another man was said by relative jto have been the cause ( f the double ftragedy near Yutan today in which Harry Barger, l?,t a farmer near her# instantly killed hi.s v*ife with a revolver and then fatally hot himself.:The shooting took place on th**fai ’ fVter and Wan? :*?*. *i! • fit i M : I;in fhih county, Harde r followed hisj wife then* after a dlsagre*inent and; finding her in the yard near the house killed her. turning the gun on | liiniH* If. He died an hQur l;iilt; r.The families* of both declared that “another man** was the cause of the tragedy. They told County A Horne) S'hirfi !btin *hat this nan, who ban since disappeared from the vicinity,has bevn the cuu e lt;l numerousquarrels toetween Mr. and Mrs. Barger. Mr. Bchfeft lb* in said there would be no Inquest. The hodieg were taken to the mou,ii ■ at Wahoo.Reconciliation AttemptedThe Hamers bad been fixing on the farm of his parents near here. Saturday night Mrs. Barker, following a quarrel, 1# ft t«*r her sister’s residence and about midnight Sunday went to the farm of h* r parent.Barger bad been .'♦• king hi wife aince Saturday, relative* said. Today, with Mr. and Mrs. Orville Moffattof Ashland, he went to the Wage-man home to effect a reconciliation. He and tho Moffatt’* had talked it over,** they said, and he had agreed to make terms with bis wife.Moffatt said Barger talked with his wife about an hour when he h* ard two idiots. Barger* 1 I# aaaumed, had carried the revolver in a holster hidden beneath his overfills. \\ hen with the Moffatt*s he gave no sign of anger or any hint that he carried a gun, they told the coumy officers.
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Beatrice Daily Sun
Beatrice, Nebraska, US
Tue, Jul 13, 1926
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