The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-22
Daughter of Mrs. A. L, Lassiter
of Paducah, is Dead.
Her Husband Claims He Mistook Her
for Burglar-Others Say
They Quarrelled.
JEALOUSY PROBABLE CAUSE

Mr.. Virgie Parsons, formerly of
Paducah, and daughter of Mrs. A..
L. Lassiter, of North Sixth street, died
at her home in East st. Louis from a
pistol wound inflicted by her hus.
band. Samuel A. Parsons, formerly a
brakeman. News of the shooting was
published in yesterdays Sun, and
Mrs. Lassiter left at noon yesterday
for st, Louis in response to a sum
mons. Her daughter died yesterday
morning. however, before she arrived.
Yesterday afternoons st. Louis
Post Dispatch says Of the tragedy:
Mrs. Virgie Parsons, wife of Sam
uel A. Parsons, former brakeman,
was shot by her husband while stand
ing at window of their home at $40
Winstanley avenue. East St. LOUIS,
shortly after midnight, Monday. She
died at O'Clock uesday morning.
Parsons, who is in Jail, says he mis-
took his wife for burglar.
In IN antemortem statement to Po-
liceman Phillip Kramer, given in the
presence of DR.. A. L. Stanton, Mrs.
Parsons declared that she and her nus
band "quarreled all the time" bat
did not make any charges against Par
sons.
Mrs. Gertrude Golding says that
Mrs. Parsons told her 20 minutes be.
fore she died her husband had drawn
. revolver on her, and that she was
trying to escape through the window
VIII she was shot.
Mrs. Golding, who has been living
with the Parsons for the past week,
states that Parsons was drinking Mon
day evening and that Mrs. Parsons
told her that he had quarreled with
her because of the purchase Of 80. sc
worth of rugs and had then quarreled
because of jealousy. She says she did
not hear any quarrel Immediately pre-
ceding the shooting and that she was
not awakened by the shot.
"Mrs. Parsons had fought some rugs
in the afternoon, agreeing to pay
80. so for them. She told me that Par
sons abused her for buying them, say
Ing she woulu let nybody cheat her
that he could get better rugs for %.
so, and that he was going to send them
back. She retorted with a declara-
tion that it was better to spend mon
ey for rugs than for whiskey and at
gambling.
"Mr. Parsons called to me after the
shooting and told me to get up; that
he had shot Virgie.
"When l entered the room here the
shooting occurred, Mrs. Parsons was
lying on the floor. she told me that
she had been shot, and was going to
die"
Parsons says that he had not quar-
relied with his wife, and that he hac
only laughed at her for buying the
rugs. He denies that he was drinking
or that he was Jealous.
when I got home about 1880
O'clock" he said. II found the screen
door fastened and the windows down.
my wife said that there had been Z
man up on the porch earlier in the ev'
ening and that she thought he wal
bent on burglary.
There was no quarrel between Ms
at all.
$50 ne time after we had retired
was awakened by noise Of the win
dow of the front room being raised
Our bed was in the room immediately
back of the front room and there 10 {
clear view of the window from tn,
foot of the bed.
1.-THE room was dark, however, anf
I could not see any more than the din
outlines Of Q figure at the window.
drew my pistol from under the pillow
and fired at the window. My wifi
screamed. That was the first That
knew that she was not in bed"
Parsons says he and his wife hs
separated for three or four weeks abou
year ago.
He declares that jealousy on he
part was the cause Of the separation