The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-22
knew that her husband was the

Silently she slipped around to the
other side Of the bel, snatohing from
her work table a pair of shears. Lean.
ing over the bed so that her unfasten-
cd hair brushed her husbands fsoe,
she s~avagely plunged the sharp points
into his body.
stop, Aggiel Honey, It's me you're
stabbing. Here's the burglar On this
side. l have him FAST screamed the
doomed husband.
Breatl,ing hard, the woman struck
With the shears again and again. With
q mighty effort Myers leaped from the
bed and seized Hoffman by the throat.
Mrs. Myers, seeing that her husband,
In spite OF his wounds, was getting
She better Of her accomplice, tore q
slat from the bed, rushed around to
the other side, and rained blows upon
the man she hated. Again he called
out to her:
YOU'RE hitting me, honey. Just
leave us alone; l a manage him."
The husband had not the faintest
idea Of his wife's faithlessuess. Sha
knew this, and the thought increased
her fury. Around the room and over
the furniture the awful struggle CON
tinued. Myers was saving himself
from HOttman's bludgeon, but he
could not avoid his wlfe's blows with
tho bed slat. In the deep gloom OF
the room 1t was impossible for him to
see that she was al ming those blows
at him, and he never thought 80.
And 80 this terrible, tnhunan COM
bat In the dusk went on.
A bed slat Is an awkward weapon
Mrs.. Myers oou'd get In no enoct;ve
o ow with the she hold. Sna ga v
1hat HOFFMAN was nearly overcome.
In a moment her husband would
understand their murderous plot,
would have them both In his power
and would learn Of the terrible lie she
was enacting.
BELIEVED IN HER TO THE. END.
She CROPPED about and found her
shears. Creeping close under the arms
Of the STRUGGLING men, she struck
savagely for the heart OF the man in
the white night clothes-her husband.
'Oa, Agglel Honey 1t is l." he
moaued a last time, and fell to the
carpet, dead.
Hoffman, trembling In every limb,
fell over on the bed. Mrs. Myers drew
down the blinds carefully and turned
up the night light. The room. was like
q SAambles-blood every where, on the
bid, on the overturned furniture, on
her nightdrcss. Hottman's cuffs, even
mis- hat, were covered with blood.
The woman stepped over her hus
bands body TO a dresser, found a pair
Of cuffs and motioned to Hoffman to
put them on in place Of his own. She
vent to q closet and found one of her
husbands hats. This she put on Hot
mans head. Then. she said calmly to
her trembling accomplice:
GO. Get to ST. Joe before the po.
lice can arrest you"
Hoffman fed.
Elrly the next morning neighbors
found Mrs. Myers lying on the back
porch of her homo. She said that two
negroes had attempted 10 rob the
hou3e and had killed her husband after
Q terrible struggle. Sue had crawled
as far as the porch, seeking assistance,
and then had tainted.
The police were summoned, and to
them the woman added that certain
jewels had been stolen. When they
found these articles hidden in q bu-
reau drawer they they arrested Mrs.
Myers and begsn a search for her ac-
complice.
Neighbors told them of the visits
OF Hoffman. Hoffman was missing.
He had followed Mrs. Myers orders.
They traced him to st. Joe, thence to
H~tgginsville, Mo-, the form5r hone
OF both himself and Mrs. Myers, and
from there to WAlla Walla, Wash,
where he was arrested He was still
wearing the hat and cuff Of the muir
dsccd man.
BAng brought back tn Kansas City,
hoffman, confess d everything In M re-.
Myers presence. The woman laughed
In his face, denying every detail.
The pair were TILED separately.
Hoffman was speedily convicted ald
awarded the death penalty Mrs. My
ers's case ~ continued half a d. zen
times. Tho tinal verdict was the same
as in the case Of Hoffman. Both cases
were appealed to the Supreme Court,
where both vcrdicts we're indorsea.
Then cane, ten days ago, the SEN
tenc; OF both TO be hanged on the
sans dAy-June 20 she In her cell, IN
the county all, where she IL confined
at Libafty, Mo-, for she will be the
hr5b white "OU al to meet that fate
tho State Of Missouri, where there
~ as.r ny sentiment against execu-
my the death penalty upon a wo
man.
All hope for Mrs. Agile Myers now
rests In Governor Folk. But that
nope Is 30 Btronc in her that she Ia as
cheerful as though the jlry had be-
licvcd all her denials Of guilt. To in
tervie 20 she says, With an easy smile:
"Hang'ng? / have never given tho
subj ocG II hauglrg any Thought. Why
S,' ul9 II / know that L shall never
re- 9 npclle6 70 d. IN that manner"
pc 9 as.f&"y' "umHr- 10 "a mS
10 k0o't 9 N a. ng ~ the n-l
N V83 $ o ia me fHyo'iCe prisonr,
e. to wcman'N ward, always thc
pc &c n ker in cas5 Of brawls, and a
great assistance to the matron3 In
discipline.
10 is evident that rretty ARgie Ny
era las no txnectation Of being hang.
ed, On Jun % or any other day, In
her cell or cls whore.
Wifo Killer.
A d!spa' CHI from Charleston says
We ~c)nV,3iio1 and sentencing OF
William March,, q white man for the