The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-02
DRIVEN INSANE
BY LOSS WlFE'S
LOVE TO RIVAL.
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lcess was had for short time. III
jury leaned forward in its box
banging TO every word. To tn
| jurors IL was scene from Ora ma
They saw portrayed a tragedy iron
life far more gripping. more terrible
more heart breaking than any play
wright might conjure up.
And then he told of his life ambi'
ton for a loving wife. nome and
tchildren. This was not evidence.
but II had heart interest in it. Deity
Attorney George Remus led him
through those hours when he had
followed his wife TO Chicago, the
ninth anniversary of their marriage.
lin which he told of fipding a picture
i If n man passionately kissing wom-
Ian. II was In her travelling baS. Il
Heightened his suspicious. He found
telegram from Caldwell. A tele-
phone message from a "Mr. c." came
| o their room. Then he thought Of
| the telegram he had found at their
home in Cincinnati which first arous-
cd his srspicions. 1t was then that
he decided to accuse her directly of
Gaithlessness.
she was crazed with love for
him." he groaned. "She pleaded for
divorce that she might marry him.
] couldn't listen to her talking like
that and keep my reason. My brain
rembled. ] felt insanity coming
on. I looked out into the sunshine,
hut everything was black"
His wide open eyes stared at .hc
jurors.
MY heart was bursting. 1.
wasn't for myself. 1t was for my
wife. 1t was for our darling little
i abies."
Now comes the real test. He must
tell the story of what occurred IN
that room--the story of the murder
CT the woman he claimed to love
more than life itself. His face was
rs death mask. And as he hG"2d
lis secrets his fingers twitched, his
eyes rolled and his breast heaved.
And in all this black tragedy the
white faced witness at time touched
the heart with his stories OF at
tempts to win her back. He said
in the darkness of a theatre he had
uleezed her hand, like in the days
Of their courtship. She turned from
him. In their room he tried to kiss,
hcr and caress her. She turned
away again. too tired she said, TO ac-
ept his attentions.
Gentlemen" said Ellis in husky
tragic voice, from the time I was
a little boy | always had just one
Ihope- one ambition--one ideal.
wanted a home and a wife and chill
dren of my oyn. ] went crazy. |
lost my mind completely Il don't
i'now what happened. | don't re-
Icaember anything about shooting
her or trying to kill myself. Every
thing went black. | dimly remem-
Der pleading, sobbing and beseech-
Ing.
1T seemed hours after that
woke up--my arms were around my
darling wife, She was dead
drenched in blood, My wrists were
gashef and was faint and dizzy.
rushed to the telephone and Gale
Mrs. Elbersole. Then | found my
throat was also cut. | was drench-
cd with my own blood. | called
Mrs. Elbersole. ] told her to come
down at once. | could hardly talk.
il told her something awful was 90
ing to happen. She said, My God
Billy. don't let it happen before
Set there. | said 1t had already
happened--that Eleanor was dead
Il dropped the telephone receiver
and gashed my wrists again. Then
the police came and took me TO a
hospital. There it was found | had
IA bullet in my body also,
| "Show the jury the gashes on
your neck aud wrists" said Attorney
/ Remue
ellis stretched his neck and
showed an ugly, Jagged scar reach
ing from car to ear. Ills SCARED
wrists were also shown.
| Odd your wife, before the
| tragedy, say that she wanted 10
marry Cauldwell
Ayes. She said remember
i now that she wanted me to lei
her meet CaUldwell she said she
! wanted TO be sure she loved him.
She wanted her sister to meet MIR.
| Gauldwcll and advise her.
My wife was crazed with love
Tor this man, apparently. told
her it was madness and begged hcr
to go back home. to our children
She wouldn't listen. She pleaded
for me to so back to Cincinnati and
allow her tn gnt a divorce ca cbe