Gem County ID Archives News.....Tragedy at Pearl July 3, 1902
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The Emmett Index July 3, 1902
Tragedy at Pearl

W. P. KISSINGER MURDERS HIS SISTER-IN-LAW AND THEN SUICIDES

J. C. Shepherd, the Pearl stage driver, brought to Emmett Saturday morning 
news of the murder of Mrs. W. A. Garner, wife of a well known miner of that 
place, by W. P. Kissinger, of Pendelton, Oregon. He shot his victim twice in 
the head, killing her instantly, holding her in his arms while doing the 
shooting. He then laid her down and put the gun to his own head, falling by 
her side.

Kissinger in his statement said the woman, as Ada Horn, loved him passionately 
in Oregon and begged him repeatedly to leave his wife, her sister, Mattie. He 
finally did so, for the purpose of marrying Ada. He said he did not learn of 
Ada's marriage to Garner until shortly before he got his divorce, which was 
obtained about 10 days ago.

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