The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-01-20
ChurChman. With Bullet In
Brain, Says He Must Pay
Penalty For JekT-
Hyde Romance.
GIRL ENDS HER OWN LIFE
Will Go Back to Wife and Chill
dren If He Receivers, Says
John hobart, Rich
Illinoisan.

Joliet, Ill, Jan. 1S.-John hobart
owner of the Joliet Welding company,
Is fighting for his life in st. Joseph's
his brain. .r.
"a fellows got to pay the penalty
lie said haltingly as he gasped for
breath. IF I live I'm going back to my
wife and kids" a.
On a slab at the morgue lies the
body Of Mrs, Lillian Fyfer. whom all
Joliet knew as Mrs. John Robart.
She had killed herself after shooting
hobart in his office on one OF the
main streets.
The Wages Of Sin.
Pinned to her corset they found a
note breathing the same tragic phil
osophy that was the burden Of Robert's
words:
The wages OF sin and deception lie
The tragedy brought to light
Jekyll- Hyde romance which Is the most
surprising social sensation IN Toilets
history. For seven years Mr. and
Mrs" hobart have been conspicuous
In church work. Mr.. hobart was an
usher In tho Ottawa Street Methodist
church. His wife taught In Sunday
school Both were particular kriends OF
the pastor. the Rev. Ernest Wray o.
Neal. They entertained thesr church
friends frequently at their home at 214
John street. They were looked upon
until the last few days as a devoted
and happy couple.
His Trade National.
hobart had built a fine business. His
trade in wagon and automobile trim
mings, castings and accessories COW
cred the entire country. He was cred
tied with q modest fortune.
Mrs" hobart went to visit her fam
fly in Virginia last June.
hobart went one night to a Chicago
theater. In the chorus he saw for the
first time Elsie Buerlein, prettiest and
shapehest among the dancing nymphs
few days later he met her in Joliet.
She announced her retirement from
the footlights and told him she was
going to live with her mother at Rock
dale, fashionable suburb. Every
morning found hobart a welcome vis-
tor at the home Of the former beauty
of the stage.
His romantic affair with Miss Buer-
lin was at its height when Mrs" Rob
art returned. She found her homo
broken up. the furniture gone, the
house rented to another. She went to
her husband" AS the story goes, he
| refused to give her back her money
he would have nothing to do with her.
Thrown on her own resources, Mrs"
hobart became q waitress ut the Wood
ruff inn where she served many of the
friends Of her church circle when she
had known in the days Of her pros
perity.
On New Years night Mrs" hobart
was on her way to church when she
| met hobart walking arm in arm with
| the other woman.
Il will kill both Of you," Mrs"
hobart screamed.
Nine days later Mrs. F'yfer called
on her husband" at his office. Enter
ing his door she drew her hand from
her fur muff. 1t gripped a revoived
that she had charged to Robart's &C
| count. She fired. The bullet entered
the back of Robart's neck and lodged
| at the base Of the brain. hobart stag
gered to the street. The woman placed
the muzzle Of her pistol TO her temple
pulled the trigger, and fell dead.
In notebook found in the woman's
purse was this notation:
elsie BuerIein, the trouble"
The fatal affair brought out the truth
about hobart and the woman who
had passed as his wife.
In statement to the police. he said
his real name was John Ulrich. He
| had deserted a wife and four children
in West Philadelphia and eloped with
Mrs. Fyfer who had deserted her hus-
| band, Samuel Fyfer. a saloonkeeper.