The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-11
SHOWN THAT Hrs. haHaNtY HlitvtD
HtR utt TO 1t IN PtRil.
OTHER WOMAN IN CASE
Dsuahfer OF Defendant Testified to Hear
iRa Her Father Beast Of His CoaaeC-
iioas With Another Woman.

Cleburne, Tex. March 10 TINT
( que in court annals 's the case of
Mrs. Anna Mahaney. wife of Joe Ma
haney. who shot her husband 10
death at Venus. this county, Jan. l2
TO the charge of murder. counsel
. for the accused has answered, self
defense aud emotional insanity" but
( from the character of proof sought
: to be shown. IL is evident that this
, trial includes the 'unwritten law"
/ that any woman may shoot to
death any man whom she believes
( to be a menace To her peace, the de-
stroyer of her home and the peril of
her children The defense in this par
ticular case has repeatedly attempt |
ed 10 prove by the statements of wit |
nesSes by the law of cause and eff |
ieCt and bv the Introduction Of let |
! tors and teleSl ans that Mrs. Anna |
I Mahaney held to tins belief so
strongly as to renuer ner act in fir
/ ing the fatal sho, one for which she
( is not accountable.
Miss Clara Mahaney, IA years old
daughter of deceased testified Sat
urday to her mothers nervous pros
tration while they lived in Sherman
and the effect upon her mother OF
the receipt of photograph OF her
husband and another woman from
Honey Grove, which the postman
left at their house addressed TO hel
rather. who was absent at the time
She corroborated her mothers tes
ltimony with reference to running +
Mrs. Shirley's, near neighbor on
@ night in December when they learn
ed OF Mahaney's presence in Venus
Witness testified that after defend
ant returned home after the homi
eide she said to witness: "WeH,
have killed him. and then told wit
ness to take bar of soap to Mrs
Shirley's, near neighbor. Defend
ant looked Wild Witness got both
pistols and ran over to Mrs. Shir-
ley's and left the pistols with Mrs.
Shirley She said she was afraid Mrs
Mahaney would kill herself Her
mother, had never said anything
about soap before
| While living in Sherman, Joe Ma
haney. deceased father of the wit
ness, went with witness to a neigh
! bor's and while alone with her told
her that if her mother would die
while he was absent that he wanted
/ her to send for an undertaken ana !
! have the body embalmed so no one
could tell of what she died and not
! to send for any of her mothers peo-
/ ple until he was notified, and that |
her mother would commit suicide.
Her father told witness that when |
/ the insurance policy on her mothers
/ life should come, to not let her mo- |
! ther get hold of same, as she would |
DESTROY Il as she had DESTROYED one |
! before.
! Counsel exhibited picture to wit |
ness and witness identified ii as that
! of a woman whom she had seen come
/ to their home in sherman with her
! father in a cab. Her mother had been
/ in bed that day.
/ On cross-eXamination witness tes-
titled that her mother the defend
ant. had had spells all the while IN
sherman. but worse when the PIE
lures came She said her father kiss
ed her goodbye at the depot when
! thcv were moving from sherman to
Venus. that he sent witness $50
week thar her mother objected To
lhiS sending the money; that her
mother said she know he was just
sending the money to get her to go
nwas with him. Mother bought with
the money such things as the chill
ldreu needed Her father sent s.. 80
"a week until he had sent not exceed
Ing ssS Witness said that after the
homicide when her mother declared.
len have hilled him She dld NOS ash
lheg whom she had KILLED. aa some
ltnu or other she kurw who sh,
meant defendant mAde un state.
n.uf fu witness uf Nht ehg ksllcd
Ihitr. witness tu.e sht. ur inoughi
.r, dId thoust shs miehi ur wrouS
iWIturs said her m"fh'l was a
'hWeht uumau.
Radluar WWnHse solid het moth
- aepl pi,tni ahilc she lived in
Ih4uffraa hsan8ff thfur aefe Na
raut meers~s Htiue Hronua them
'Her meth.r waa aUaid ,u Fruus "u
nt.umut of framps ana brr fathvf
lMltusef ststfeI tbaf shs sas proud
luf hs mafhrr eHasht miud See b'-
il@sef af fhs time sh. fnok fhe pis-
fol fren h.r mother after the homi-
l,iae fhat her mother the defendant.