Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-05
MRS. MOSER IS
HELD AS SLAYER
OF HER HUSBAND
Tense and Rigid She Faces
Court as Charges of MUIR
der Are Read.
PLEADS TO ATTEND
SLAIN MANS FUNERAL
Didn't Shoot Him Purposeiy,"
Says Young Wife--Attorney
C. NJ. Myers Offers Aid.

Mrs. Mabel MOSer was arralgned IN
the Fourth Precinct Pollce Court to-
day for the murder of her husband.
Tense and rigid, the pretty young
wife stood uhmoved before the bar
during the reading of the complaint,
Not by word or motion did she reveal
her feelings, although, few minutes
/ before Captain Vogel had thought of
delaying the arraignment because she
had seemed SO near collapse.
After Judge Herr had directed her
to be held without bail to await the
action of the grand jury. she was led
/ from. ffe courtroom by Captain yogel
and Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes. the ma
iron.
You needn't be afraid the prison
er said with wan smile at their so
licitude. 81 won't faint I'm all right
now
Pleads TO Go to Funeral.
Despite the tragedy of her married
life and its climax on Saturday night
when, after terrific struggle for the
possession of a loaded revolver, she
shot her husband in his room at AN
Stirling street. size pleaded today to
be allowed to attend his funeral.
lss.1 didn't shoot him purposeiy.' she
Isaid. "FIe had been cruel to me. but
i can forget that He WAS the father
of my little boy. and l would like to
/ attend his funeral
i The services will be held privately
lin the undertaking establishment of
Ic. William Heilman. 20 West street,
tomorrow The police are willing, It
is said, for her to be present, but the
prosecutor Is understood TO object.
Although she is charged with. muir
i der. Mrs. Moser has had the sympa-
thy not only of the police. but Of un-
: known friends Charles N Myers
assistant city attorney. was one q
! them, He read about her case in q
) newspaper and remembered that q
woman of that name had called sew
eral times on him for advice in fore
ing her husband to support her He
went TO the Fourth precinct police
station, where Mrs. Moser was being
J detained in the witness-room, and
offered to assist her as much as ne
could. He represented her at the ar
/. raignment.
Mrs. Moser is only "a years old, but
her husband, who was special dep
: uty sheriff. was 49,
The shooting was the climax, 1t is
said. Of ong-continued cruelty and
neglect on the part Of Moser for ms
frail. attractive young wife and her
baby boy.
iii and almost penniless she had
, been left to shift for herself in a
room at 2 Cottage street month ago
Her husband visited her several times
during her illness, however, and the
last time he appeared on Saturday
morning she begged him for some
money.
Promises to Bring Money.
'I1l bring you some tonight ne
promised.
When he did not come she dressed,
weak as she was. and went TO the
house where he was boarding. AS
soon as the door was opened by Miss
Marie Ledos, daughter of Mrs. Kath-
crime Ledos, who is the proprietress or
the place, Mrs. Moser went upstairs
to her husbands room
According TO her story he gave an
angry exclamation and started
toward the bureau in which she sur
missed he kept his revolver.
"Don't." she pleaded, dashing In
front of him.
AS he pushed her roughly aside she
ierked open the top draw OF the
bureau IN a frantic effort TO get the
| revnlvar lollt of his reach.
She groped for the gun. found 1t
and darted toward the door; but her
husband was too quick for her. He
caught her and wrestled for possess
sion of the loaded revolver.
struggles for Revolver.
With strength born of desperation
she fought to free herself. Her hus-
band had almost succeeded in twist
ing the revolver from her grasp, when.
by a last despairing effort she man
aged to jerk her hand loose.
Her intention was to fire in the air
to summon help, but even as she
raised her arm her husband attacked
her again. In doing so he pulled
down her arm. The revolver went on.
In her dramatic recital of the
struggle afterwards she said
'I did not know that the bullet had
struck hirn-not until felt his grip
on my arms relax. Then he fell at
my feet
Overcome by horror, she ran down
stairs, dropping the revolver in the
hall. She waited in the street until
the Fourth precinct ambulance ar
rived and Moser was taken, dying,
| to the City Hospital.
Bullet Through Him.
/ The bullet had passed through
Moser's brain, entering at the outer
corner Of the left eye and emerging
through the top of the skull at the
right side. This was verified by an
autopsy performed by County Physi-
clan Mckenzie.
The first time the Mosers' marital
troubles came before the police was
on September 10. 1912. when. Mrs
Moser appeared before the overseer
of the poor and made a complaint
against her husband for non-support
of herself and her 3-year-old son,
Ferdinand T. Moser. Moser dropped
out of sight, and 1t was not until Oc-
i tober 1s that he was arrested and ar
Il raigned before Judge Hahn in the
First Criminal Court, Husband and
4 wife came TO a satisfactory agree
4 msnt in court and the Judge post
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