Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-21

Before | will let any one else have
you l will kill YOU. papa cried, and
then he shot her." said Miss Blanche
Casey, a seventeen year-old colored
girl, in describing the tragic, event
which robbed her of her mother and
which may result in her losing her
father, If he is sentenced to, death for
the crime. @
Miss Casey is the daughter of r. s..
Walter Casey of Springfield, ILL.,, the
colored mail carrier who now lies in
Jail awaiting trial on the chareg Of
numbering his wife, the girls mother.
The girl. who is both pretty and very
bright. arrived in Ottumwa Saturday
and is guest at the home Of A. w.
Bradford, on Cooper street.
She will remain in Ottumwa until
her fathers trial, which occurs some
time next month. When interviewed
by representative Of the Courier yes
terday afternoon, Miss Casey told in
simple words of what she called cher
trouble"
Was Suing For Divorce.
Papa and mama" she said, "had
been having considerable trouble be.
fore that day, March TO-, when he killed
her. | was IN Chicago at the time,
and of course l know nothing about 1t
except what they told me when came
home. Mama was suing for a d.
vorce. She had sued sometime before
but the case was continued or some.
thing Of that sort. Just a few days be.
fore the case was to have come up for
hearing, and, as the lawyers told moth
err, she was going to get divorce and
alimony to help support the children,
father came to see her one night.
"He went to give her some money
that he had promised her. She went
over to neighbours to meet him. His
brother and friend were there, as
were the three smaller children of our
family. There are five children be.
sides myself.
Papa and mama had some words
then. Then papa rocked the baby to
sleep and took 1t in and put it to bed
He came back into the kitchen where
mother was standing in front of the
stove. Father talked to her some
more and finally when she would not
agree to something that he wanted her
to do, he said, Before l will let any
one else have you will kill YOU Then
he shot her five times. The doctors
said that the first shot would have
killed her She only said: My God
Walter, don't kill me-
Fathers brother was there and he
was SO frightened that he tried to get
out Of the front door and when he
couldn't open that he jumped through
the front window. Papa didn't run
away but just walked out of the house
The officers found him down at the
Chicago and Alton depot that night
sound asleep. Then they took him to
Jail.
"And that's all that I know about
it" said Miss Casey. Since her moth
ers funeral Miss Casey has been liv
ing with her grandparents in Spring
field. She showed the reporter book
which her father has written since he
has been prisoner The book is EN-
titled "Lulu Coins. CT Kentucky" and
purports to be the story Of Casey's
courtship and marriage with the girls
mother. Lulu Coins was Mrs. Casey's
name before she was married.
The book also contains a biogra ply
of Casey's life and some hints" tc
husbands, wives and sweethearts. The
volume makes no mention of the trag
edy, telling only Of events which oc
cured previous to that time. In closing
the story Of Lulu Coins of Kentucky,
Casey says that he has been robbed OF
the love of Lulu" but that is all.
Miss Casey thinks that jealousy was
the prime cause Of her parents mar
ital trouble and of the tragedy that
wrecked her home