The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-19
mrs. ANDERSON
READS THAT MRS,
MuRDERESS BURSTS IN
TO TEARS AS SHE PERUSES
EVENING PAPER
Declares That She Thought Dead Won.
an Was Burglar-Autopsy Held
Last Night.

As she sat quietly in her coll reading
IN afternoon paper. just rs darkhcSS
WAS .nvelopinE the city. there was Il
deep mutficd cry and then an nutburSi
If grief and w;llinE and ringing "f her
hands Mrs. Mary Anderson had read
the lines that told her that Mrs Jane
Foster was dead. 1t spelled the words
TO her that she stood before the eyes OF
the law as the one who took the HE OF
Mrs. Foster.
Mrs. Foster passed away in the OH"
Valley General hospital yesterday morn.
ing at 1890 o'clock. following n"aciy
three days OF suffering. following being
shot at the home Of Mrs. Anderson early
Sunday morning. 1t is alleged that Mrs.
Anderson shot her twice in the back ~
she was raising her hand 10 knock upon
the door in seeking her husband. Albert
Foster. who had failed to return home
Saturday night and she suspected that
he was in the Anderson home.
Made Anto-Morten Statement
I, Is reported that death came peace
fully to Mrs. Foster. She began sink
ing rapidly shortly after :: o'clock yes
tcrday morning She was conscious
almost TO the end. She knew she WIS
dying and she gave an Antc-m"rtrh
statement Of the tragedy I" Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Carl Hachuanh
and Court Reporter Louis waters.
Nothing official will be given out rrla-
tive To the statement, but 1t is rcp"rIeu
that she forgarc all who had hScn In"
cause Of her death: that she showed her
Christian spirit te the last ana SPOKE
slowly and quietly Of the incident Lead
ing NO 10 her seeking her husband. when
she was startled by the report OF inc
pistol and staggered TO the home OF
friend. where she tainted. Mrs. roS-
ter's two children were at her oeosioc
when the end came.
Mrs. Anderson, who II is said ADMIT
ted shooting Mrs. Foster. mas nroke"
down and was suffering consioeraoiF
last night. She declared TO the jail at
taches that she thought Mrs. roster
was a burglar who was trying To ch.er
her home and that she simply shot l"
protect herself from being robbed. Again
and again she repeated this statement
She apnaren,ly, is greatly wrought up
over the death Of Mrs. Foster ana APP
peals to her listeners that she IS lnno-
cent of having deliberately shot MIS-.
Foster because she came To her home.
Autopsy Is Held
An autopsy was held last night IN inc
Cooey-Rentz undertaking establishments
hy Doctors Marschucr and CltcrI coun-
~ physicians. with Coroner Il O. HOBBS
and other county officials present in
Guiding Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Carl Bachmann.
At the instance of Prosecuting Attof-
torncy David A. Mckee. warrant was
sworn out before Justice Of the Peace
Lee F.. DohhS.' charging Mrs. Anderson
with the murder of Mrs. Foster. She
will likely be arraiEned before Justice
nobbs this week for preliminary hear
ing. \ coroncrs jury will probably SIT
in 4 few days
The autopsy revealed that one bullet
had passed through the kidneys and was
buried in ono Of her lungs. while tho
other shot passed through her body and
was resting in her chest between the
lungs
Funeral services for Mrs. Foster Will
be completed today The services Will
DO held in the family home in South
Wetzel street The Rev. J. ?. Lcycn-
berger. pastor of the Third Presbyterian
church. will officiate- Mrs. Foster was
2 member of that congregation and an
active church worker and Was one Of the
most widely known and highly respected
women Of South Wheeling. She was
tifty-two years old and had lived In