The Washington times., 1922-03-02
WOMAN, DYING,
PURNS SPOUSE.
WHO SHOT HER.
Jealous Husband Pleads for
Forgiveness As He Lies In
Miami Hospital.

MIAMI. Fla, March 2.-Where
should human forgiveness end-or
begin-or is II like mercy. a quality
Of human pity that should be re-
strained to none2 Once Shakespeare
defined mercy as without limit.
AS Mrs. Edgar c. Frady. wife OF a
wealthy Chicagoan. lies lowering be-
tween life and death In a Miami hotel
from a shot wound inflicted by her
husband, she says she cannot forgive.
The same jealous rage which made
Frady shoot his wife also impelled
him to slash his own throat. Frady
Ia likely TO live. but Mrs. Frady ts
sinking slowly.
The two lie In adjoining ward
rooms In Miami hospital. where the
husband Is piteously imploring for
giveness. while the wife on her death
bed. scarcely able to speak, breathes
that she cannot forgive.
No Forgiveness.
AS justification for her unrelenting
attitude. Mrs. Frady says that she
suffered Frady's jealousy for sixteen
years, and that the abuses never
slackened.
I'D rather die than forgive your
she cries defiantly.
Haunted by the fear that his wife
will die without forgiving him, Frady
has to be watched for his life. Two
deputy sheriffs sit beside him ready
to seize his hands II he attempts TO
tear open the wound In his throat.
After firing at his wife he turned
the revolver on himself, but 1t would
not go off-the pistol had damned.
The case has amazed social circles
In Chicago. Mrs. Frady is a sister
of John r. Thompson, millinaire
restaurant man. The Fradys were
in Miami on a vacation.
When the hotel people rushed 10
their rooms after the shooting they
found Mrs. Frady desperately
wounded and Frady unconscious in
the bathroom.
Lifted to the bedstead. Mrs.
Frady told her story. Frady
raised himself from the couch
where he had been carried and
dragged himself to his wife's side
and begged her forgiveness.
Never! I'd rather die:' she cried
out. You have made my lif,
wretched for sixteen years with
your suspicious and torments. and
now you suffer as I've suffered?
Tells Her Story.
Frady pitched unconscious to the
floor.
Later Mrs. Frady said: II want
to tell my story before die Our
whole married life has been darkened
with quarrels. could not pick W.
the telephone receiver without hav-
ing him accuse me OF having talked
with some strange man.
During the past two years he has
abused and struck me more and more
frequently. His mad Jealousy finally
drove him to this tragedy. and there
was never any ground for his sus
picion."
Miss Imogene Higgins, TRAVELLING
companion OF Mrs. Frady, who &C.
cupied a room on another floor OF
the hotel, told of events preceding
the shooting.
1--WE were all guests at q dinner.
dance at the Casino st. John and re-
turned to the hotel about / o'clock
Sunday morning. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frady went to their room, and short
ly after I called her from my room
TO ask II there was anything she
needed before retiring.
Mr.. Frady answered the tele'
phone. asked him to call his wife;
Instead I heard him tell her: There's
one Of the men who were at the
party asking for you
Then ! heard him swear and
say he would not stand for having
others call her up at all hours OF
the night. In the middle Of a sent
ence he hung up the receiver"
There followed. according to Mrs.
Frady's own story. two hours OF
jealous accusations that terminated
in the shooting. An untraced tele'
phone call, coming later in the night.
brought on the climax. Said Mrs.
Frady:
The telephone hell rang again.
went to answer it and he ran toward
the dresser where l knew he kept
q revolver. Turning from the tele'
phone I ran over to him and began
TO struggle for the weapon. We
struggled for a long time. Then ]
grew weak and exhausted. and he
eventually pulled the gun away from
me and fired"