Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-01-21
NURDERS WIFE
And KILLS SELF;
DAUGHTER SHOT
ZWo ARE FIRED UPON WHEN THEY
ENTER FORMER HOME FOR
SOME CLOTHING.
CORSET STEEL STOPS BULLET.
Jictim Who Escapes Declares She Heard
Five Shots After She Left the
Farmhouse.
GREEN BAY OFFICERS AT SCENE.

GREENLEAF. Wis. Jan. 15-TSpe-
riaLl-Having murdered his wife and
probably fatally wounded his daughter.
august Mayes, farmer living two
miles from here. killed himself this
morning with a shot from revolver
~hleh ne had purchased few days ago.
proudly IN anticipation of the tragedy
"a which he was the chief figure.
Lured into the home from which their
miners drunken brutality had driven
ahem, Mrs. Maves and her daughter were
socked IN bedroom by Maves, who then
Began firing shot after shot at them. kill
ing his wife and probably fatally wound
ing ms daughter. The latter. by burst
~1 frenzled strength, sprang through
0inooW ana escaped the immediate fate
Ha her mother. Maves then barricaded
zanlSeH IN the room and shot himself
FROM the position of the bodies when
1he deputy sheriffs entered the house il
Is surmlsed that Maves unlocked the bed
room door and either threw his diving
f8lte out of the room onto the dining room
foor, or else then relocked the door and
ToInInltted suicide. Mrs. Maves appar-
emily lived Tor few minutes for she
seemed to have been trying to crawl to
1he outer door.
Daughter Accuses Father.
Bleeding from bullet wounds in her
dead, arms and abdomen. the daughter
Is lying IN a critical condition at the
lhome OF William Brantz, "A neighbor In
intervals OF seml-consciouSneSS she tells
abe parts of the tale of which are not
Fsupphed by two male companions who
accompanied the women from Appleton
10 the door of the farmhouse. PHYSICIANS
nn4Hlp tbaf tha
young woman's life car be saved, but
ahe has a chance.
Two weeks ago Mrs. Maves procured
la divorce from her husband on the
grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.
lAe drank TO excess and it was testified
sat the trial that he frequently had
threatened to do bodily harm to his wife.
Nhe daughter, who is Mrs Martha
Lknorr of Appleton, has not been living
mt home since her marriage, and after
abe divorce proceedings were over, she
lsook her mother to live with her.
Went to Get Clothing.
Desiring to procure some clothing and
FSther articles belonging 10 Mrs. Maves
ahe mother and daughter, ACCOMPANIED
by two male friends, went from Apple
ton to the farm this morning. Maves met
EAem cordially at the door and invited
tine women to enter.
While the men remained in q vehicle
f0utside, the mother and daughter accom-
panied the farmer into the house where
iAe continued to treat them as though he
Bwere glad to see them. Although able to
tsell the remainder of the story only in
tanconnected phrases, the wounded daugh-
ter has told enough to show that on
some pretext, her father got the women
Unto q small bedroom, the door of which
he locked.
Then horrible suspicion dawned upon
the daughter, and it was almost instant
" realized when her father seized a
irearm and without word of warning
Began blazing away at his wife. AL
gnost the first shot hit it's mark but
both women. with the frenzy born of de-
spair, sprang upon the blood-crazed man
and a mad battle ensued, in which the
eombined strength of mother and daugh-
Der proved unequal to wrestling the smok-
eng weapon from his grasp.
Corset Steel Saves Life.
In the struggle, the daughter was shot
neyeral times one bullet striking her near
ehe heart but CHANGING harmlessly off
sorset steel otherwise she probably
would not have lived to see her mother
FALL PROSTATE to the floor, bleeding from
"A shot in the head.
During the moment when her father
twas busy completing his firing at her
mother, the daughter hurled herself
Through the window, falling into the deep
SNOW OUTSIDE, ana WAS picked up by Ine
waiting men, who meantime had rushed
EaD the house on hearing the fusilade of
shots. They carried the young woman
ap the neighbours house and summoned
doctors and deputy sheriffs.
. In response to the summons, District
attorney John w. Reynolds and Deputy
Sheriffs Edward McMens and George
Kolescher hurried to the farm from APP
spleton. They reconnoitered for a while
Fearing that the farmer might be lying
lin wait with more ammunition handy,
but hearing no noise or seeing no sign
of life about the place, the officers
hnally rushed to the building and found
ahe outer doors unlocked and the body
of Mrs Maves weltering in a pool of
blood on the dining room floor. Only
ahe door of the bedroom in which Maves
BILLED himself was locked.