St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-08-02
CLAIMS SHE WAS RUINED AND
THEN JIITED BY MI SHE
BELIEVED WAS SINGLE.
LIVED WITH HIN
FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
Believing She Was About to be De,
serted by Him She Fires
Till Pistol is Empty.

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aAu suen - ieu ~ uesell Me.
Miss Augusta Agnes Edward; mad
THIS statement e;allal7. as she handle,
smoking revolver to- Patroimal
Koux, Just after fatally shooting Geo
w Riehl. in Caronde.et. near Cora
mon street, at 8 o'clccA Thursday
night. Riehl died at 9:15 n'c!ac.
10 the Charity Hospital. The woinsI
was locked up in the parish prison
under murder charge.
Riehl was about forty-eight yea' s
oia married, and the father OF FIVE
children. He was q bOokkeeper fcH
the Son Custom Apparel Company
Duts formerly was engaged In the
Jeweiry business.
Miss EDWARDS is twenty-nine years
old. attractive and had been stenog-
rapher. but Tor two years claims te.
have ceen the friend and confidante
ssQf Aaent
q ssss qeretgned, prenleditated
E Nv. .I l.!! "A reQMeet k1Ats
q NOR gue OF tor
PIT IN the police pa
tFel. RIeAAes uotlfy Mrs. Tom Lanns.
91ns 1874 Laurel street. and that
lady VIII notify my relatives.
Thanking you for your Kindness
and trouble, ! am, respectfully,
MISS AUGUSTA A. EDWARDS.
4734 Laurel street.
CALMLY SURRENDERS.
Immediately following the firing Of
nve shots into Riehl,s body, Miss Ed
wards stepped to the curblng and
awaited the arrival OF the policeman
who was speeding from Canal street
to the scene. where she turned owe,
the weapon to him and declared that
sEe mad been ruined by the Woundee
man who lay sprawled out on the
sidewalk.
Finding life still IN the body, the
ambulance was summoned from the
Charity Hospital, where the dying
man Was conveyed and where II was
diagnosed that he could i've bit a
few hours at the most.
Before the ambulance could reacf
the scene. where hundreds OF people
had gathered, MISS Edwards was
rushed to the First Precinct Police
Station. just few blocks away. where
enc collapsed IN faint, but was
quickly revived.
According to her own story Ct the
shooting, she lay in wait for Riehl
to come from his work at the Son
COMPANY in Carondeiet street. nea'
Canal Coming down the steps, SAC
said, she waited on the SIDE OF tn
doorway sntii after he had eHerges
ana then caught step with nlm as ne
walked uptown IN Carondeiet street
until they both reached Common
where. she said. they had words
and he reached for ner handbag ano
pulled 1t open. Then, she SAID. sne
beat hlm 70 the revolver lying Witf;
IN, and hred single shot at MIN
and as ne was still standing erect
she knew that she mad not Killed
MN, SO nred the otner three, Saving
ono for herself-and then tnlnklng
that he was not worth ner lie -sired
II AZ the man as ne IeA.
Inen she turned anu gave nef re,
volver TO Pstroiman houx, VINO nao
arrived en- the scene Wasnln Is"
seconos aIter lne nTst snot;
LIE OLD, OL, nIVh
MISS EaWadrs saiu .that siie EAp
known hleni LOT Hse years. or inoIe
anu tnat three years ago ne sasneI
nef conndence ana became her lara
mour. Miss EaWards was = sssn.:s
rapher at tnat slme IN the Eye; ESf
Nose and Throat Hospltai, ana, sht
said. Riehi caused her TO give up mel
time time she said she aid net not know low that hat