New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
GIRL WHO KILLED
HER FATHER FREED
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there. Then I swept the kitchen and
busted Then I washed all the windows
and set the table for dinner. After
dinner I washed the dishes again and
went out to take down the clothes
mamma had been washin,"
When she returned to the kitchen at
5 o'clock her father was there quarrel
ling with her mother.
81 spoke TO him. his daughter said,
"and he hit me on the head. 1t didn't
hurt much. but ! went in the front
room. ! hated 10 hear him quarrel
with mamma. Then | opened a drawer
20 the chiffonier, and | saw the re-
volver.
Then Pulled the Trigger"
Il was a weapon that her father had
often used TO threaten his family. "Ill
shoot you if you don't mind me-" he
would tell them when in drunken
rage, and, frightened, they would obey
him. II was 10 brighten him, Eva ex-
planned vaguely that she picked up the
pistol. II had stood for terror in her
mind. Probably she thought that with
it she could subdue him.
81 went back to the kitchen" she
went on, simply. "And | said TO him:
p
and ] just pointed the thing at him.
But he wouldn't let go
For moment she paused and drew
a long breath.
81 didn't know it was loaded. Papa
had tried TO shoot it off lots of times.
but it wouldn't work. And then /
pulled the trigger and papa didn't say
anything"
For a moment at the conclusion Of
her testimony she stood close by the
broad, kindly figure OF Judge Decker,
while a flashlight photograph was
taken. The flare of the magnesium
powder made her jump a little. Then
the little white clad figure turned and
left the room.
Far different was the testimony of
The dead mans wife, a broad, motherly
woman, dressed entirely in pitifully
cheap but very deep mourning down to
a black bordered handkerchief, which
she pressed against her lips as though
70 stop the sobs which wrenched her.
Her face, which once must have been
pretty, was swollen with weeping. Her
throat still bore marks Of a grip that
death alone broke. Time and again il
seemed that. she would collapse. Her
voice wavered and tears rolled down
her cheeks. After she had told Of the
shooting she gave way completely.
Wife in Hysteria.
when he drank beer" she faltered
II could do anything with him. When
he drank whiskey, though, he was ter
rible."
He had come home early that after
noon, and for n time remained in the
yard, playing with the two younger
, children, George and Frances. III,
WE saw him make numerous trims Il
the cellar and knew that he had ,
bottle hidden there She found il IN,
day after the killing. Presently h,
came int the house.
He SEE, 4 want my supper. md
want u damn quick | told him i
wasn't ready, but | picked up a knit,
70 cut hlm some meat, and he slappeC
me. George and Frances begun I,
holler, and Eva ran in.
Il SEE 70 him, Don't hit Eva,' anC
he SEE, Some day III put a mol,
through you Then he grabbed me b,
the throat and showed me against the
stove. Eva ran out OF the room. He
pushed me against the wall of tho
kitchen and drew of 10 hit me, and
seen Eva with the gun, and covered
my face with my arm, and heard the
shot"
She screamed shrilly. and could not
/ be Gained for FIVE minutes.
What you just said is going TO
please 80 per cent OF the people in
Croton." Judge Decker told Coroner
| Forshay after he had pronounced the
verdict.