St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-27
'SHE KILLS
HER LOVER
A Repetition of the Nc
Glaughlin Case.
Katie FretSCh Kills Man
Who WrOnged Her.
Then Weeps Over His Dead
Body, Head in Lap.
Another Case to Awaken
Era Clubs Sympathy.

bOllermaker, at 8 o'clock last nigh
at Port and North Peters streets, be
cause, according to the girls state
ment, he refused to marry her. The
| girl is in delicate condition, anG
blames Mischler for her downfall.
The couple had returned from 6
walk along the levee and were fac.
ing each other when the girl, who
| celebrated her birthday Tuesday
| drew a revolver from her dress and
fired two shots, one of which entered
the breat and penetrated the heart
and the other passed through the
abdomen.
Mischief died almost Immediately
and when the police arrived they
found the girl holding his head and
weeping over him. She admitted
doing the shooting, saying she had
intended killing herself after killing
him, but had lost her nerve. She
said she was ready to take the pun
ishment the court ordered when her
trial came up.
Mischief was a w:doWer with two
little children. He was twenty-six
years old and lived at 1898 Desire
street. The Fretsch girl said she
met him three years ago at dance.
His wife was living then but died
year later. The couple became in
innate in February of this year, she
says. The girl was then living in
Piety street with her sister, Mrs. Jen-
nings. Mrs. Jennings did not like
Mischief, and the girl on this &C
count went to live with her aunt,
Mrs. Julia Hicks, 274S Royal street.
A short time ago the aunt learned
that the relations between the girl
and Mischief were not what they
should be, and she ana Mischler had
some words, with the result that he
did not again visit the house, meet
ing the girl at other places.
GIRLS STATEMENT.
The Fretsch girl said she met
Mischief by appointment at Royal
and Port streets at 1925 o'clock, and
for an hour they walked along the
wharves, and during the rainstorm
remained under a shed. She said
Mischler sat down but she stood up.
She said she called his attention to
her present predictment, and asked
him to marry her, and he refused
giving as an excuse that he was out
| CT work and that her family did not
like him. She reminded him, she
| said, of statement which he made
that, should she ever get into trouble
he would Immediately marry her. He
| was obdurate. She was desperate
She asked him if it were true he was
going away. He did not answer
They walked to Port and North
Peters. The two were facing one
another She told him she was dis.
graced, and had been compelled tc
give up her position as salesgirl in
a Canal street department store on
account of her condition. He again
refused to marry her, and she raised
her skirt, drew forth revolver and
killed him, after asking him for the
last time if he would not reconsider
the marriage proposition. She said
she purchased the revolver earlier in
the day at place near the French
Market for the purpose of killing
Mischief.
WEEPS OVER DEAD BODY.
When Sergeant Seelhorst, of the
Fifth Precinct Police Station, reach
the girl weeping over the mans body
and calling him loving names, while
a crowd of spell-bound men and wo-
wen looked ON in amazement. She
was questioned by the sergeant, and
after admitting the killing was taken
to the Fifth Precinct Police Station
where she was held pending the ar
rival of Assistant District Attorney
Henriques, Acting Inspector of Police
Boyle and Chief of Detectives Rey-
nolds. To them she made complete
confession, first having been warned
by Mr.. Henriques that she was under
no compulsion and that any thing
she might say would be used against
her in court.
The girl appeared half dazed, but
managed to go through with rer re-
cital, which was taken down YER
batim and signed by her. She con-
Guided with the statement that she
intended to kill herself, but lost her
nerve at the last moment. When
not spoken to she kept repeating the
name of the man whom she killed,
saying there was nothing left for her
in life now that he was dead, and
what became of her she cared not.
Questioned as to whether the kill
ing of Hugh Smith by Mamie Nc
Laughlin had Influenced her in kill
ing Mischief, she said that it had
not; that she had not read the news
papers. She admitted, however, hav-
ing heard of the case and added that
she had not heard of the Mclaughlin
girls acquittal until last night. She
said her father was a carpenter and
living but that she did not know
where he was. Her mother is dead
She said she purchased the revol-
yer with which she did the shooting
in Decatur street near the French
Market, paying $500 for it.
She is tall blonde young woman,
of rather refined and prepossessing
appearance Her sisters husband
and Mischler's wife were brother and
sister.
Frank Mischief was employed UNI
til recently at the Jensen Iron Works
as boilermaker but was laid off.
He is survived by two children,
whom he was greatly attached to,
and four brothers and one sister. He
was native Of New Orleans and
well known in the down downtown
section of the city.
The girl was locked up in the Par