Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-04

ANXIOUS TO RETURN
AND STAND TRIAL
If She Must Go TO Penitentiary,
Slayer Says She VIII be Sat
isfied, as She Can Start Life
Anew,
rr, Morning Journal spccia, LEASED Wire

iny Morning journal Special Leased Wire. |
i Los Angeles, NOV. 3-Declaring that
she is happier than she has been in
I years. because Of her confession yes
icrday to having killed two women in
NJ Mlssouri. Mrs Pansy Hastings Lcsh les
in the city iail here tonight ava ting
the arrival of sheriff NJ r Hender-
son of Pettus county Missouri,
Sheriff Henderson tclegraphed chief
of Police Sebastian today to hold the
the woman until his arrival from Sc
dalia
The case is one of the strangest IN
the history of local police annals. The
police do not doubt the young wo-
mans sanity. although her husband,
who called at the city Jail today, ue
clared that there was nothing TO her
story and that she was temporarily
insane.
"iIe knows I'm not insane, said
Mrs Lesh after her husbands visit.
because | told him all about it be-
fore | married him FIVE years ago He
and Father Brooks to whom / con
fessed in st. Louis long ago when I
ones who ever knew.
The young woman told her story
today with utmost frankness. She
showed remorse and emotion only
when relating the story Of how She
gave poison to Mrs. Eliza Coc at Sc
oalia A year after she had caused the
death of Mrs. +. IA. Quantance at
Greenridge, twelve ali.ea from So
dalia
Mrs. Coe was good TO me, though
she scolded me some times. she had
taken baby to the poor farm through
the rain and caught bad cold.
nursed her and gave her two cap
sules about nalf fun cf rough on rats.
She got worse and was so good ana
kind to me then that ! was sorry
poisoned her but | WAS afraid TO tell
the doctor. When She died the doctor
said II was due to ptomaine poisoning
II never really felt bad about caus-
ing Mrs. Quainiance's death, except
that | knew it was wrong Hu she
and her husband were not kind to me.
| was only . years old when was
sent to them by the orphanagc. Mr.. !
Quaintance who was about 90 years !
old, mistreated me and | had trouble |
with his Wife because he encouraged |
me to be disrcspectul 10 her We |
quarreled one day ana he took her
part and that is why ! gave her poison.
after his wifas death, Mt quaint (
lnce wanted me To saN with him but
| refused ana ne got me 4 place with I
some pcopl neai Gfrenrdge. | JOIN I
ed the Methodist uurch there and |
one night while w walking home |
with my Suuda, seHNgl teacher, / told |
her about an attack on me by Young !
man in that town She took me to tn, I
Justice of the peace, think II was, |
lnd after lot Of questioning by him /
admitted my relations With Quaint (
ince. The old man came 60 town I
hat day and 1 guess heard about it, Z
because he went right out TO his farm
md shot himself
II don't know why I killed either
If the women. That's a question
nave asked myself several times. All
know is that / wanted to get il off
ny mind. | used to think about it
Hhen was alone and got despondcni.
f they put in the pcnitcntiaIN wiz
ierve my sentence gladly, because
hen | can start in over again and
With clean slate.
When il was suggested To Mrs. Lcsh
hat hcrcditry might have had some
hing to do with her crimes. She said
Possibly it might. My mother dld not
cad "A good life and my father roam
d about "A great deal and changed his
lane often. But that's no excuse for
ne. / knew right from wrong. have
bad temper hut never wanted 70
ill any one since even when In q
age. / don't think now that | really
wanted to kin Mrs Quaintancc ana I,
hrs. Coe.'
After leaving Sedalia in 1905, tne :
oung woman said she was placed IN
he House Of the Good Shepherd in
Il. Louis. where she stayed a year ana
hen ran away. THAT was the hap I
iest year Of my life. too" she added.
now that look back at it,
Shortly aiterward she married ,
.csh.