Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-21
said: 1t is none of Your business,
get him to tell you
S to Woman

4d4AS To WO1udu
Il told her he was not man enough
to tell me and she wasn't woman
enough, either. She said she Was
sgood as L was, and she SAID tell
him to come to the phone. L told
her he was not coming to the phone,
knows what's good for him he had
better come to the phone L said:
Well, he isn't coming She said:
He isn't?' Then she put up the re-
by this time i was completely
unstrung. realized that this was
a woman man that o my husband must
My nerves were completely unStrung.
despair settled down on me. 1 felt
like l did in the days after my last
&ljld was born and the doctors. told
me 1 was suffering from some kind
of mania. cannot remember all
that was said or done after this. L
do not remember some things. L was
like a person in a dream. felt that
l wanted to be dead. Everything
looked black to me. There was moth
ing more in life for me. l remem-
Der when l came back that L asked
my husband who this woman was,
and that he first denied knowing any
thing about her. remember, too, tell
ing him that he had to tell me who
she was and where she lived.
Lost Control of Self
"Mr. and Mrs. Mcintyre about this
time had left the room. can not
have used | had very little control
of myself. L do not believe 1 used
any abusive language, although in
my upset condition it would not be
surprising, if | had. My husband
told me that this woman who had
called him up was woman he had
been intimate with for several years.
He said he Aad been with her this
very day, and that he had been with
her just before he came home. He
said she had threatened him if he did
not come and stay with her that
night. I remember going to the
phone and calling my father to come
to the house and he said he would
come. Later my sister Myrtice, who
lives with my father, called me over
the phone.
There was pistol in the house
which my husband had given me. l
was at home so much by myself that
It was kept there for protection.
My best recollection is that on this
might it was on the mante1piece and
tha machine. 1 do not remember
Whether this was before or after my
father came, but 1 think it was be-
fore he came. When 1 took hold of
this pistol on the mantelpiece my
intention was to kill myself. NV hap
thought came over me of my little
boys. I knew that no one but myself
could take care of them. and [ put
the pistol down on the sewing ma
chine, which stood near the corner of
the room, and gave up the thought
of killing myself.
Details of Shooting
when L called up my father my
husband got furiously mad. L do
not remember what he said, but he
was smoking a cigarette n the room
and made some remark to me. My
my father came my husband had not
told me the name of this woman.
After my father came he again said
he had been keeping company with
this woman five or six years. After
my father came he said the Woman'S
father sat down at a table in the
room and was putting down her
name and address. [ was sitting
over by the sewing machine. My
husband, who had been out nearer
t the center of the room, was inching
angry i oof IN I Rs faces aesDerff e T aaa
angry when L called my father. AS
with one hand at the throat and
with the other hand he snatched for
the pistol, which was lying on the
sewing machine. L believed he in
tended to kill me and my father and
both of the children. [ was a little
quicker than. him. I seized the pis-
tol first and fired TO save myself.
He fell and as he fell L remember
that he said: I am shot. I deserve
it, for 1 have pated you like a
First Full Statement
"This is the first full and COM
plete statement I have ever made
of this sad affair. I have never
denied the shooting. [ admitted it
on that night and have admitted it
ever since. But l have taken the
time to collect my thoughts and put
down everything that my memory
would cover. I am glad that l have
been allowed to state this matter