Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-08
Try 3 Y M SI1RSER
MISS GRACE LUSK, WISCONSIN WON
An OF HIGH SOCIAL STANDING, IS
HELD FOR DEATH OF RIVAL.

WAUKESHA, Wis, Oct. S.-Thc work
of preparation for the trial of Miss Grace
Lusk, under Indictment for first degree
murder in connection with the killing of
Mrs. David Roberts, has been completed
by the district attorney and his assistants
and il Is expected the ease will come up in
court at an early date. The social stand
ing of the accused woman and her alleged
victim, together with the sensational cir
cumstanecs attending the killing of Mrs.
Roberts, are expected 10 make the trial
the most notable in the criminal annals of
this country.
Mrs. Roberts. whose husband was nj
one time state veterinarian Of Wisconsin.
was shot and killed by Miss Lusk. a teach
er in the Waukesha high school. ON the
afternoon Of June II. last. After shoot
ing Mrs. Roberts. Miss Lusk sent two bull
lets into her own body. but subsequently,
recovered from her wounds.
The developments following the tragedy
are alleged 10 have revealed the eternal
triangle Light was thrown on the ease
by a letter written To Mrs. Roberts BY Mis-
Lusk. in which the school teacher said:
you must nave known far a long time
that your husband affections have
passed from you: that he cared for some
one else. That i sufficient annnlment of
any marriage cow ever made
On the day of the tragedy Mrs. Roberts
met Miss Lu~k al the home of Mrs. Bianca
Mills. where Miss Lusk lived. After Mrs.
Roberts reached the Mills residence. she
called her husband on the telephone and
asked that he be present at a conference
between herself and Mis- L.u-k. When he
reached the house fifteen minute> later. he
found hiS wife dead. Mis- LuSk said: II
didn't intend 10 do il. but lust lost my
head when she said couldn't have you.''
For al hou after killing Mr.. Roberts,
Miss Lusk. al the head of the Stair in the
boarding house with drawn revolver held
off the police and the victims husband.
DIR. Roberts. Finally. on the verge of col
lapse she shot herself under the heart
rather than surrender.
After killing Mr.. Roberts, Ms LnSk
took up her pen and wrote her version Of
hh' t'bHt1H - hhtN' wv NVAh1+ ~
cause of this i d man who said he loved
me-" On another typewriter page was
found this: "ln the eternal triangle the
only solution OF the problem i. the elimi-
nation OF one character: the two who
should remain are those whose affection
is mutual.
The accused women j. forty-two wears
old and of striking appearance. She is
of the athletic type, being fond of all out
door sports and particularly Of revolver
shooting. The revolver with which she
slew Mrs. Roberts was purchased by her
more than a year before the tragedy. She
had been known as an expert markswoman.
Mrs. Roberts, the victim OF the tragedy,
for many years had been known for her
beauty and her accomplishments. She was
an exceedingly modest and retiring person
devoted TO her home. Both Mrs. Robert,
and Miss Lu~k moved IN the best socia
circles of Waukcsba.
a number of Letters found in Mis-.
Lusk's room after the killing are expected
to figure prominently in the approaching
trial. One of these. evidently written b,
Miss Lusk 10 Mrs. Roberts while the for
mer was making a visit to Chicago, read.
a. follows
"It has been "A desire with me for loma
time To tell YOU frankly about the stat,
Of affairs between DIR. Roberts and my.
self. ! have asked him repeatedly Ia tcl
YOU the whole story, but YOU seem to HAY,
HIM tcrrorlzed 10 a pititul degree. III
were Ia blame YOU for my one thing II