The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-11
Mrs. Edna Morris Asks Lou
- is Knopf and Others for
$4,000 for Giving Liquor
to Husband.
sALLEGES THAT KNOPF
VIOLATED THE LAW
She Says She Is Permanently
Disabled by Wound In
flicted by Husband Who
Ended His Life.
Blaming saloon keeper for her seri-

Blaming saloon keeper for her seri-
GUS plight, Edna Morris today filed
suit for damages in the Wayne circuit
court, versus Louis A. Knopf and 9th
ers. Damages to the amount of $751;
900 are demanded in the complaint.
The suit is the outcome of shoot
ing which took place Tuesday, August
6, in which Charles Morris shot his
wife, the plaintiff in the suit, and then
turned the revolver upon himself, shot
and killed himself. Morris called on
his wife at her rooms ON South A
street in the attempt to get his wife
to live with him, as they had been
separated for some time. She refus-
ed and the tragedy occurred.
The bullet ploughed it's way through
Mrs. Morris left jaw, fracturing the
bone, then taking downward course
into the neck where it still remains.
crazed With Liquor.
The suit is filed by the state of In
diana on relation of Edna Morris,
against Louis A. Knopf, Levi M. Ben
nett and Richard Smelser. The last
two defendants named are sureties for
Knopfs bond of $3,5OO given at the
time the board of county commission
ers granted him his license. The rela-
trix in the suit alleges that Knopf sold
Morris intoxicating liquor at a time
when the latter was drunk. The liquor
made Morris crazed and frenzied, the
complaint AYERS, and Morris went to
the relatrix's home where he started
the argument, resulting in the double
shooting.
The complaint alleges that the left
side Of Mrs. Morris tongue has be-
come paralyzed so that she is unable
to speak distinctly and that she eats
with difficulty, her left cheek being
shrunken so that when she eats, her
teeth fall upon her cheek, and that
sight in the left eye is impaired. The
bullet, the complaint states, is still
lodged in the body on account of the
nervous condition of the plaintiff the
bullet cannot be removed.
She Spurned overtures.
At the time the deed was commit
ted the police believe that Morris had
contemplated the act. The night be-
fore the tragedy Morris called at his
wife's rooms and asked her to live
with him again. She refused and he
left in a rage. 1t was believed that
Morris drank heavily on the morning
of the tragedy and brooded over
his troubles, until his rage reached the
point when it entirely controlled him.
Morris came to this city the Mid
die of June. He secured employment
at the Ridgeway restaurant at night
and was known as an efficient work
man. He worked there until about
July 25, when he obtained employ
ment at the Belmont restaurant about
the middle of July.
Before Mrs. Morris obtained work at
the restaurant in the day time, she
was in the habit of staying at the res
taurant with Morris all night, helping
him and when tired she slept be-
meath the counter. When she OBJ
tainod employment in the daytime he
wished her to continue sleeping un-
der the counter at nights while he
worked in order that he could watch
her She did as he desired until she
was unable to stand the strain any
longer.
Mrs. Morris father, Mr.. Moles re-
sides at 1918 East Main street, Nun
Gle, Ind.