The Washington times., 1922-05-21
WOMAN
HEADED
JURORS
Pair Plan to Begin
Life Anew-Wom-
an Told of Sinister
Pace Peering i'm at
Window.
MILWAUKEE,, May 20.

rwENTY dollars!
A bunch of crumpled bills
- and a handful of silver and
copper
Twenty dollars-what can be
bought with 1t in this era of
high prices7
Here Is what It bought In this
city:
1. Death for one man.
2. The shadow OF life imprison-
ment for another.
8. Widowhood for one woman.
4. Endless shame for another.
s. Two little outfits for two
babies.
The twenty dollars rested in a
little wooden box in the tool
chest in the home of Thomas
Foran, a young business man.
who was saving to buy a Ford
automobile to surprise his wife,
Edith, and their two children.
Edith and Thomas. jr. He was
q frugal chap, well liked in town.
impulsive perhaps, but proud of
his wife and his home.
FRIGHTENED BY A FACE.
On his way from business one
day he stopped to take home
Mrs. Foran and the children
from a party. The mother ap-
peared somewhat distrought, and
the father asked her what was
wrong. Mrs. Foran said that
while she was dressing the chill
dren for the party she became
frightened by the sight of
mans face looking threateningly
through the doorway and she
could not put 1t out Of her mind.
Tom Foran laughed at her, say
Ing that 1t was either neighbor
passing or else she was seeing
things.
When they reached home the
house was in disorder, with cur
tains drawn low, furniture upset,
drawers pulled open and doors
forced. The husband ran up
stairs to his desk and drew out
an envelope in which still re-
posed a thin stack of Liberty
bonds which he treasured. Then
he went to his tool chest. The
lock of the little money box was
broken. The $50 was gone.
Then a word from his wife re-
called what she had said about
the mysterious man at the door.
He telephoned the police. Detec-
tives went through the house.
Nothing was taken except the
$50, they learned. and that added
20 the mystery of It. They went
away, uncertain but suspicious,
and they questioned Mrs. Foran
infinitely about the man she had
seen before they went. The wife
could not describe him in detail,
hut she was sure she had seen
him.
SEES THE FACE AGAIN.
In the evening she screamed
suddenly:
There! That face again.
Tom Foran leaped from his
chair, reached for a revolver and
darted to the window. He had
seen nothing, but out in the
fields he glimpsed moving fig
ure. with a warning to his wife,
ne ran out with the revolver, and
she followed with her eyes as he
sped toward the man.
II was Joseph Wamser. neigh
bor, who halted at Foran's cry
and asked the cause Of the excite
ment. The husband accused him
Of frightening Mrs. Foran and
demanded to know what he meant
by Il. wamser told him that he
vas out Of his mind and that he
knew nothing OF any robbery or
peepins at windows. Foran re-
torted with q warning that Wam-
scr kesp away from the house
sltoeether, and wamser, turning.
struck ths armed man on the
law, telling him. As Foran rose
IN blind rase, wamser stepped
toward him and at that Foran
fired. The bullet drilled the heart
Of the man and ne dropped like
q stone and a. dead.
The report Of the pistol at
tracted neighbors. Foran returned
home, told Mrs. Foran about II.
and then the police took him
away to prison. leaving the wife
hystericsily weeping. For four
days Tom Foran was examined
and cross-examined on every phase
Of the incident, but his story was
complete and they could not shake
Il, though five prosecuting Off
cials raked and grilled him with
fnterrogations.
WIFE MAKES CONFESSION.
In the interval every detail Of