The Taney County republican., 1903-10-22
SON FINDS BODY Of
MURDERED MOTHER
Woman is Murdered and Robbed In
ST. Louis County, no.
BULLET FIRED INTO HER BRAIN
Nrs. William Lrumnn Meets Death
In ~ Loncly spot wh,ir an Her
Wa, Home From ~. Louis
NO tlcw ~ VI, >icr,.

ST. Louis, Oct. lG-Mrs Kate Lau.
man. wife OF William l.. l.auman. oi
Normandy. ST Louis county. was mur.
dercd and robbed by an aa unidentified
person ar persons "Wednesday night
while on her way home from visit tc
ST Louis
The murderer used a revolver. anG
the bullet penetrated the temple jusl
above the left eye.
The crime was committed some tim,
after $50 o'clock. but the exact tim,
has not been determined as the cir.
cumstances surrounding II are as mys.
tcrious as any with which the city po.
lice or county authorities have even
had to work
The body was found Thursday after.
noon at $3.50 o'clock by Roy l.auman,
son of the murdered woman, as he
was driving home from a business trip
TO ST. Louis.
II was lying on the east side Of the
Lucas and Hunt road. In clump Of
bushes That there was struggle be.
fore Mrs. Lauman died there is little
doubt. Her Chatclainc bag. In which
she carried her money. had been iorci-
bly torn from her belt Clutchcd tight
ly in her right hand between her in.
dcx and middle fingers was small
twig that she Is supposed To have got
ten In the brush on the side Oi the
road while graphing with her assail-
ant
She wore black silk glove. which
was torn in Jagged manner In scy.
eral places which could have been
caused from brush.
Dragged Into bushes.
The body Is supposed In have been
lraESed into the bushes after the
shooting. II was placed with the head
TO the north. In such u position that
the ordinary passcrby would not see H.
Ii was laid by the side of n wire fence
n strand of which had been torn on
to make a hole large enough FOR the
mudcrcr or murdcrers To crawl through
and get into wooded pasture on III,
east. where there would be- no pOssi.
bic clcw from footprints that might
have otherwise been made
The only sign OF blood was n space
about two inches :ruare around the
bullet wound This was also powder.
burned. indica' In; u at the fatal shot
was fred Il; close range. probably wh!!t
ha u,r i,,s
the unfortunate woman might have
succeeded In breaking away from hoi
assailant.
Mrs. I.aumnn had about $50 In
money. which was taken. In addition
n gold watch valued At 500 and 'hrce
rings valued at about s35 have disap.
pearcd. 4 pair Of gold nose glasses At.
tarhcd to gold chain was left ON her
person.
Wand Nr-cmblrs Nrtnnn's.
The hGdy was not moved from the
side of the road until after six O'Clock
Thursday night. wncu Il telephone mes.
sage was received from Coroner Koch
AZ his home IN Dcs Percs, saying that
no would hold the nuuesI this morn
lnr ~ 1:3D O'Clock The body was
thea taken home
rntil The arrival cl Detective ca.
haunc. l.auuan Thought his wife had
been killed with some blunt ins,ru.
mcnt Tho officer soon dispnlIcd this
idea and declared she had been shot
The hole above the left eye wa vcry
small and rcsomblcd IN n marked dc.
gree the wound found under tho eye
nf James Z. Mccain. who Is alleged 10
have been murdered N Bonnls stl'ICn
June IS by Frederick Seymour Barring.
ton.
Husband Onrrs Reward of $500.
MrLauman authorized the announce
ment OF $500 reward for the arrest
and conviction of the murderer or mur.
dcrers.
AZ his request letter was writtcf
to Gov. DOckery asking that he Also
ofier reward Another request will
he made pi the county court a. clay
ton Tor reward.