Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-07-23
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" Men FORMER county Poop1o are
Principals. .
More information regarding the MUIR
der Of Mrs. Mary Larson, formerly
Miss Mary Olson Of Colfax township Of
this county, has been received thru the
Los Angeles papers The Times Of
June % published, the following:
Il know that my father killed my
mother. know it. And he shall not go
free" These We're the words of little
Luella Larson, Is vars old, poured out
most bitterly over the Staying Of her
mother, Mrs. Mary Larson, at Glendale,
Sunday. June %. The daughter, who is
i'll at the home Of a friend strongly ar
raigned her father who is held at the
county jail on the charge Of the murder.
/, Louis Larson was identified at the
county Jail by J. H. Burns and Miss
Fannie McClelland in company with de-
puties as the man they saw hurrying
from the scene Of the crime on Sunday
afternoon. June %. Their previous de-
scriptions to the sheriff fitted the man
In Jail and when they saw him they un-
hesitat1ngly branded him as the person
who must have left the dying Mrs. Lar
son only q few moments before they
found her ="
e Larson told the officers that he did
not go to Gleroale on Sunday, June %,
and even when he was identified his ex-
preston did not change. His daughter
and little son, Cyrus, aged IL, have been
taken to the home Of Mr. and Mrs.
nh oipo VI ~ fo
The daughter told the Times reporter
the following story:
We came to Los Angeles from San
Francisco on September 18th of last
year. We had lived there about Z years.
My father and mother We're married in
Belgrade, Mimi, twenty-one years ago.
They had no trouble so far as know
prior to Sunday morning: But mother
acted strangely when she left Sunday
to meet my father. He went to work
at. the barber shop in the morning and
was to get away at noon. Mama was
to meet him at 9Th and Main streets at
1850 o'clock. She said: IF anything
ever hap oens to me, don't let father go
free. I thought she was fooling, but
now kI ow that she wasn't and I GER
ta1nly wont let him go free: The girl
stated that she doesn't want to see her
father again as he has taken mother
out Of her life. -. .. ...
When Mrs. Fountaine and the girl
were asked by the authorities why they
had sought to identify the body at the
morgue, the girl asserted that her faith:
er had told them that mother went to
San Francisco, she believed him and did
not pay any more attention to the mys.
terry in the paper. -
Besides 1dentifications that Burns ana
Miss McClelland made the sheriff found
a gold watch and ring owned by Mrs
Larson at the barber shop where Mr.
Larson worked. A Mrs: Steele on he1
way to a restaurant, identified the re.
mains of Mrs. Larson she seen on Sun
day afternoon. A receipt torn to bit:
| near the scene of the murder showed
that Larson had deposited $50 with S
H1ckson, g. saloon keeper, on May 31st
The Tuesday following the murder a.
p. M, o'clock, Larson entered the un
dertaking parlors at Glendale and ask
| ed to see the body Of the unidentified
woman and looked at the remains O.
his wife, and departed without a word OF
| sign of emotion. From there it is sup
posed Larson went to the spot wher,
his wife was slain. Feeling nervous h,
| unquestionably felt in his pockets AM
encountered the slip of paper and think
ing it an old receipt and of no furthe
value, tore it up, unconscious Of thu
damage it might do.
Larson has written to acquaintance,
in Belgrade denying his guilt and ask
| ing for financial assistance in institut
ing his defense.
We understand that the children will
be cared for by their mothers brother
Mr.. John Olson of Estevan, Canada.