Arizona republican., 1919-03-13
WIDOW TRIAL 0N
 MURDER CHARGE ! ID START FRIDAY
Mrs. May Glenn Shot and Killed Husband During Christmas Party at Home on North Ninth St., After Insults

Mrs. May Glenn, who shot and killed her husband, Robert Glenn, at a Christ mas night party at their home on North Ninth street will go on trial be- fore Judge Stanford on Friday on a charge of murder. The case was set for today. but the court stated yester- day that he believed the matter hardly could be reached before tomorrow, D criminal action on trial this week eX- tending beyond the time counsel con- sldered when the calendar was called.
 The Glenn case. from the public viewpoint, is one of the most interest ing to be heard during the present term of criminal court. The woman claims to have fired the shot to fright en her husband after he insulted her in the presence of their guests. At the preliminary hearing she revealed incl dents which tended to show that she had endured blows and insults from her husband over the entire period of her married life. Yet as she told her story, the defendant, on trial for her life. declared that Glenn Was good to her when he he was not drinking. Guests Saw Affair
 At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing which was held before Justice De SOuZa Mrs. Glenn was bound over to the superior court and released at once on bail. The coroner's jury had eXonerated her and the fact that she was held 10 answer. came as a great surprise to the defendant and her friends who have stood staunchly by her throughout the trying days since | the shooting.
 The Glenns. who came here from Fl Paso early in the autumn, leased a l I..- L. -s,,4I, e-ty ! They rented rooms, and their lodgers were among their guests at the Christ mas night party, which ended fatally. | Dancing followed particularly happy dinner, and after midnight when the | majority of the guests had departed, those who remained joined Glenn in a l friendly game of poker. A bit of holl- ! day cheer was drunk, and it is alleged i that when Mrs. Glenn demonstrated with her husband for drinking con- tinuously that he struck her the blow that prompted her to draw gun. Mrs l Glenn passed from the living room where the game was in progress to the bedroom beyond, and after securing the weapon stood at the doorway be- tween the rooms and fired
 Husband Was Cruel
 Glenn is said to have staggered to- | ward her crying, sweetheart, you nave killed me-" He was dead before the ! police arrived at the scene.
 Mrs. Glenn was hysterical for hour, after the shooting. although the story told then corresponded to that which she afterwards told on the witnes: stand. That she had been drinking that evening she admitted, but she saiC she had only had a small amount O liquor and did not feel the effects.
 Glenn formerly was barkeeper II Fl Paso. He was a man who was "al right until liquor got the best Of him He was in serious trouble in Texas a one time, but was acquitted when tn case came to trial. That he abused his wife is maintained by those wh' knew the couple in Fl Paso, and Mrs Glenn bears scars from knife woun' inflicted by the man for whose deatl she must face trial.
 Mrs. Glenn will be represented b, F. c. Struckmeyer, and L. M. Laney county attorney. will prosecute for tn | state.