The age-herald., 1901-03-03
ARTHUR FOOTE CHARGED WITH ] THE MURDER OF HIS MOTHER
Awful Sequel to the Tragic Death of Mrs. Fooe of BeSSemer Who Was Found on Kitchen Floor With Her Throat
 Cut-The Husband Also Arrested

Arthur Foote and his father, Charles N. Foote, are under arrest, charged with one of the most shocking murders In the criminal annals of Jefferson County.
 Young Foote, who was apprehended ir Atlanta yesterday is accused of the bloody murder of his mother at Besse- mer and Charles Foote, his father, is charged with being an accessory.
 Mrs Foote was found on the floor of her Kitchen in Bessemer about ten days ago, with her throat cut from ear to ear, and a bloody case knife in her hand The floor and walls were spattered with blood. and the woman looked as if she had gone through a violent struggle.
 Since that time a coroner's jury have been Investigating the case and on yes terday the city of Bessemer was thrown into state of intense excitement by the following verdict:
 "We, the jury, find that Mrs. Amanda Foote came to her death by having her throat cut with a case knife Tn the hands of Arthur Foote, and that Charles A. Foote was an accessory to the same, and the said killing was against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama"
 The jury was composed of J. R. Car. roll, H. M. Smith, John CleWis, J. E, Bowen, F. J. Scott and J. c. Burgn.
 Charles Foote and his son, Arthur, have been living at Bessemer for about a year. They came from Atlanta. Mrs. Foote joined them about a month ago. On Feb ruary 20 the woman was found at 2:3O o'clock by her daughter, Annie, F years old, lying dead on the floor of the kitchen with her throat cut It was at first thought that 1t was a case of suicide, but some suspicion of foul play existed, and Coroner Paris has been steadily work ing on the case eyer since, which resulted in the coroner's verdict as above stated.
 Facts as Developed.
 Coroner Paris theory, based on the in quest and his own investigations, is as follows:
 Arthur Foote was known to be the last person who saw her alive. This was about F or 1 o'clock. He had been In financial trouble and his mother was known to have money. She had about $20J in bank and several insurance poll cies on her life, one was for SIP and an- other $200. It was known that her hus- band had been to Birmingham recently ito pay the premiums and also that Mrs, Foote carried money in her stocking, Rob ery is, therefore, supposed to have been the motive of the crime. ss, <ss.--.A
 It is thought Arthur Foote went home to dinner at 1 o'clock. A plate with the remains of a dinner on it was found on a table in the kitchen. where the woman was murdt t. The instrument of death was a case knife which was found on the floor by the body. The woman was sit ting bv a window sewing at the time she was killed and the sewing materials were also found lying on the floor Near the window was the cooking stove and in the corner near the stove were shelves which contained meat and groceries. The stove- pipe showed that the case knife had been sharpened on 1t, and the coroner's the ory is that the murderer went to the rneat shelf sharpened the knife on the stoyepipe, as if he intended to cut a slice of meat, and suddenly turned on Mrs. Foote and cut her thoat.
 The position of the body and the blood stains indicated that the first blow failed to kill her and that she got up and stag gered around the room possibly strug- glins with her assailant until her throat was cut @ second time. There was blood on the floor, on the walls and on the table. Her sor, Arthur, after the killing was seen at the slaughter pen, place he had never been seen at before, and he was covered with blood stains.
 pr. L. H. Spencer testified at the in nrr1o tn 6n Ch hn the wounds. and said that it would be extremely difficult for a person to in f1ict on himself wounds of this kind.
 Charles Foote is q driver for the Davis Bottlng Works at Bessmor He de clired to talk yesterday when seen by ar LQ, Y erald reporter. He said he had n. yet got lawyer and preferred to S.. nothing for the present.
 Domestic Relations Strained,
 People who have known the Foote's for years testified that their domestic rela- tions had long been inharmonious. For some reason the two elder girls do not live at home, refusing, it Is said, to have anything to do with the family One lives in Atlanta with her fathers broth- CT and the other is attending school in Newport Tenn. At the time of the flu neral, when the remains were taken to Dallas, Ga, for interment, the husband
  Foote ST. returned few days ago, but the little girl remained with her sister and Arthur, it is supposed, also remain ed in Atlanta. He was wanted there for embezzlement and Chief of Police Wal lace received a telegram from there or dering his arrest about the time of the murder, but was afterwards telegraphed ito await developments in the suicide or murder case. Deputy Sheriff Tom Car roll went to Atlanta tonight.
 Mrs. Foote Comedy Woman:
 Mrs. Foote was a comedy woman, dark, with good features. She seems to have been industrious and a devoted mother. She was sewing on a garment for her little daughter at the time of her death. The garment is spotted with blood, the spots tallying with those found on the shirt and observed on the face of the Vounger Foote.
 Arthur Foote is rather prepossessing An appearance, being of medium size and Father light completed. The elder Foote, While not bad looking, has maintained a most surly demeanor throughout the Terrible affair. Bessemer Is much stirred sip over this, the most eold-blooded mur- der ever committed within her boun- diaries.
 feeFE MAKES STATEMENT;
 DENYING HIS SviET.
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