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JEALOUS FIEND ! KILLS BROTHER; WOUNDS WIFEThis Black Hills Miner Then Commits Suicide in a Lonely CabinSHOT WIFE THREE TIMES bcdy of murderer found byPOSSE AFTER 2 DAY HUNT IN SUB-ZERO WEATHERft iihvood, ?. D., Jan. 78.—After I rin his brother-in-law Orville Wes- ; f, *;.inl, age 17, of Trojan, and wound i n i s wife with a revolver, Henry j \ , i miner, committed suicide b} !ting himself in trie bead while in r\ cabin near t!ie head of the w f branch of Falsehottom creek.U , dead body was found by a sher-,:i - posse who had been trailing the inn for o\* r t\\ » days. Westerland ‘ . - kille 1 while attempting to shield ] i. - '-.-tor.iK'Hi* tie trouble between Nicoli and 1- wi;'-‘ is believed to been the jkd Mrs. Nicoli had j , r husband, t akin* with her their j a . children, a girl of lit and a boy ^ uf nine and for some time she had , ii making Iut home with her father.Quarrel Begins on Vw Year's night Mrs, Nicoli .*ii i h r brother went to the home of Mi'. Swift, a neighbur, to pass the * !i ng. Nicoli appeared and began tu quarrel with his wife. Oftcr a few minutes he left the house. In a short j-! in. he returned and made a rush for i*is wife, carrying a gun in his hand. ( \V sterland made a move to protect- sister and Nicoii fired; the bullet 1 striking the young man in the back a jnd tie fell dead at his sister’s feet. 1Three Shots Hit Woman Nicoli without stopping continued t to tire off his revolver at Mrs. Ni- t Three of the live bullets took I effect but her condition is not serious, r After the shooting Nicoli plunged 4 into the bitter cold, the thermom- s I : at that time registering *20 do- a s below zero. In his wanderings e t :s.ugh th»‘ snow many times he dou- -; d his tracks and from his trail :t i uld h seen he had fallen down into j (Jeep guljeys.Toe trail led to tin* Abricombrie cabin at the head of a Falsehottom |:-» k branch. Aft^r Nicoli reached I he hut, it is thought that he removed !i_s shoes, his overcoat and cap, and then laid down on the bed. pulling the bedclothing over him. Ling the re- * xolver with which he had shot his lt;wife and brother-in-law. he placed the lt;. muzzle of .t to his right temple and « pressed the trigger. Death was in- lt;etantaneous. ,
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Mitchell Morning Republican
Mitchell, South Dakota, US
Wed, Jan 08, 1919
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Betty W.
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