The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-23
SAYS DELUSION
PROMPTED DEED
Mrs. Zana Kuusisto Admits Stay.
ing Her Husband

Adher,ng steadfsstiy 10 the state
mcut that she WAS impelled TO murder
her husband. through a delusion thai
he would sl5. ue,. Mrs. Zam Quusist,
today confessed tho crime and was
bound over 10 circuit court by Justic,
e. -. Jackola. Meanwhile. commits
sion VIII be named 10y the prosecuting
/ attorney To determine the sanity OF
the defendant.
The story OF the defendant at her
larraisnmcnt this morning was eX-
iremely pathetic. She told of her nus
band long ago threatening to kin her
and To give her e ticket TO the here
after: of her constant hrouding ovet
| that statement until she became mont
lally derauEed At times. when her
mentality was restored. she would
vainly try To dispel tho thought thar
she would meet her Gate at the hands
7 of her husband Less than year ago
she told of having attempted her hus-
bands life while laborins this dclusion
/ but she appeared To remember little Of
the incident, forgetting whether it wa,
| .E the morning or evening.
She reiterated tho statement that
She was not abused by the head of her
FAMILY and that ne had abstained from
tho use of liquor since she attempted
Geo slay him last August When ques-
tiuuod about the murder. she told of
realizing that hcr mind was becoming
drrau.cd and that She labored under
this dslusiuu when she crept from her
bed into the basement. procured the
,No aud delivered a crushing blow
i'lt fr.ultcd i'm the almost instant
death eft her husband ~ this juno
rr,. g,r mind appeared To- become
.uaZod and she could not remember 9TH
60 Incidents surrounding the invcstga
ticu ,r officers or her arrest. While
she realizes the "uormity of the crime,
sHc adhore- To the fact that she was
mentally unbalanced aud was driven
80 commit tho deed while in mood
bordering ON insanity
Inquest is Held.
Coroner William Fisher last evening
ooudu.jcd an inquest into the death or
Elias Euusisto, who was killed at his
hpm, IN Tamarack about one week
a~o. 1nd after hearing the evidences
presented bv seven witnesses summon
rJ the following verdict was return
c' by The jury.
That Elias Kuslsto came to his
death ON April 10 by being muir
dorcd 10y his wife hitting him on
the mead with an axe"
Nonucr Kuusisto. the sixteen Year
DID son OF the principals in the tragedy
as the most important witness. He
',stiliod that he was summoned by his
sht-AUar- old brother. who was sleep
mg INA The same room with his par
.uts aud who told him IN childish
as that something was wrong in the
room lie described i'm detail the sur
.uundings when he entered the room.
hich have been pictured i'm previous
counts Of the murder ana stated that
lc summoned neighbors and relatives
"ho in turn summoned tie officers
and physician. Emil ana Mrs Mar
gdret Johnson, ncighbors, testified. as
Co. the conditions of the home when
they entered, also as To the apparent
mental state of Mrs. Kuusisto and
similar testimony was given by Joseph
hobbs, the officer iirs; summoned. Dr.
~ y. PAUL who attended the stricken
man gave professional testimony and
stated that ne must have lived for
about one hour after the fatal blow
aas struck. other witnesses were Mrs
Margaret Chapman, married daugh-
Ter of the kuuSistos auJ her husband
: alter Chapman.