University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-02-11
EL0PEMENT!
AND AT 2 A. NJ.
Love Shot From Mrs.
Safebl0Wcr'S Pretty
llve E yes.
THE IRATE HUSBAND
Down Went the Frisky Romeo,
Followed by q Bullets !.
Great Excitement.

"Oh, Love, has he killed you!
Scantily attired, with her hair hanging
| in a disheveled mass about her bare
shoulders, and her eyes speaking vol
nmes of love, Mrs. Harrison Safeblower.
wife of the millionaire coffin manufac-
turer, uttered these words while bending
over the PROSTATE form of George
Jamison, q laborer, with whom she was
eloping. ~
At 2 O'Clock this morning, by means
of fire escape, Jamison climbed to
the third story of the Safeblower resi-
dence and gained an entrance to the
house by raising window. Entering
the room without awaking the sleeping
husband, Jamison bent over Mrs. Safe
blower and, kissing her, asked if she
was ready.
eyes, George" came the prompt an
swer. Clasping her tightly in his arms
and throwing a blanket around her, he
"made" for the window.
anu Iucu
Hsr husband awoke, and missing his
wife; rushed to the open Window
Maddened at the sight of his wife in
TIE arms Of another man, Safeblower
siezed revolver and. without warning,
fired twenty three shots at the fleeing
couple.
Every shot but twenty took effect,
and Jamison, blood stained, fell to the
iron floor of the fire escape, striking
his head on the railing as he fell. Mrs.
Safeblower was not struck by the VOL
ley. She Immediately began dressing
Jamison's wounds with lace from her
millinery.
The Ever Ready Police.
Despite the early hour of the morn
ing, the shots aroused the neighbors,
and a riot call was sent to the Broad
way police station. Ten minutes later
Captain Frazier and squad of police
men arrived at the scene and began
investigating the affair. Soon they had
a clue.
The wounded man was sent to the
Mule Barn hospital in a critical condi-
tion. The Safeblowers were corralled
and taken to the Farmers Jail, where
they will reside until Judge Partee,
Criminal Court judge, decides if the
case is bailable. A reporter for the
University Missourian, early this MORN
ing interviewed Judge Partee while he
1.-THE judge) was in bed. He said he
would liberatc Safeblower, hang Jami-
son for not completing the job, and send
Mrs. SafeblOwer to the Prep Reform
School. The Safeblower's family at
tOrney, Dean Lawson, said he would
file plea of Spontaneous insanity"
that being the most popular mode of
defense. The attorney was not sure as
to the spelling of Spontaneous"
Harrison SafeblOwer is the Million
aire president of the Deadman Coffin
Company. He had recently moved to his
Chemistry Boulevard mansion, where
the shooting occurred. JamisOn is
tOrchman in the Academic Powder
Mills. He was married in 1928, but
four years ago his wife eloped with
his chauffeur.
A Mushy Letter, This.
That Jamison and Mrs. Safeblower
had the elopement planned for several
days, is shown by the letters that were
found among their baggage. The fol-
lowing is a letter from Jamison to
Mrs. Safeblower:
"Oh, My Dear Child-Sweetheart-
Dear:-I am simply wild with love for
you, and oh, so happy to know that
you love me SO. Baby, dear, do you
know, I think of you all the time.
Dear child, how long for you to lay
your pretty head on my shoulder and
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