Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1911 — TRAGEDY ENDS A LOVE AFFAIR [ARTICLE]

TRAGEDY ENDS A LOVE AFFAIR

Man Shoots Girl in Bakery in Kenton. Ohio. KILLS HIMSELF AFTER PURSUIT Both Parties Were Children of Wealthy Farmers, and Young Woman Had Tried to Rid Herself of Lover. Toledo, 0., Sept 15. —Jasper Newman killed himself by firing a bullet through hie brain at his father's farm, five miles from Kenton, O. He was cornered by an armed posse of 100 farmers who were pursuing him as the murderer of Della Halsey, aged twen-ty-two. Tl*e suicide followed the murder by five hours and was the culmination of an unhappy love affair which began when Newman, twenty-five, went to work for George Halsey, father of the girl, who was twenty-two. Both Newman and Miss Halsey were the children of wealthy farmers. Almost from the very beginning, theif courtship was marred -by disagreements. Newman was regarded as a model young man. Miss Halsey was a general favorite. After several months had passed, Miss Halsey asked Newman to cease his attentions and she came to Kenton, taking a place as a clerk in Watt’s bakery in the hope of forgetting her love affair. • Newman refused to let her alone. Getting a job at the T. & O. C. shops at Kenton he renewed his attentions. He entered the bakery in the evening and tried to converse with the girl. As a customer was using the telephone in the front of the store, Newman induced Miss Halsey to walk with him into a rear room. From there he dragged her out a rear door. Two women who were passing thought the couple were scuffling for fun. As soon as they were out of sight Newman seized her by the throat with his left hand. With his right he pressed a revolver against her breast and fired three shots into her heart. Newman then fled before any one appeared on the scene.

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