Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-09

Composing herself with great eff
fprt order Go r,rlt, th, tragic hap-
p,nuI - TGrsds, night when her
brother was slain ny h'r husband.
Nlrs Thomas Iu-l,, lhis morning told
,h, .orou.rs mr5 the story OF th"
killing
Moved to- tears 40 times. 10 VAS with
tu. greatest effort that sh, Composed
h.rs,ll g. go ou with hor recital and
~ h,n her stor, Was over and she teri
IN. room she was lyd to ~. otnc, oi
a.. tit marsha. adjoining the Jury
room g. rest from the strain. Mrs.
lnslrN was placed pn th' stand al
O'Clock this morning after AtorncN
T. l.. McdIcr tol lnsl'> objected o"
nor giving testimony, 1udgc 'lalS
Overriding his objections on tn"
ground that the defendant was not on
tr,al Dut the jury was merely at
tempuns 20 determine how John ~
Higgins came to his death
Sh, stated that her name was
Edith Ida Inslry and she was IN WI"
of Tom lnslcy she had been at tho
sunpor table with hcT husband and
iatcr her brother came Go visit hey ct
the lusIrN home abov, thr crown 'ur-
nttur, store. insl,y trit for his stor"
on Gold avenue. taking the k'N ui ih"
house vith him she said 81" was
Iunabl, 20 go In and waited tor her
| brother who had said NJ would come
20 Sc, her. Sh. waited on tn" steps
| for awhile ana FINALLY her brother
cam, She said she told hin that
| her husband locked the room and
would NOT lot her in aud that sh" had
| gon. Go him for the Key earlier ln
| the evening and ne refused 80 give II
| TO hcI
Hcr husband had taken the baby
with him to the store. Sh" and her
| hrotner left fnr the store To got tn,
! kew t. the room They left Tor the
| store about : so o'cluyk she stated
! that she asked her husband for the
~, aud he again refused IL. saying
he himself VAS going no 10 th' room
| IN a short time.
nroticr Not \ngr>.
| Sh, told hes husband ~hr N"Nld
talk Go her brother A. 60 what words
were passed between bcr brother ana
| her husband IN the store SHE did not
remember. but su, said hrf brother
was not angry aud did not 'Eht n'i
| husband Her brother rlk'd tu him
SHE said lie was iu o." rae" what
ever M brother was outside ot IA"
counter and I was standing alongside
OF him while n, husband was back
of the counter when tn" shooting "D-
| currrd Asked how many shots W"t,
| urrd she said there were two Thor,
was fifteen minutes between tho
shots The first shat Killed iligstu.
and she went tu the back of -" room
Tho lights were then burning Mrs
lnslcy said she then went back ul th'
show case alongside of lnslcN and %,
! said
Won So, what nss happened
"iIc then picked up IN, gun again
| said Mrs lusl,, "aud Thought hC
wax going To- shoot mr CO.. tho baby.
grappled with him aud caught tn,
gun and pulled th, trigger mNs"lt u
order that nr could not shoot us
II was frantic like nNhudN Nouid
hr aud trlrd tu run out but hc t"l,
me I couldn't get out Tie pat ont
the tights and then I ran to the back
Of the room ana got out tn" bach
way | ran up tho street for "a police
man
\cicd Calmly,
| on being questioned bN Assistan
District Attnrnr, Robertson Mrs
lnSIoy said she saw her husband tak'
the gun from the safe. but she d,
not think II vas loaded she though
lnslov WAS only tiNiug 10 brighten hcl
brother "No took up the guu a.
calmly as ne ever ala anything an,
did not appear to be angry or eN
cited
Asked if she said ans lhug to hp,
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