Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 22, 1940
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH BY WIFE, WOMAN IS WOUNDED IN FRAY
Holiday Meal Is Disrupted By Shooting
A negro man was dead, one negro woman was in the hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the chest and another woman was being held in the city jail facing a probably murder charge after an argument which resulted in a shooting fray that interrupted a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday evening.
Alonzo Hunt, about 51, was killed almost instantly about 6:30 o'clock last night by his wife, Willie May Hunt, a housekeeper, as he left the dinner table to talk to her in another part of their residence behind the Belmont Inn and just west of K street.
Minnie Lee Harper, 30, another negro woman, was wounded as she entered the room after hearing the shots and leaving the table. She was in Wyoming General hospital last night where it was said her condition was not serious.
Hunt died of four bullet wounds in his abdomen as he fell to the floor of one of the two bedrooms in the three-room house.
Jealousy apparently was the motive for the argument which led up to the shooting, officers said.
Miss Harper had made her home with the Hunts since she came to Rock Springs about six months ago, officers said.
Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay, who investigated the shooting, said that Mrs. Hunt apparently left the dinner table during the meal during which the argument developed. She went from the kitchen, where the group was eating a dinner of roast goose, and went into the farthest bedroom where she apparently obtained the gun.
When Hunt left the kitchen and entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired at him with a .32-.20 caliber revolver. The bullets struck him in the abdomen and he slumped to the floor between a bed and dresser.
Upon hearing the first shot, Miss Harper left the table and as she entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired a fifth shot which struck her in the chest. The bullet glanced from her breast bone and she suffered only a flesh wound, hospital attendants said.
A fourth member of the dinner party, a negro man believed to be named Sloan, left the house. Sloan has been in Rock Springs but a few days, coming here from Texas with Hunt who visited there and returned but a short time ago.
City police were called to the house about 6:45 p.m. and Patrolman Jack Hansen said that when he entered the house Mrs. Hunt had the telephone in her hand and was screaming. Mrs. Hunt was taken to the jail by city police and Miss Harper was rushed to the hospital.
Mrs. Hunt told officers that she did not intend to shoot Miss Harper.
Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, acting county coroner in the absence of Coroner J. Warden Opie, summoned a coroner's jury last night which viewed the body of the slain man.
Members of the jury are M.D. Horton, C.E. Petty and James Hougard. A time for inquest has not been set.
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1940
INQUEST TONIGHT WILL HEAR KILLING STORY
A coroner's inquest into the death of Alonzo Hunt, 51, who died of gunshot wounds November 21, was set for tonight, authorities announced yesterday.
Hunt was the victim of a Thanksgiving day quarrel during which his negro wife, Willie May Hunt, allegedly killed him with a revolver. A direct information charging her with first degree murder was filed last week by County Attorney Joseph Galicich.
Minnie Harper, wounded in the fray, was released last week from the Wyoming General hospital. She received a chest wound when she ran to the room where Mrs. Hunt allegedly killed her husband.
Several other guests at the Hunt home at the time of the shooting are expected to testify at the inquest tonight.
Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, who acted as coroner in the absence of J. Warden Opie, will conduct the inquest.
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH BY WIFE, WOMAN IS WOUNDED IN FRAY
Holiday Meal Is Disrupted By Shooting
A negro man was dead, one negro woman was in the hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the chest and another woman was being held in the city jail facing a probably murder charge after an argument which resulted in a shooting fray that interrupted a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday evening.
Alonzo Hunt, about 51, was killed almost instantly about 6:30 o'clock last night by his wife, Willie May Hunt, a housekeeper, as he left the dinner table to talk to her in another part of their residence behind the Belmont Inn and just west of K street.
Minnie Lee Harper, 30, another negro woman, was wounded as she entered the room after hearing the shots and leaving the table. She was in Wyoming General hospital last night where it was said her condition was not serious.
Hunt died of four bullet wounds in his abdomen as he fell to the floor of one of the two bedrooms in the three-room house.
Jealousy apparently was the motive for the argument which led up to the shooting, officers said.
Miss Harper had made her home with the Hunts since she came to Rock Springs about six months ago, officers said.
Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay, who investigated the shooting, said that Mrs. Hunt apparently left the dinner table during the meal during which the argument developed. She went from the kitchen, where the group was eating a dinner of roast goose, and went into the farthest bedroom where she apparently obtained the gun.
When Hunt left the kitchen and entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired at him with a .32-.20 caliber revolver. The bullets struck him in the abdomen and he slumped to the floor between a bed and dresser.
Upon hearing the first shot, Miss Harper left the table and as she entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired a fifth shot which struck her in the chest. The bullet glanced from her breast bone and she suffered only a flesh wound, hospital attendants said.
A fourth member of the dinner party, a negro man believed to be named Sloan, left the house. Sloan has been in Rock Springs but a few days, coming here from Texas with Hunt who visited there and returned but a short time ago.
City police were called to the house about 6:45 p.m. and Patrolman Jack Hansen said that when he entered the house Mrs. Hunt had the telephone in her hand and was screaming. Mrs. Hunt was taken to the jail by city police and Miss Harper was rushed to the hospital.
Mrs. Hunt told officers that she did not intend to shoot Miss Harper.
Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, acting county coroner in the absence of Coroner J. Warden Opie, summoned a coroner's jury last night which viewed the body of the slain man.
Members of the jury are M.D. Horton, C.E. Petty and James Hougard. A time for inquest has not been set.
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1940
INQUEST TONIGHT WILL HEAR KILLING STORY
A coroner's inquest into the death of Alonzo Hunt, 51, who died of gunshot wounds November 21, was set for tonight, authorities announced yesterday.
Hunt was the victim of a Thanksgiving day quarrel during which his negro wife, Willie May Hunt, allegedly killed him with a revolver. A direct information charging her with first degree murder was filed last week by County Attorney Joseph Galicich.
Minnie Harper, wounded in the fray, was released last week from the Wyoming General hospital. She received a chest wound when she ran to the room where Mrs. Hunt allegedly killed her husband.
Several other guests at the Hunt home at the time of the shooting are expected to testify at the inquest tonight.
Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, who acted as coroner in the absence of J. Warden Opie, will conduct the inquest.
Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Nov 22, 1940
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH BY WIFE, WOMAN IS WOUNDED IN FRAY
Holiday Meal Is Disrupted By Shooting
A negro man was dead, one negro woman was in the hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the chest and another woman was being held in the city jail facing a probably murder charge after an argument which resulted in a shooting fray that interrupted a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday evening.
Alonzo Hunt, about 51, was killed almost instantly about 6:30 o'clock last night by his wife, Willie May Hunt, a housekeeper, as he left the dinner table to talk to her in another part of their residence behind the Belmont Inn and just west of K street.
Minnie Lee Harper, 30, another negro woman, was wounded as she entered the room after hearing the shots and leaving the table. She was in Wyoming General hospital last night where it was said her condition was not serious.
Hunt died of four bullet wounds in his abdomen as he fell to the floor of one of the two bedrooms in the three-room house.
Jealousy apparently was the motive for the argument which led up to the shooting, officers said.
Miss Harper had made her home with the Hunts since she came to Rock Springs about six months ago, officers said.
Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay, who investigated the shooting, said that Mrs. Hunt apparently left the dinner table during the meal during which the argument developed. She went from the kitchen, where the group was eating a dinner of roast goose, and went into the farthest bedroom where she apparently obtained the gun.
When Hunt left the kitchen and entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired at him with a .32-.20 caliber revolver. The bullets struck him in the abdomen and he slumped to the floor between a bed and dresser.
Upon hearing the first shot, Miss Harper left the table and as she entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired a fifth shot which struck her in the chest. The bullet glanced from her breast bone and she suffered only a flesh wound, hospital attendants said.
A fourth member of the dinner party, a negro man believed to be named Sloan, left the house. Sloan has been in Rock Springs but a few days, coming here from Texas with Hunt who visited there and returned but a short time ago.
City police were called to the house about 6:45 p.m. and Patrolman Jack Hansen said that when he entered the house Mrs. Hunt had the telephone in her hand and was screaming. Mrs. Hunt was taken to the jail by city police and Miss Harper was rushed to the hospital.
Mrs. Hunt told officers that she did not intend to shoot Miss Harper.
Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, acting county coroner in the absence of Coroner J. Warden Opie, summoned a coroner's jury last night which viewed the body of the slain man.
Members of the jury are M.D. Horton, C.E. Petty and James Hougard. A time for inquest has not been set.
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1940
INQUEST TONIGHT WILL HEAR KILLING STORY
A coroner's inquest into the death of Alonzo Hunt, 51, who died of gunshot wounds November 21, was set for tonight, authorities announced yesterday.
Hunt was the victim of a Thanksgiving day quarrel during which his negro wife, Willie May Hunt, allegedly killed him with a revolver. A direct information charging her with first degree murder was filed last week by County Attorney Joseph Galicich.
Minnie Harper, wounded in the fray, was released last week from the Wyoming General hospital. She received a chest wound when she ran to the room where Mrs. Hunt allegedly killed her husband.
Several other guests at the Hunt home at the time of the shooting are expected to testify at the inquest tonight.
Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, who acted as coroner in the absence of J. Warden Opie, will conduct the inquest.
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH BY WIFE, WOMAN IS WOUNDED IN FRAY
Holiday Meal Is Disrupted By Shooting
A negro man was dead, one negro woman was in the hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the chest and another woman was being held in the city jail facing a probably murder charge after an argument which resulted in a shooting fray that interrupted a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday evening.
Alonzo Hunt, about 51, was killed almost instantly about 6:30 o'clock last night by his wife, Willie May Hunt, a housekeeper, as he left the dinner table to talk to her in another part of their residence behind the Belmont Inn and just west of K street.
Minnie Lee Harper, 30, another negro woman, was wounded as she entered the room after hearing the shots and leaving the table. She was in Wyoming General hospital last night where it was said her condition was not serious.
Hunt died of four bullet wounds in his abdomen as he fell to the floor of one of the two bedrooms in the three-room house.
Jealousy apparently was the motive for the argument which led up to the shooting, officers said.
Miss Harper had made her home with the Hunts since she came to Rock Springs about six months ago, officers said.
Deputy Sheriff Dillwyn Ramsay, who investigated the shooting, said that Mrs. Hunt apparently left the dinner table during the meal during which the argument developed. She went from the kitchen, where the group was eating a dinner of roast goose, and went into the farthest bedroom where she apparently obtained the gun.
When Hunt left the kitchen and entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired at him with a .32-.20 caliber revolver. The bullets struck him in the abdomen and he slumped to the floor between a bed and dresser.
Upon hearing the first shot, Miss Harper left the table and as she entered the room Mrs. Hunt fired a fifth shot which struck her in the chest. The bullet glanced from her breast bone and she suffered only a flesh wound, hospital attendants said.
A fourth member of the dinner party, a negro man believed to be named Sloan, left the house. Sloan has been in Rock Springs but a few days, coming here from Texas with Hunt who visited there and returned but a short time ago.
City police were called to the house about 6:45 p.m. and Patrolman Jack Hansen said that when he entered the house Mrs. Hunt had the telephone in her hand and was screaming. Mrs. Hunt was taken to the jail by city police and Miss Harper was rushed to the hospital.
Mrs. Hunt told officers that she did not intend to shoot Miss Harper.
Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, acting county coroner in the absence of Coroner J. Warden Opie, summoned a coroner's jury last night which viewed the body of the slain man.
Members of the jury are M.D. Horton, C.E. Petty and James Hougard. A time for inquest has not been set.
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Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Dec 3, 1940
INQUEST TONIGHT WILL HEAR KILLING STORY
A coroner's inquest into the death of Alonzo Hunt, 51, who died of gunshot wounds November 21, was set for tonight, authorities announced yesterday.
Hunt was the victim of a Thanksgiving day quarrel during which his negro wife, Willie May Hunt, allegedly killed him with a revolver. A direct information charging her with first degree murder was filed last week by County Attorney Joseph Galicich.
Minnie Harper, wounded in the fray, was released last week from the Wyoming General hospital. She received a chest wound when she ran to the room where Mrs. Hunt allegedly killed her husband.
Several other guests at the Hunt home at the time of the shooting are expected to testify at the inquest tonight.
Justice of the Peace E.E. Johnson, who acted as coroner in the absence of J. Warden Opie, will conduct the inquest.
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