Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-03-26
AFFINITY REVEALED
IN Double tragedy
MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, MAN SLAYS
WIFE AND SELF BECAUSE OF
A CHICAGO WOMAN.
TENDERS CONFESSION
WHILE DEATH is NEAR
in Killing Wife and Himself, Attempt
Is Made to Cover Up Detaits-
Effort to Give Scene the Appear
ance Of Rohbers' Quarry.

Milwaukee, Mar 21.-Georgs VIII
foughby, manager OF the Jewell 4
Sherman Company, coffee and spice
mills, early Friday shot and killed his
wife, Florence Willoughby, at their
home on Prospect avenue. After the
murder Willoughby fired two shots
into his breast over his heart and the
police received a confession and ante
mortem statement before he died
Willoughby confessed to the police Of
icers that he had committed the muir
der because he WAS infatuated with
another woman whom he had been
supporting for four years.
After killing his wife and shooting
himself Willoughby dragged himself
downstairs to the basement, opened
the side door, so as to make It appear
that burglars had committed the deed,
hid the revolver in the wall OF the
basement, and then 'phoned for = doc
tor When the police were notified
they were informed that burglar had
shot both Mr.. and Mrs. Willoughby.
but when the officers arrived they at
once concluded that It was murder
and attempted suicide, and later OBJ
tanned a confession from Willoughby.
Substance Of Confession.
His confession In substance IL Is
follows: Il married my wife 20 years
ago did not love her. but married
her mostly out OF sympathy, she be-
ing a poor woman. We were married
at Ludington, and soon after came
to this city. Our life has never been
a happy one, but We both took COED
| care not to let our friends and neigh
| bors know our domestic troubles We
frequently quarreled MIS- M11iough-
| by was insaneIy Jealous Of =. She
continually accused me Of Hot king
true to her and on the whole woEAoth
lived a miserable existence Matters
went on this way for years. Faur
years ago while I was on my way to
New York I met a woman on the
train. Our acquaintance r1pened into
| love Then for the first time I real
| lied I had met woman I truly loved.
This woman also was living an IN
happy life Her husband was cruel to
| her. and soon after | met her he de-
serted her and her two small children.
then began to support her. We be-
came intimate. and have been so for
several years. Two years ago she OBJ
tanned a divorce, and since that time
I have been providing for her and her
children. She is living in Chicago
Decides to End All.
My domestic affairs did not i'm
prove. and a long time ago I decided
that would end it all How to do il
was what bothered me and for many
months | have been planning out q
; way. I began to collect chloroform
bought it in small lots, and begar
to keep it until had bottle Of tht
drug. This saved until might de
eide to carry out my pans.
I decided to end it all Friday
After my vie had fallen asleep oh
tanned the ehloroform and then I sho
= her I then fred two shots into m,
5 breast. intending to shoot myself il
: the heart but I failed. did no
have any more cartridges, so decide:
to hide the revolver That is th'
whole story
{ Wflloughby was SO years Of ag
and was born in Richla7d county Iii
I wife was three years his junior an
was q native of Michigan