The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-11-23


Owen was today senterced to Mar
quette for life, for the attempted muir:
der of his wife, last June.
Detroit, Mich, Nov. 20.-Charles
Owen, on trial for the attempted MUIR
der of his wife. was Monday found
guilty in Judge Conpolly's court.
White to the lips, the prisoner tried
for the attempted murder of his wife
sank till his face was covered with
his hands. His young wife, supported
by her mother and friends, left the
court room Immediately and almost
collapsed III the hall.
I'm so relieved" she whispered.
IF he'd been released, I'd have been
in my coffin by this time tomorrow"
During the last moments of the trial
Owen seemed to undergo a complete
change. The man who cut his wife's
throat, who sat moroSe and evil-eyed
during the first three days o. the
trial, who sought by every means in
his power to defame and malign the
woman ne had sworn to cherish and
protect, broke down and cried like a
child.
-Four Alternatives.
Judge ICcnnolly's charge occupied 20
minutes, and gave the jurors four al
ternadves. assault with intent 10 kill
and murder; assault with intent to
commit great bodily harm less than
murder; assault and Lattery; or ac-
quittal. The jury left the courS room
at SIP p. IN. and had been OFT just
quarters of an hour wher the
announcement came that it had arriv.
ed at a decision. Assault with in
tent to kill" was the verdict.
Sentence was not pronounced Mon
day, the prisoner being renamed to
Jail until today, when he will be
brought up for sentence with 'Vladis'
laus Felinski, recently convicted of
the murder of Joseph Mielke.
The maximum penalty for the crime
of which Owen is convicted Is life
Imprisonment.
Dramatic every detail has been the
trial of Charles Owen, who one day
last June slashed his wife's throat
with razor.
Owen during the first portion of the
trial, feigned insanity, and sat with
MS head resting on his breast. When
the wife, whom he had wronged, went
on the stand, however, he began to
"sit UP and take notice." AMI any
thought Il insanity which may have
been in the minds of the jury were
soon dispeiled.
On the fateful day in June. Mrs.
Owen was walking with her other,
Mrs. Cushway, along Farmer street,
when Owen rushed out; grabbed his
wife, and slashed her throat. The
wound finally healed, but left The lit
lie woman almost speeches., she hav.
ing not been able to talk above a
whisper sicce.
Perhaps the most eloquent and pa
thetic testimony ever heard in De-
troit court room came when Mrs.
Owen struggled to tell the jury how
ner husband wronged her. It was
only when she moved her chair to the
very edge of the jury box and strain
ed her voice to the utmost that she
could make herself heard at all.
Narrates Story Of Assault.
81 was going to the police court"
said Mrs. owen, speaking very pain
fully. my solicitor, Mr.. L. j. Sea-
man, who was conducting my suit for
divorce, was with me and also my
mother and my baby. On Farmer.
street near Monroe, man ran up and
before I could get out of the way
felt the edge Of the razor OH my
throat. didn't know it was my hus-
band then. He lifted my CHA, like
this, and made two slashes at me-"
In showing the jury how her head
had beer thrown back, Mrs. Owen
pulled down her high collar, and re-
vealed two long, blue marks across
her throat
Mrs. Owen told Of several occasions
when her husband had threatened her
life, and bow once he chased her out
of the house with a knife.
Relatives WHO testified during the
trial showed that Owen had an ungov
erhable temper, and had made ter.
rible threats when in one of his moods.