The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-22
SEEMS TO REALIZE
ENORM|TY OF DEED
Mrs. Mary E. Folsom Talks More
Freely of Reasons for Kill
ing Husband.
DRIVEN BY INSANE JEALOUSY
Wants No Favors From Jail Of
hcials, and Anxious for Law
to Take Its Course.
ISnncirl,nT I'll a ,1,i.nn ~

Especial TO The Times Dispatchl
Portsmouth. y. H.. Juno 2i-Mrs
Mary K. Folsom. who Is confined In the
Rockingham County Iail charged with
the murder Of her husband. Henry II.
Folsom. member OF a prominent Boston
law firm. whom she shot through the
head five times while driving along :,
lonely road near Exeter yesterday af-
ternoon. appeared to-day to realize the
enormity Of her crime. and talked more
freely than at any time since hor ar
rest.
Mrs. Folsom told Deputy Sheriff Sha "
that she really loved her husband very
much, and that If she had children she
would have had something to occupy
her mind. and undoubtedly would not
have committed the act. She said She
purchased tho pistol with which she
shot her husband iii Exeter After the
first shot. her husband fen from the
wagon The other four bullets she
fired into his head as he lay on the
ground.
Mrs. Folsom insists tina, she wants
no favors from the Jail officials and is
anxious that the law should take It's
course. II want TO bo punished for this
crime" she said to day.
Before her arraiGnmcnt last evening
she said to a reporter: II am satiSii Il
with what happened, want no coun-
sci. don't deserve any. loved this
man. fairly worshiped him. know
there is hi ahead OF mo. and | am
willing to take what comes. My rcla
uves Will not come near mo. and 7
don't care. | am not on very good
terms with them. Ny husband was too
good a man for me"
NOT FIT TO DIE, But
CAN'T TELL REASON
why did YOU not kill Yourself.
then >" she was asked.
81 am q dic tnlI
YOU the reason why" she replied
Mrs. Folsom's father, Captain Wash
ington Hardy. q retired merchant of
Dover; her aunt. Mrs. Elisha Brown.
and other relatives. called at tile Jail
to-day to see her. She and Mrs. Brown
talked for fftcen minutes. during
which time she spoke of the killing
Of her husband. and said she did not
care TO meet any OF the other members
OF the party. as IL would embarrass
her Captain Hardy was SO much dis
turbcd over his daughters act that he
decided not TO try 70 converse with her
to-day.
:. County Attorney Guptill has submit
ted petition 10 the Superior Court.
asking that medical examiner he ap-
pointed as quickly as possible 10 in
vastigate Mrs. Folsom's sanity
Mrs Folsom's mental troubles have
been ell-known among her friends
-Four years ago she began to act queer
~. and was finally committed to tho
Mclean Hospital for the Feeble
Minded at Waverly. from which she
escaped, but was recaptured after ten
days and kept at Il hospital In Quincy
Mass. until she was considered we'll
enough 10 be released. AT this period
she would frequently light matches
and set fire to rags and articles of
clothing. At times she would play in
ihe dirt. like child. She became vio-
lentiy jealous of her husband. at the
same time declaring that she knew he
wished TO leave her for some other
woman.
INsANELl JEALOUS
OF HER HUSBAND
DR.. Frank L. Bateman. of Soner-
VILE. Mass, an intimate friend OF the
Folsoms. said:
Mr.. Folsom was obliged to send his
wife away to Waverly i'm 1911, her
hallucinations. She remained there
about year. She was insancly jcaI-
GUS OF her husband. While at Waver-
~ she told the nurses she wished she
had poisoned Mr.. Folsom before he had
time To send her away
The nurse in charge of Mrs. Folsom
warned her husband when he was
taking her away from the asylum that
lie was taking his life in his hands if
he lived with Mrs. Folsom after her
expressed determination to get rid of
him However. lie said. he thought
she was not dangerous, and he would
be able TO manage her.
Things went along all right for
many months but about two weeks
ago Mrs. Folsom became morbid again,
and began TO accuse her husband with
out the slightest provoCation."
The funeral services OF Mr.. Folsom
will be held at 3 o'clock Tuesday af-
ternoon at the Gold congregational
Church. New Market. y. II. Burial
will he in the old family lot in the
village cemetery.
Arthur Folsom. n brother of the
murdered man. arrived at New Market
shortly after the murder from San
Francisco. intending to surprise his
parents by an unexpected visit The
news of the unfortunate affair was IA
great shock TO him.