The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16
Dragged Her from Bed by the.
Hair and Blew Head OF.
in IN FOLLOWING DISORDER i , e
THE MURDERER ESCAPED
His Dead Body Found In the CemeterY
Where He Had Killed Himsef--His
Wife Was Suing Him for a Dl-
vorce on the Grounds Il.
j Of Cruelty and nd
Drunkenness, 5t$
(By Associated Press.)

b KANSAS CITY, MO-, August ID Geo.S
B. Evans manager OF the American
Transfer Company, murdered his wife,
Mrs. Lille Maude Evans. at their honas I
in the southern portion of the city early +
to-day. Later he was found dead in ST.
Mary 8 Cemetery, two miles distant, hav-
ing shot himself Mrs. Evans was ats
tackled as she lay asleep. According to q
servant girl. the only witness to the trag-B
edy, Evans entered his wife's apartments
at about daylight and fired two shots q t8s
her. Neither took effect, and then drag
ging Mrs. Evans toward him by the hairA
he deliberately placed his revolver against
the back Of her neck and fred. H The shot
literally blew the woman's head off. In n
the dim light the servant was unable to-
recognize the murderer positively as 4
Evans, but informed the police, when the /
alarm was gieyn, that she believed She
recognized the voice as hls.9ss.
Evans escaped and his body was found
only after several hours search. 53 s5 NJ!
WAS AFRAID OF Finn.
Mrs. Evans had feared that her hus-5
band would kill her, and had talked Of
her fears last night. She locked the door
OF her room when she retired, but BY =
strange fatality. unfastened It during the
night to gain some fresh air. Evans on
tered the house through the pantry wln-
dow, near which his umbrella was found
to-day, and apparently went directly TO
his wife's room. S O 53}, II
Miss Bette Burns, q nelg hoor, Slept Z
with Mrs. Evans and narrowly escaped
being struck by the bullets tired at ne )
latter. Miss Burns awoke dazed, aroused aroused
by the shots fired in quick succession. and
a scream from Mrs. Evans, who EXPIRED
climbed over the dead body and saw
Evans standing in the center Of the room:
FIe remained moment as II spellbound,
then hastily left, cursing as ne went IN
the confusion that ensued he left the
house unnoticed. b Il " x a3llS3s
Mrs. Evans who was tWenty-slx years
old. was society woman. She married
evans In 1s9s. Last Wednesday she filed
suit for divorce. alleging drunkenness
and cruelty, and at the same time
brought suit demanding that her hus-
band nay $500 for rent OF the barn oc-3,
cupled by the company OF which ne was was
manager. The property, Mrs. Evans as
serted, belonged to her, and m aodltlohG
she asked tor ian order restraining Evans
from tjspostng OF two valuable race
horses and other property which she said
also belonged to her.
DROVE HUSBANDS WAGON WACO N,
Mrs Evans attracted much attention
last March during the teamsters strike
by driving one OF her husbands trans
fer wagons when the regular driver re-
fused to take out of the barns for fear
OF violence Mt tho hands Of the strikers.
Mrs. Evans made several trips perched
on tho top 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 dashed the men with her whip and
proceeded without being further molested.
Two years ago Mrs. Evans also gained
some notorlety by horsewhlpping man
who had ATTEMPTED to fltrt with her.
Evans was horn in Kentucky thirty
eight years ago. and his father was sher-
iff Of Breat hitt county. The elder Evans
was himself shot and killed as the re-
suit of feud, Evans had lived n san
sas City for many years, and IS said 70
have been married twice before, He mar,
rIed Lille Maude Perry. the sixteen
year-old daughter Of Mrs. ~ e, Ferry,
a widow of Argentine. Kan, against the
latter's wishes.