Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-11
examination OF
MRS. EOLA HOOL.EY
Woman Who Shot and Killed Her
Husband on Tuesday Un-
duubtedIy Insane.
TELLS OF A VISION SHE HAD.
At This JunctuTc She ShTiclSed and
Moaned Bu' Otherwise She Stood
The Ordeal Calmly.

That Mrs Edla r, Hoolny who ON
Tuesday morning shot and Killed her
husband. w, T. Booley, at their homo
IN Waterloo addition. is insane, can
now hardly be questioned after hearing
her story told to the commission which
CONDUCTED her mental examination yes
teriay afternoon IN Judge Armstrong )
courtroom. The woman remained as
calm and inpa4 ssive as marble during
The entire examination excepting on
two occasions when she broke down
just for a NOM ent. after which she re-
sursed her usual deueanor as though
she had never given way to her emo
ton. The examination which VIII DO
completed late this afternoon, is being
conducted by County Physician Calder
wood and his assistant. DIR. Kaley,
while District Atty. Loofbourow did
most of the Ques tlontng of witnesses
Mrs Hooley was attended in court by
her two brothers. W. S, and G. A. An
derson and by Mrs. Pautsch, nelghbor
WAS TREATED FOR HER MIND,
Following the examination Of pr.
Lewis, VINO stated that Mrs 1Ooley was
treated In his hospital for ner mental
condition on two different occasions, at
which times he believed That she Was
Insane, several other witnesses were eN-
aminCd and testified of the queer ac-
lions OF the woman, Both of her broIh-
ers testified That she had been acting
very queer for SOME time and worried
continually over her children and seem
ed To fear that her husband would
lake them away rom her. They said
shaJ she was examined as to her SAM
~ two years age but the commitment
was suspended 10 permit OF her being
"a a
men testified that Hooley was good
husband and supported his family well.
HUSBAND GOOD TO HER.
Mrs. Hooley in telling her story CAV
every evide Of mind affected with
delusions and hallucinatiOns- She adj
nliiIOd that her husband had been good
10 her and had always given her ait
his wages and that he was good to the
children. She could not tell why she
did not like him, neither could she state
why she could not trust the children
With him, She said that she blamed
her husband for the death OF her other
two children. The girl died from scarle ct
fever and she declared that her hus-
band thought that the child had the
measles and did not call doctor until
it was too late. Then the boy died OF
pneumonia, which she believes was
brought on by exposure to the weather
while they lived i'm Bingham. She said
THAI Mr.. Hooley sent the boy for some
whisky ON very cold night and that
caused the Illness from which he died.
BREAKS DOWN.
While telling OF a vision which she
had when her daughter appeared be-
fore her, Mrs, Hooley shTieked and
nroaned for q moment but was soon
restored 10 calmness by her brothers.
Again when telling of where the shots
took effect In her husband she broke
down for moment. She said that she
Bought the revolver 10 months ago with
the intention of killing him and HAD
Teen thinking about it ever since. She
feared that he would take her children
away from her and that she would be
sent to the state mental hospital. Con-
slant brooding over those things and all
so over the loss of her two children
seem to be the cause of her mental con-
dillon and the cause OF the shooting
The examination viii be concluded
this afternoon and it is Very pro bable
that the Woman will be committed to
The state mental hospital at Provo