Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1908 — Crime of Rejected Suitor. [ARTICLE]

Crime of Rejected Suitor.

Birmingham, Ala., June 16.-—T. Luther Birchfleld, a young electrician, Sunday afternoon shot Mrs. W. A. Van Hooser and then fired a pistol ball through his own breast Both died shortly afterward. The tragedy occurred at the home of Mrs. Van Hooser. It is said that Birchfleld had formed an attachment foi* her and that she declined to have anything to go with him.