The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-03-15
Dora laPine Is Convicted o
Shooting Her Husband
At Madison.
WAS a DRAMATIC CASE
Mrs. laPine Told q Remarkable StorI
Of Her Downfall and Subsequent
Life with a Brute for Husband
Prior TO Shooting.

from Madison. Lake county, report
that intense interest was taken In the
trial OF Dora LaPine. who. Saturday
evening was convicted. by n jury, ~
manslaughter In the first degree Tot
tho shooting and killing OF her hus.
band, Joseph LRPine.
There In reason TO believe that Ct!
forts will be made to secure new
trial. and that II these efforts result,
unsuccessfully the case will be ap.
pealed to tho state supreme court
with the request that stay OF Judg.
ment be granted pending a decision by
the supreme court.
This was the first murder trial In
tho history OF Lake county. AZ nj.
times during the trial the court room
was packed with dense mass OF hu.
mainly. even the stairways leading 10
the court room being thickly packed
with men and women. all anxious &c
catch a glimpse OF the actors In thu
drama and hear scraps Of the testi.
mony.
Tho appearance OF the defendant on
the witness stand In her own behalf
was the dramatic feature of tho trial
girl she had loved LaPine not wisely
but too well. and had by him beer
dragged 90 the depths OF degradation
She gave her age as 3s and stated she
was born In the German empire. She
was bereft OF her parents when SIX
months old. and while yet child was
sent Co her brother. who resided In
New York.
She came west from New York ana
located at shakopee. MINI. where she
attended school She also attended
school at Jordan, MINI, and when
/ Is years OF age went To- Minneapolis.
where she was employed as "A nurse
in a private family. From Minneapolis
she went To- Duluth. where she worked
as a waitress I'm a hotel. While ut Du-
| luth she first met LaPinc. After u
courtship OF six months she WAS ruined
by him upon his promise TO marry her.
Mrs. LaPine testified that LaPine In
| duced her TO enter n resort ut West
| Superior. he accepting the position Of
plano player I'm the same place. After
| losing n portion OF his left limb In a
fire and having n siege OF typhoid fever
at West Superior. LaPine took her to
| his former home at Montreal. Can,
where In 1895 they were married by "A
/ Catholic priest. an uncle and n cousin
OF LaPine's acting as witnesses. Mrs.
LaPine offered the marriage certificate
| in evidence.
Mrs. LaPine further testified that she
secured honest employment for her
husband. but that he soon tired of u
and insisted on returning 10 the United
States. She testified that her desire at
this period In her life was to live re-
formed life. Returning to West Su-
pcrior she. however. again entered n
resort. Subsequently she went TO Far
60, N. D., thence TO Aberdeen. 4. D.,
| nj both of which placcs she was an in
mate OF resorts. LaPine accompanied
her. and she testified that she turned
her earnings over TO him.
Eight years ago, she testified. her
self and husband went To Lake county.
where they purchased the Lake Her
man house, which they had conducted
up TO the time OF the tragedy. Mrs.
IaPine testified that herself and hus-
band had always lived tremendously
together until about two months before
his death, when he was attacked with
delirium tremcns. and after that he
was quarrelsome ard many times as
saulted her with his fists.
She testified that on the evening OF
the homicide he attacked her In her
room. lie had her PROSTATE on n
couch with his knee on her chest. one
hand choking her. and with the other
beating her about the head and face.
when she CHANGED To think OF "a re-
volver which was under the couch. Sc
curing the weapon, according To her
story. she fired twice. LaPine arose and
picking up a beer bottle was about 60
strike her with II when she fired the
third shot. With the words. Dora.
you have shot me-" LaPine ceased his
attempts TO injure her. staggered "a
the door OF the room and out into the
dance hall. where he fell dead on the
1oor.