REPULSED LOVER'S CRIME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18089, 13 May 1922, Page 2 (Supplement)

REPULSED LOVER'S CRIME.

MARRIED WOMAN SHOT. Because she would not leave her husband for him, Rudolph Carroll, aged 36, of East Thirty-fourth Street, New York, waited for Mrs. Anne Butler, aged 20, to reach home from work and shot her twice, wounding her severely. Ho then put the revolver to his head and shot himself. Both were taken to Bellevue Hospital. Carroll was pronounced dead a few minutes after their arrival. The girl will recover.

Mrs. Butler lived across the street from Carroll, and the shooting occurred in the hallway of the tenement at her address. She had been married to John Butler, a plasterer, for a year and a haH. They had a disagreement a few months ago and separated, living apart until Thursday, when Mrs. Butler returned to her husband. Carroll had pressed his attentions, for some time, but had been repulsed. The last dav or two, neighbours said, ho had been carrying a revolver with him.

About 1.50 o'clock, as the woman came home from her place of employment, Carroll went up to her in the street and walked to her door with her. As they stepped into the hallway he drew a revolver and fired three shots. One struck Mrs. Butler in the hip. the other in the chest. He then shot himself through the right temple.