The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-16
SHOT Her HEAD OFF
HUSBAND MURDERED WIFE, THEN
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
DIVORCE CAUSED TROUBLE.
WIFE SOUGHT SEPARATION ON
GROUNDS OF CRUELTY,

Murdered Woman Feared Violence
and Had Locked Her Room Door
as a PrecautiOn - Unfastened 1t
Later to Gain Fresh Air-Attack
Made on Victim rs She Lay
Asleep Missed by Two Bullets
She Was Dragged by Her Hair to
MuzzIe of PistOI-Victim a Society
Woman who Had Twice Achieved
NOtOriety.
Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 15.-George
B. Evans, manager of the American
Transfer Company, murdered his wife,
Mrs. Lille Maude Evans, at their
home in the southern portion of the
city, early to-day. Later he was found
dead in st. Mary's Cemetery, two miles
distant, having shot himself. Mrs.
Evans was attacked as she lay asleep.
According to a servant girl, the only
witness to the tragedy, Evans entered
his wife's apartments at about day.
light and fired two shots at her. Meth
er took effect and then, dragging Mrs.
Evans toward him by the hair, he de-
liberately placed a revolver against the
back of her neck and fired.
The shot literally blew the woman's
head off. In the dim light the servant
was unable to recognize the murderer
positively as Evans, but informed the
police when the alarm was given that
she believed she recognized the voice
as his.
Evans escaped and his body was
found only after several hours search.
wife Feared Evans.
Mrs. Evans had feared that her hus-
band would kill her. and had talked
of her fears last night. She locked
the door of her room when she retired,
but by a strange fatality unfastened
it during the night to gain some fresh
air. Evans entered the house through
the pantry window, near which his
umbrella was found to-day. and APP
parently went directly to his wife's
room.
Miss Bette Burns. neighbor, slept
with Mrs. Evans and narrowly es-
capped being struck by the bullets fred
at the latter Miss Burns awoke daz-
ed, aroused by the shots fired in quick
succession, and a scream from Mrs
Evans, who expired at once, without
a struggle. Miss Burns climbed over
the dead body, and saw Evans stand
ing in the center of the room.
He remained a moment as if SPELL
bound, then hastily left, cursing as he
went In the confusion then ensued
he left the house unnoticed.
Mrs. Evans. who was &c years old.
was a society woman. She married
Evans in 1898. Last Wednesday she
filed suit for divorce, alleging drunk
enness and cruelty, and at the same
time brought suit, demanding that her
husband pay her $500 for rent of the
barn occupied by the company of which
he is manager. The property Mrs. Ev-
ans asserted, belonged to her, and in
addition she asked an order restraining
Evans from disposing of two valuable
race horses and other property, which
she said also belonged to her.
Had Been Strike Breaker.
Mrs. Evans attracted much attention
last March during the teamsters' strike
by driving one of her husbands trans
fer wagons, which the regular driver
refused to take out of the barns for
fear of violence at the hands of the
strikers. Mrs. Evans made several
trips, perched on the seat of big truck,
between her husbands barns and the
freight houses, driving fearlessly
through crowds of jeering strikers.
Once when some of the strikers tried
to cut the horses traces she lashed the
men with her whip and proceeded with
out being further molested. Two years
ago, Mrs. Evans also gained some no
tOriety by horsewhipping man who
had attempted to fiirt with her.
Evans was born in Kentucky 3S years
ago. and his father was sheriff of
Breathitt county. The elder Evans
was himself shot and killed as the re-
suit of a feud. Evans had lived in
Kansas City for many years, and is said
to have been married twice before. He
married Lille Maude Perry, the 10
year-old daughter of Mrs. E. c. Perry,
a widow of Argentine, Kan, against
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