The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-25
A MISSOURI MURDERER.
Hts Arrest IN ,his state tor the mur-
der Of uis wife, IA "a Fit of Jealousy,
Caused by Discovery OF Her Hiieit
AmeuFs,

"H Nf'"ss ~ t"th ntoto Tor the Muf-
der Of niis wife, IA "a Rit of Jealousy,
Caused by a Discovery OF Her IIIicit
Amsurs.
Last night while the 1850 east bound
train oh the Texas and Pacific road
was stopping at the Union depot for
supper, HERALD reporter walked
through the coaches In quest OF an Item
aud saw man In the smoking, car
handcuiied aud shackled. Approach
Ing the officer who sat beside him,
the reporter learned that he was the
sheriff from Green county, Missouri,
and that the prisoner In his care
stood charged with murder In that
county. In the year 1878 Marion Judy,
the prisoner, was married TO Miss
Tuokett, a beautiful young woman,
and one Of tho most popular bellies Of
Springfield society. Judy was
thrifty, well to do farmer residing
near that city and the marriage was
looked upon as II great event In Spring
field society. He possessed splen-
did farm, upon which he had reared
magnificent mansion. To this beau
tiful home, surrounded by all the com.
forts and conveniences OF country
life, he took his young bride. But the
beauty who had sailed aloft on the gay
society OF city life was not to be allured
by the peace and quiet Of country
home, however elegant 1t might be,
and 30 the husband was importuned
to purchase house In the city. Her
wishes were law with HIM, and they
moved to their home In the city, from
which he would make occasional
trips to his farm. They had
not been long married before he
discovered that his wife was
averse to settling down In life. This
pained him very much, and the wife's
desire for young fashionable society
increasing, he began to turn his at.
tention more to his farm, and 1t was
not long before an enlargement be-
gan to grow between them. After
this he W ould sometimes spend week
at time at his country home, while
his wife would be enjoying herself In
the bon.ton society of city life. 1t
was not long before his wife's actions
began to excite his suspicious, which
were increased by the devoted attention
paid her.by young doctor Of that place,
1t was during one of his trips to his
farm that he returned suddenly and
unexpectedly to the city one night.
On going to his room he found the door
locked, and calling to his wife received
no answer, when the light that was
burning in the room was extinguished.
Bursting open the door he found his
suspicious to be true, for there stood
the doctor and his wife In their night
clothes. The faithlessness OF his wife
made him mailman, as the thought
Of the shame and degradation she had
heaped upon him rushed through his
mind, and he ran to q corner in
the room for his shot gun, while
his wife's frightened paramour fed
from the house. Turning and seeing
that the spoiler of his happiness had
escaped, he fired both barrels, loaded
with buckshot into her, killing her in
stantly, after which he made his es-
cape.
No one knew where he had gone,
not even his father or mother, who
lived in the county. The people Of the
place knew that he had committed
great wrong, yet there was sympathy
expressed for the man, as they thought
Of how he himself had been wronged,
and 80 strong Gid this sentiment be-
come that the paramour of the dead
wife was compelled, for his
personal safety, to leave the
place. The whereabouts of Judy
was discovered by his writing a
letter, trying to sell some of his prop
erty, when 1t fell into the hands OF
other parties than for whom 1t was In.
tended, who informed the authorities.
The letter was dated Graham City,
Young county, and the sheriff came
on and arrested his prisoner. Being
aware that the sheriff was giving u
history of his troubles, he remarked
that ait might appear strange to the
outside world, but no one could know
the madness and anguish until placed
In like position" The prisoner is
rather fne-lOoking man, and appar-
emily one of education and refinement.