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- !(The Kansas City Journal, 22 Feb 1899; p. 12): "Gas Wa s T urned On -- John Gore, A Stockman, Meets Death By Asphy xiation. -- Was Foun d Dead in Room of Lodging House at 130 1 Grand Avenue, With Gas Flowing Freely --Probably Accident al - John Gore, a wealthy stockman who lived nea r Blue S prings in the southeastern part of Jackson county, was foun d dead in be d in a room on the third floor of J. P. Petty' s lodging house, at 1301 Grand A venue, at 9 o'clock yester day morning. His death was caused by asphyxiation, a nd i s believed to have been the result of an accident. There w as nothing t o indicate that the gas, which had been flowin g freely from an open jet for nea rly nine hours, had bee n turned on with suicidal intent. It is the opinion o f th e coroner that Gore either blew out the gas by mistake or a ccidentally tur ned it on again after he had turned it of f before retiring. Gore was in go od circumstances financi ally, and his friends say there could have been no m otiv e for his ending his life. - The dead man owned a large far m near Blue Sprin gs, and was well known in that part of th e county. He came to Kansas City M onday to meet his son , William J. Gore, who had arrived from Oklahoma to mak e s ettlement with him in an estate belonging to his son. Mond ay night about midn ight he went to Petty's boarding hous e and engaged a room for the night. Y esterday morning a s the landlord passed through the hallway he detected the o do r of gas, and found that the poisonous vapor was comin g from the room occupie d by Gore. The door of the room wa s forced open, and Gore's body was found stre ched out on t he bed. The coroner was notified, and had the body remove d to Carro ll's undertaking establishment. An inquest wil l not be held. The remains w ill be taken to Blue Spring s to-day for burial. - The death of John Gore recall s th e killing of his wife, Mollie Gore, by Annie O'Hearn in thi s city on the nig ht of March 21, 1893. Mrs, Gore had lef t her husband several months before , came to Kansas City a nd opened a rooming house at 1229 McGee street. Anni e O'H earn was the wife of "Mickey" O'Hearn, a saloon-keeper an d sporting ma n well known in the city. At one time, O'Hea rn was proprietor of the "Pike's P eak" saloon on West 12t h street, one of the toughest resorts in town, which wa s c losed by the police commissioners about two months ago. Mr s. O'Hearn su spected that her husband was intimate with Mr s. Gore, and the two women quar reled a number of times abo ut O'Hearn's visits to Mrs. Gore. - On the night o f Marc h 21, 1893, Mrs. O'Hearn bought a revolver at a Grand Ave . pawnbroker' s shop, and went to the home of Mrs. Gore, re solved to kill her. She summone d her to the front door o f her home and the two women engaged in a fierce quar rel . During the war of words Mrs. Gore slammed the door in Mrs . O'Hearns face , and the latter then fired at her throug h the stained glass opening. The bulle t pierced her hear t and she died instantly. Mrs. O'Hearn was tried for murd e r and acquitted. The revolver with which she shot is sti ll in possession of Sgt . Snow at police headquarters. Tw o women committed suicide with the same we apon before it w as purchased by Mrs. O'Hearn to commit murder. xxx - Afte r th e murder of his wife by Mrs. O'Hearn, John Gore marrie d a second time. His wido w and three children born of hi s first union are still living. The dead man wa s wealth y and well known. He was a friend and neighbor of Matt Lee , who commi tted suicide in Demming's saloon at Third and G rand Ave. Monday morning b y shooting himself through the h ead. Gore left no note, and the coroner foun d nothing i n his room that would indicate that he had suicided. His f riends decl are that his death was purely the result of a n accident. P. M. Betts, a Sedal ia railroad man, committe d suicide in the same lodging house about two week s ago b y taking laudanum."
!Birth and death dates, and burial location from (Vital Hi s torical Records of Jackson County, MO; 1826-1876; p. 347)
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1851 - 1899 (47 years)
