Cleveland (OH) Leader, January 7, 1896, p. 1. BEGS TO BE KILLED A Jealous Man Murder His Wife and Then Shoots Himself at Little York, Indiana Scottsburg, Indiana, January 6-There was a terrible tragedy this morning at Little York eight miles west of here. Walter Coombs shot his wife through the bowels, she living but fifteen minutes. Combs then shot himself below the heart. He is still alive and begs for someone to kill him. The two children of the Coombses are absent at school. Mrs. Coombs was a highly respected woman and there was no cause save jealousy.