New York County NyArchives News.....KILLS WIFE - SHOOTS SELF December 6, 1902 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kathy Stinson findingthepast@comcast.net January 23, 2014, 2:27 pm Cook County Herald (IL) December 6, 1902 KILLS WIFE - SHOOTS SELF Honeymoon of Young Couple Ends In a Probable Double Murder David S. Burnside, 21 years old, residing in Brooklyn, N.Y., shot and killed his wife, Lillian, aged 22 years, in a concert saloon at Coney Island, and then fired a bullet into his own head, with probably fatal effect. The couple had been married two weeks, but failed to agree and after a final quarrel the young wife left her home and went to Coney Island. Burnside succeed in beating her there and pleaded with her to return home. She refused and the shooting followed. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/newyork/newspapers/killswif67gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb