Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-18
MOTIVE RoR RiGDoN SHOOTING
is STILL uNFAThoMEp BY
POLICE.
RlGDoN's SON SAYS HE
KNEW FATHER HAD WIFE
Young Man Saturday Contradicts
Statement of Friday Night - Mrs.
Deufex Still Alive, But Small Hopes
Are Held For Recovery-ldentity
Still Mystery.

scrape OF Friday afternoon, which sen
the newspaper world OF the big city K
Marshalltown to investigate the LIE
Grand connection, IS just as much OF
mystery today as il has been since
Charles W. Rgdon shot and seriously
wounded Mrs. Emma Deufex' anI
then blew off his own head.
Instead of financial differences fur
nishing a motive for the crime, how
ever, j. is now believed that Jealousy
prompted the shooting. 1t has beer
shown that Rigdon and the 'DeufeA'
woman had been intimate for about Sly
years and that Mrs. DeufeX" left Rig.
don about month ago. The man has
been making strenuous efforts 10 fine
her ever since, and the meeting F>rida!
afternoon, which resulted SO disas-
trously, was arranged by broker whe
had an acquaintance with both Rig
don and the woman.
Identity Still Mystery.
The identity OF Mrs. DeuteX'' is still
a profound mystery, as is also thai
OF Miss Mary WILSON," Mrs. DeufeA'
friend Both names are tirmly be-
lieved BY Inspector LAWN and his ner
and the newspapers TO be assumed
Two or three theories are advanced
one that Miss Wilson" is a sister OF
Mrs DeufeX, and another that she is
a private detective who had been EN-
ployed 10 shadow Mrs Deufex. Miss
wilson" insist that she IS using hel
rig; name, but refuses TO give her ad-
QreSs On her familys account.
In fact the entire case, from first &c
last, has so far baffled the entire force
Of city detectives and newspaper re
porters, all OF whom have been working
hard 10 unravel the mystery.
Mrs. Deufex" Very Low.
Mrs. Deuten," the victim Of Rig
don's bullet, is still very low in st
Luke's hospital, and only slight hope;
are held out for her recovery. She i:
not permitted 10 talk of the shooting
and her physicians have forbidden al.
one TO see her excepting her friend
Miss wilson
Wife Claims Body.
Mrs. Annie Hawbecksr Rtgdon. WIZ
was visiting at LeGrano when her nus
pand shot himself, and who hurried Il
Chicago Saturday morning, reaching
there at noon, officially notified tn
coroner that she wouldc lain the bod.
Of her husband. Ars. Rigdon refuset
10 talk Of the case.
In justice 10 Mrs. Rigdon however
an important statement was made Sat
urday afternoon by Jay Rigdon, tn
son OF the suicide. on Friday nigh,
following the shooting, Jay Rigdon hat
said repeatedly TO officers and news
papers that as far as ne knew hi
! father had never married following IN
death OF his wife, Jay Rigdon's mother
twenty years ago. Saturday afternoon
however, young Rigdon said that h
knew that his father had been marie
second time.
Had Travelled With MRS. Deufex."
Friends Of Rigdon, business &C
/ quaintances who have known him NOR
Of less intim ately during a period o
twenty years, claim that they hav
known Of the "Deufex" woman thr
+, Rigdon, and that Rigdon had travele
extensively with the woman, taking he
/ 10 different points, both east and ives
when ne went on business trips II i
believed that the dispatch from Rem
| New, which told of Rigdon's last tri
I 70 lnSL city, WHen ne was accom- panic
by a dashing creature who posed a
Rigdon's wife, refers 10 Mrs Deufex
The most that can be learned abou
Mrs. Deufex" is that she had been i
St. Paul. was stenogra pher, and tina
she was widowed about three year
ago.
Charles W Rigdon, who viii fill
suicides grave and may prove 10 b
the murderer Of another, was GO year
old and was generally accredited a
being wealthy. He had been an activ
real estate operator for several year.
and was especially prominent direct
after the Chicago fire. He had mad
and lost several fortunes. He was on
Of the two original promoters of tn
South Side Alley L.. He was heavil
interested in western mining ventures
and is said to have made a Killing o
options in a valuable piece of propert
near Reno, New, only recently.
1t is claimed in some circles ths
Mrs. Deufex" is in reality Mr.
Young. member of prominent Oh
cago family, and the mother Of sever
! children. In clearing the mystery, how
. ever, no statement is given as to WI
Mrs. Young" is, what family she is
member of, or where she or her Peep
. live, and the real solution is yet
come.