The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

HISTORY OF THE CRIME
Woman Is Out on $4,000 Bond But
Cannot be Found to Spend
Sunday in
Cell.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
p CHICAGO. Jan. 27.-Terrified by
the thought of being locked up over
Sunday in cell in the county Jail,
Mrs. Rene B. Morrow, society woman
and member of half dozen promi-
nent south side clubs, is in hiding to-
night and deputy sheriffs are search
ing for her to rearrest her under an
Indictment returned by the grand
jury today charging her with the
murder of her husband, Chas. B. Nor
row. inventor and former member OF
I the Chicago Board of Trade.
Mrs. Morrow disappeared from her
beautiful Michigan avenue home a
short time after she was notified by
/ phone that the indictment had been
returned in Judge McKinley's court
charging her with murder in the first
degree. The widow is under bonds
of $4,000, to answer the charge. She
was bound over to the grand jury by
Judge Fake in the municipal court af
ter hearing that was marked by
many sensational developments.
Mrs. Morrow will be present ir
court Monday morning." said Charles
e. Erbstein, her lawyer tonight. II de
not believe the deputies will find hel
and do not want her to be held il
Jail until Monday morning. IN
positive Judge Mckinley will con
: tinue her present bond when he hal
I heard my argument \ Ass'ss
Before her disappearance Mrs. MOI
i i :sro " I1ssiie the follo8iHg stats aaat
II expected that would be II
4 dicted. The news is not a shock Il
I me. There is conspiracy agains
me and am the victim of strang
! set of circumstances. My friends be
lieve in my innocence and that il
enough. Before God and man, II havl
skrepeated today that 1 am guiltiess o
1.-The murder of my husband"
The murder of Chas. B. Morrow
\ the elderly inventor on the bacl
porch of his home was one of tn,
\ most cold blooded crimes in the Grim
inal annals of Chicago, according t.
4 the police.
His body was found frozen with
bullet hole in the head and anothe
over the heart. A coroner's jur
lquickly decided it to be case of su
4 eide. The widow testified that he
4 husband had frequently threatened t
take his life. Later the inquest wa
.re-opened when physicians declare
that Morrow was murdered; that h
could not possibly have inflicted tn
wounds himself. Then one senss
, tional development followed another
Investigation showed that the il
ventor and his young wife had qual
relied frequently over money matters
Morrow had once threatened to su
his wife for the deed to their home
Mrs. Morrow, according to testimon
given at the hearing, lavished her a
tentions upon Harry Gilmore,
young salesman who lodged in he
house, while her husband was force
to live in little back room unde
the garret. Servants testified tha
there was bitter quarrel on tn
night of Morrow's death. One Sc
wants told the police that Mrs. Mo
row swore her to secrecy regardin
this quarrel after Morrow's body wa
found.
! During the preliminary hearin!
Mrs. Morrow was constantly surrount
, ed in court by score of wome
; friends and fellow lab member
Even when Gilmore testified that b
!. had intimate relations with her thes
women remained steadfast in the
+ defense of Mrs. Morrow. A "defens
: tea" was given in A,ss. Morrow
home one afternoon during the hea
ing and these friends subscribed 81
600 to aid in her defense.
Poor old man. said Mrs. Morrow
him. could not love him, for h
; thought always of his life failure. H
4 frequently said he would kill himsel
but that | could have slain him-wh
1 it is ridiculous He took his ow
: life and with his own hand put a
9 end to the failure he made of life."
Morrow had many friends and the
r quickly built up mountain of CT
cumstantial evidence against h
widow. Men who had known him
r business testified that he had gre;
y prospects from one of his inventions
Y that he had no idea of suicide an
that his wife had for several yeal