The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-07
Desperately in Love with His
Wife and Became Crazed
with Jealousy When She
Left Him.
MRS. MORRIS GIVES
ACCOUNT OF CRIME
Husband Began Shooting
When She Refused to Re-
turn to Him. Wounded
Woman Is Recovering.

Police investigation of the double
| shooting yesterday afternoon in which
Mrs. Edna Morris was seriously
wounded by her husband, who in turn
shot and killed himself, has disclos-
ed a tale of jealousy on the part of
the husband, and of slavish devotion
on the part of the wife, which would
be hard to equal
Morris was not tired of his wife.
On the contrary he had called at her
boarding house on South A street sew
eral times since their separation, two
weeks ago, with the express intention
of trying to get her to live with him
again. She refused, and the tragedy
resulted.
Woman Is Improved.
Mrs. Morris is slightly improved at
the hospital today, and was able to
give her story to her attending ply
sician.
The bullet ploughed its way through
her left jaw, fracturing the bone, then
taking a downward course into the
neck where it remains, despite efforts
to remove it by probing. Her face is
badly powder burned
Mrs. Morris Story.
Charlie came to the house while I
was sitting on the front porch and
asked to speak with me upstairs.
agreed and we went to my room,
where he sat on the bed and 1 sat in
a chair. He asked me about some
money he said had stolen, and de-
MED having had it. He then asked me
to forget bygones and to forgive him,
and to come back and live with him.
l refused and told him l had made
arrangements to go back to my par
ents at Muncie. He grew angry, and
started to quarrel. 1 got up from my
chair and said l was going to leave,
and that 1 would not quarrel with
him
HE arose, and called me a vile
name, saying that l would not leave
He had locked the door, He drew a
revt er when he arose from the bed,
and pointing 1t at my head, said, Pm
going to kill you and then kill myself
Then there was a flash, and l guess
II swooned. Some time afterwards,
don't know how long, heard another
shot. 1 suppose that was what awoke
me from my faint. saw him lying on
the floor, blood squirting from his
head, and I stumbled to the door, got
out, and then I guess the shock made
me lose my senses
Morris came here with his wife
about six weeks ago. He secured en-
ployment at the Ridgeway restaurant
at night and was known as an eff
ficient workman. He worked there un-
til about July 25, when he obtained
employment at the Belmont restaur-
ant. Mrs. Morris started work at the
Ridgeway restaurant about the mid
die Of July, and worked there until
last Sunday
Before Mrs. Morris obtained work
at the restaurant in the daytime, she
was in the habit of staying at the
restaurant with Morris all night, help
ing him, and, when tired, sleeping be-
meath the counter. When she obtain
ed work in the daytime, he wished
her to continue sleeping beneath the
counter at nights while he worked in
! order that he could watch her. She
complied until she was unable to
stand the strain any longer
Insane From Jealousy.
That Morris contemplated his deed
Is firmly believed by the police The
night before the tragedy, he called
at his wife's rooms, and asked her to
live with him again. She refused, and
he left in a rage. 1t is believed he
drank heavily Tuesday morning and
brooded over his troubles, until his
jealous rage had reached the point
where 1t entirely influenced him.
| Mrs Morris father, Mr.. Moles Of
1918 East Main street, Muncie, was in
the city today, making arrangements
for taking his daughter back to his
home as soon as she can be moved
from the hospital.
investigation showed that since
Morris separation from his wife. he
has been living at As North Fifth
street A minute investigation of his
efIects. shows that he left no note or
mint OF his suicidal and murderous in
tentions. His body will be shipped to
Gas City, his home, for burial.