The Tragedy at the Salvation Army Barracks

Spokane, May 6—Daniel W. Hoskins walked into the Salvation Army barracks at 8 o'clock this afternoon, drew a revolver, fired two shots into the heart of Capt. Ida Bennett and then fired two more into his own brain. They fell within a few feet of each other, and both died immediately. Hoskins had made repeated threats against Miss Bennett's life, and when he walked into the hall one of the soldiers cried out: 'Look out, captain, or he will kill you.' Before Miss Bennett could seek safety, the deed was finished. Hoskins was a suitor for Capt. Bennett's hand and she had refused to marry him; he had been nursing this grief for a long time. The affair got into the papers some time ago, Hoskins declaring that Miss Bennett had played the part of a coquette. Miss Bennett defended herself, declaring that Hoskins was insane and that she felt only sorrow for his delusions. Capt. Bennett had been for several years a member of the Army, having worked in San Francisco, Seattle and Helena. She was a woman of commanding figure and possessed a winning, earnest manner, regarded as one of the most efficient workers in the Army.