The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

caused by jealousy? Since the time the first page of history was writ ten one constantly comes upon stories of murders. some deserved and others the reverse, but most all of them have been caused by the little green-eyed monster" Whether the following case is one of those deserved or vice versa we cannot tell, but the following is the account of the trial
 Roger Lowen was born in Hanover, in the year 1867. He was educated in France, and when about 25 years of age went to England and was married to young English woman, with whom he lived in an affectionate manner for number of years without a suspicion of waning love. However, in 1897, he went abroad to attend King William at the treaty of RyswiclS, and left his wife with her cousin, who was the wife of Richard Lloyd of Turnham Green.
 Upon Lowens return from Holland he suddenly became surprisingly jeal- ous without any seeming reason, and accused his wife of becoming too famil- far with her cousins husband, Rich ard Lloyd. This led to the fatal catas- trophe for which Roger Lowen was finally arraigned at the Old Bailey, on September 20, 1706, for the murder oi Richard Lloyd of Acton. To this charge he pleaded not guilty, and applied fol the privilege of having an interpreter to speak for him to the jury, and the jury to be composed of half foreigners and half Englishmen.
 The first witness called was the wife of the deceased. Mrs. Lloyd. She stated that the night of the murder her cousin Mrs. Lowen. asked her to come over tc the house as she wanted to speak te her While she was there her husband called, and spoke to both herself and Mir Lowen, upon which both the gentle men walked around together and were to all appearance seemingly friendly Mr. Lowen then invited MT Lloyd tc dinner, which he refused, saying that ht had to go to Acton on business ano leave his horse there. The prisoner hat then said to the deceased that he should come to dinner after he had got through his business, and accordingly dinner was kept waiting for him, While the de ceased was away Mrs. Lloyd stated that several times the prisoner ex pressed a fear that her husband would Inot come, to which she replied that h' surely would come if he so promised unless it rained very hard. She wal right as it seems, for shortly after II o'clock he came and was brought int the parlor by the prisoner. both seem | ing as friendly as ever.
 Mrs. Lloyd then told how in the par llor MT. Lowen, the prisoner, drew he husbands sword from the scabbard asking him the place where 1t wal made, every one present thinking tha | he was admiring 1t, but all were mis taken, for suddenly Lowen drew bacl the sword, and, stamping his foot, ral | her husband through the body. She i'm mediately tried to draw the sword iron his body. the prisoner also struggling t regain 1t, in which struggle all her fing CTS on one hand were cut to the bone Her husband had then died after couple of groans, and, seeing Justic Hawlly accidentally coming by, sh called him in, saying william had mur dered her husband.
 Justice Hawlly, upon being exam lined, said that when he asked tn prisoner his reason for the crime h had answered that the deceased ha
 Become too friendly with his wife an that many times he had 'trod on hi
 corns"
 The prisoner was then put on his de fense and said that many times sine jhis marriage he had asked his wife t go with him upon his trips abroad, g
 which she had always refused, until tn last time he had become suspicious, an that many times MT. Lloyd had calle
 him several names" all of which h
 had forgotten.
 The jury then retired and came bac with a verdict of guilty of wilful mul der. and he received the sentence ( ldeath. After his conviction Lowen cor
 fessed his crime in document deli, cred to a friend and written in Gel man. He also wrote letter to tn widow of the deceased, which he gay to a minister, MT. Rup, who delivere It. in which he asked her pardon. o ] as he puts 1t, land I publickly ask tf } pardon of the widow. hoping she vii 7 as a Christian. forgive me. as we a , hope for mercy and forgiveness frol IGod. through the blood of Jesus Christ