The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-22
This Is the Question Being Ask
ed in Missouri
ABOUT MRS. MYERS,
Who Cruelty Planned Her Husbands
Murder and Then Helped Her Para.
mour Carryit Out. The Coward.
" Wretch Puts All Blame
on the Woman.

on the Woman.
Quito cheerful, her behavior beyond
criticism, young Mrs. Aggie Myers
sits In her cell In the County Jail at
Liberty, Nc. Almost any other wo-
man in her position would believe that
she saw, written In letters Of fire on
the whitewashe6 walls that hem her
in.
This Ia your tomb. You murdered
your. husband, who trusted you. Here,
In this coll, on Juno 20, you will be
hanged by the neck until you arr
deadl"
Bu6 Aggie Myers, pretty and young,
sees no sucn ins criptiou; no sucn word,
ring in her minu'B ears. She caunot
believe that they Will actually hang
her, Though sue knows she murdered
her trusting husband. Sac IL q model
prisoner al ways cheerful, opedient; she
makes no complaints, has q pleasant
word and smlle for all VINO apprOacn
her, and sometimes h sings.
In another Cell, not far away sits a
pla1n-featured, ungainiY, mlddle-ageG
man, who Id mOrOse a taciLurn, IL
was with his help, for his sake, thai
Mrs. ARgie Myers murdered her hus.
band. lie, too, Is condemned to be
hanged on June 20, but he has no
cheerful Illusions On the subject.
THE WOMAN PLANNED IT ALL.
Ii IL LOU u pleasant task to print
the details Of any crime, especially q
crime 30 heaftless, 30 increulbly cruel
and bloody as the murder OF ClareLc.
Myers by his young wife and worth
less Frank HOFFMAN; but TO fad OUT
BROADCAST the STORY or such crAlnes, OF
the arrest and trial and conviction of
the perpetrators, CIV one Of the
purposes for winch the law mctes out
punlshment-a warming to all who are
tempted to violate the law.
What Is told here is substantiaied
by the records Of the trial OF Mrs. Ag-
gle Myers anu Frank HOFFMAN.
Myers was an honest, sturdy young
man, In every way the superior OF
Hoffman. But the latter was q Wis.
itor at The Meyers home and, by Ii
Of those strange freaks of infatuation
which nobody can explain, he won n
violent and reckless fancy Of young
Mrs. Myers.
From this time on the woman man.
aged everything. Hoffman was like
"a In her hanos, aud she 80 manag-
ed that her husband suspected noun
Ing. The Meyers home was 1 n Kansas
Oity, Mo. La May, 1904, Mrs. Meyers
found her husbands presence go hate
ful to her that she resolved on putting
him out OF the way. TO this end she
consptred With the weak Hoffman.
They finally fixed upon the night Of
May III TO do the deed.
Together they p,arned ali the de.
tails. HOlLmaL fashlOLed a bluCgeun
out OF IL heavy emu Of u bllIi&ru cue
With when TO beat OuU tie husbands
Dfa1nb III he biepL. AL u lltLlo pasL
mldn1Bhb HOLMAN MAS TO knock aJ
the DaCk dor Ut LAc Meyers residence,
Mrs. Meg ers ~as TO ADMIT him WIN
his weapon, lead him TO the room
where the doomed man slept anu
make sure that his blows were fatal.
IL SO happened that night that My
ers was In a Wakeful mood. Mrs. hy
or8 had to Ietiie first before he would
leave his book, puG OuU the lights anu
60 to bed. WAeu ia bed he Lussed
about %uneasilY, While bis guilty W.T.
listened feVeriSnly for the rap Ct hDr
acc0mp.i"e.
1t was less than half an hour baflre
HottmanB rap MAS caukAt by tie wo
mans quick ears JhAt IA husband 40
peared 10 have really gone to sleep.
She rose softly from Lis hide, went TO
the door n opened 1t. The door
creaked sliguLly.
'Aggis,' sounded the husband's
voice 1IOm the btdloUm.
She quickly drew her accomplice
into the room ano closed tie door.
3 qutet; he's waking" she aid
Stay where you are"
'Aggiel' Bltn heard the husbands
voice bn1s time.
The woman hurried bsck to her hus-
Dand's SIDE. He wa VICE awake.
'ARkie, What were you DOM p" he
askto
L thcusnt rad forgotten 10 tag
tth nc k q t. ,Cu',' t.r IN N,t.>
It's IL II tl,4;,,t ~, l.n
s0OTHED HIM BACK TO
WINE Lei icC, Ii piiCo COWtIuu alLb
hl8 b udgeCn In TIL outer room, walt
ing 1or Ter signal, II WIehCo h,l her
husbabd INTO 6iumber again. smColb(o
bis bar, coOeo into Lii, air-tlis wo-
man who was thirstInp for hts blood
ILele was a DIM liglt IN the room,
barely light enough ~ which to dis
tlpguisb the .u'lln,s Of objects. Mrs.
myers made cartaln mat any or,
would be able to Sue the calk head CT
hef Lush nd outlined upon THE wLilt
pillow HIrlmln M 1,pu ix.-