Arizona republican., 1914-07-08
TRIAL OF ROGER LOWEN

Who can tell how many cases of crime and murder have been caused py jealousy. Since the time the first page of history was written one constantly comes upon stories of murder, 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 or those deserved or vice versa, we can not tell. but the following is the ac- count of the trial.
 Roger LoWen was born in Hanover, in the year 1867. He was educated in France. and when about twenty-five years of age went to England and was married to a young English woman, with whom he lived in an affectlonate manner for a number of years without a suspicion of waning love. However in 1897. he went abroad to attend King William at the Treaty of Rvs .'ck. 'no lef! his wife with her cousin who was the wife of Richard LloyG, of Turnham Green.
 Jfpon Lowen's return from Holland he suddenly became surprisingly jeal- ous without any seeming reason, and accused his wife of becoming too ia miliar with her cousins husband, Richard Lloyd This led to the fatal catasprophe for which Roger Lowen wa finally arraigned at the Old Bailey on the 2Oth of September, 1706, for the murder of Richard Lloyd, of Acton. To this charge he pleaded not guilty, and applied for 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 to the house as she wanted to speak to her While she was there her husband called, and spoke to both herself and MT. Lowen, upon which both gentlemen walked around togeth
 CT and were to all appearance seem ingly friendly MT LOwen then invited MT Lloyd to dinner, which he refused, saving that he had to go to Acton on business and leave his horse there. The prisoner had then said to the de-
 ceased that he should come to dinner after he had got through his businesss and accordingly dinner was kept wait
 ing for him. While the deceased was away Mrs. Lloyd stated that several
 times the prisoner expressed a fear that her husband would not come, to which she replied that he surely would rained very hard. She was right. as it seems. for shortly after twelve o'clock
 he came and was brought into the par
 Tor by the prisoner. both seemingly
 as friendly as ever
 Mrs. Lloyd then told how in the par
 Tor MT Lowen. the prisoner. drew her husbands sword from the scabbard, asking him the place where it was
 made. every one present thinking that he was admiring it. but all were mis- taken, for suddenly Lowen drew back the sword, and. stamping his foot, ran her husband through the body. She immediately tried to draw the sword from his body, the prisoner also strug gling to regain it, in which struggle all her fingers on one hand were cut to the bone. Her husband had then died after couple of groans, and see ing Justice Hawly accidently coming | by. she called him in. saying a villain | had murdered her husband
 Justice Hawlly, upon being examin- | ed. said that when he asked the pris- | oner his reason for the crime he had answered that the deceased had be- come too friendly with his wife and