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Mollie Conrad
Horace B. Allen
April 16, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper

The latest tragedy to be enacted in Tucson was the 
murder on Saturday morning about 1:30 o'clock of 
Mollie Conrad by a gambler named Horace B. Allen, 
who immediately thereafter committed suicide.  The 
two had been living together for some time and 
according to their friends had of late quarrelled 
frequently.  Allen's chief grievance was that the 
woman had formed the habit of going out at night 
without his knowledge and against his wishes.

Sunday morning he entered the room shortly before 
the shooting and had partially disrobed when he 
sent three shots from a 45 caliber revolver into 
the woman's heart then shot himself in the head.  
There was also a bullet wound in one of his hands, 
presumably made by one of the bullets that 
penetrated the woman's body.  Allen was about 
36 years old and had been a gambler all his life. 
He came to Arizona from Colorado where he had 
participated in many bloody encounters and was 
badly scarred from former wounds.