St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-10-29
CRAZED WOMAN
TRIES TO KILL
WITH AK AT
SLIDELL
Fanatical Obsession of Re-
ligious Creed Unbal-
ances Mind.
THREE DAYS SPENT
MEDITATING CRIME
Woman of 80 Years Dies.
Child Of 9 Has Hopes
of Recovery.

Thursday morning Marshal Saxon
of Slidell brought Mrs. Louisa Cause
to Covington and turned her over to
Sheriff Galatas. He reported that
she had murdered her two girls
about o'clock that morning with
an ak, the younger one, about o
years, Of age, was gashed on top of
the head. The other, probably 16,
was cut on the neck and on the
head. He had noticed her as he en-
tered the house. Her leg protruded
from beneath the bed and he saw it
move. He got her out and she Seems
ed to be dying. Both were taken to
New Orleans by Drs. Griffith and
Polk. News from the hospital, says
Deputy Quatreveaux, reports Addie,
the elder, as dying, and that probab-
ly Florence, the adopted child, will
live.
1t is said that Mrs. Causes mind
had become weakened by 'infatua-
ton with a religious creed" She
is about 70 years of age. II she had
needed financial aid it could have
easily been obtained. There is no
doubt Of her demented condition.
The strongest impulse Of human
being is parental responsibility.
Nothing exceeds the strength of a
| mothers love for her child. A more
pitiable sight can hardly be conceiv-
ed than the mirrored thoughts in the
eyes Of demented woman whose
mother-loye has coaxed her to the
q cl a 1rh tny Nf c1 i'm
children. The horrible scene Of
blood and suffering shadowed her
face and marked her brow while the
light in her eyes alternated with
wonder and fear, remorse and right
eous satisfaction, pity and humility
"a constant suffering and uncertain
ty. Such is the plight of Mrs. Louisa
Cause, widow of Edw. V. Cause, who
murdered her daughter, 80 years Of
age, and an adopted daughter
years, according tc her own state
ment, because she had no money, no
food, no wood and no means. She
lived in a little home near the ship
yards, which she had purchased a
short time back for $500 cash. She
said the hogs slept under the house,
WHICH was 1uil VI lGdS, LudL oilG
tried to patch underclothing for her
children, had used all the rags she
could get together and had given up
in despair. She had talked the mat
ter over with the children but could
find no way out of the trouble and
had finally decided she would end it
all by putting them out of the world.
Three different nights she had tried
to commit the deed but her courage
failed. But Thursday morning about
2 o'clock she got the ak and killed
them in bed. She had intended to
jump in the bayou and end her own
life afterward.
Mrs. Cause was visited in her cell
by Coroner Bulloch, who has not
yet made public an official state
ment. When seen by representa-
tive of this paper she was lying on
a cot, covered from her half-nakea-
ness by spread, and she told her
story as above. Shortly afterWard
she lost control of herself entirely
and was obsessed with the fear that
she would be harmed or starved or
dealt with in some outrageous, man
ner. When finally quieted she sat
on swing cot and rocked to and fro.
Some one was placed in the cell to
look after her.