Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-06
Slain Mans Widow Tells
Trials OF Married Life.
Husband infatuated
With Other
Women.
NOT GLAD HE DIED
Denies She Said So
on Hearing of
Crime.
BY NORA KAY.


MY husband was infatuated with
other women all during our married
life"
This statement was made today by
Mrs. opal NJ Anderson, widow Of Frank
Warren Anderson, who was shot and
killed by Peggy Marie Beall. nurse at
Kansas city, In signed statement giYeT
to the Times today
The statement wa> the first word Mrs.
Anderson has given out for publication
to any newspaper.
Mrs Anderson, described as a frail lit
tie blonde, has been In hiding since last
Saturday when her husband WAS shot
She had been guarded carefully by
friends and relatives, who have consist
emily kept reporters from her until she
finally consented to make statement to
the Times.
Il have not said l was glad Mrs. Beall
killed my husband. That Is not my idea
or life" Mrs. Anderson declared IN her
statement.
This particular part Of the statement
was in reply to reports that Mrs. Ander-
son had told friends she was glad her
husband had been shot.
Mrs. Anderson in her statement denied
ever having met Miss Mckenzie, men
toned in connection with her husband 5
affairs with other women.
4 will have nothing to do with the
prosecution of the case" Mrs. Anderson
declared in connection with action for
murder being brought against Mrs. Beali
for shooting Anderson.
Mrs Anderson declared in her state
mett she and her husband had no chill
dren.
The wi,lox of the slain mnn IS at the
home of Obie j. Smith, 1862 North Penn
syiyanla street where all who have
wished To see her have been denied en-
trance.
When the writer called at the smith
home Shs, was met hy woman who sitld
Mrs. Anderson consented to make state
megt and Mrs Anderson had also given
her permission to talk In her behalf. y he
name Of the woman who did the talking
was refused
The woman's first statement. was that
sh.. WAS maid In the employ Of Mrs
Smith. but when her apparent interest IN
Mrs Anderson was commented on she
admitted that she was not the maid, bht
refused To say what her relation 10 Mrs.
Anderson was.
She told Of Mrs. Anderson having con-
tracf.d tuberculosis after the death or
her first husband Mr.. West, from the
disease ana of her having suffered fron
II for years
AT TURNING POINT
OF TUBERCULOSIS.
"She Il Just now Mt the turning point
where il is q question whether or not sac
will recover. and for this reason must
protect her from any worry that | can.
the woman said
she wants me to tell yoa, though. she
knows nothing about Lieutenant ohd-
ersen'e affair With Miss Brall. as she
has neither seen him nor heard from him
since he deserted her two years ago.
she did know. however, he was in
fatuated with 81 her women oil during
their married Hfe, as she says in her
statement. and her life with him was. Of
course, very unhappy as i result Of this
II cannot say Mrs. Anderson Is grief
stricken over her husbands death, for
! he practically passed out Of her lie
! tye wears age. She was III in the hos
| pital then"
The woman snid she had never seen
| Lieutenant ndersau, but she understood
| he was remarkably handsome man.
| WOULD DENY
/ UNTRUE STATEMENTS.
| ".rhera have been 50 many things puh-
| Iished about this case that are not true
she said Mrs. Anderson wants to deny
+, some Of them nj least She SAYS she does
| not know OF ever having met a Miss Me
| KenYip. as has been stated. or Of meeting
! any other Of the Indianapolis women with
/ whom her husband was Infatuated
/ What opinion does she express IN re-
! gard to Miss Bcall?" she was asked
| None except to deny the statement
| that has been made she was glad Miss
| Real killed him When she read that she
| said ! didn't say that That is not my
/ idea Of life She couldn't be SO heartless
| as to be glad he had been killed, YOU
know. Why. she wouldn't be glad to have
| any one killed no matter what they had
done"