New Britain herald., 1922-12-26
Louisville DiVorcee Claims She Shot in Self Defense When
 Man Went for Gun
SAYS HE WAS AFRAID SHE
 WOULD REJoIN HUSBAND
Police, However, Claim That Victim Was Shot In the Back-After Kill ing, Woman Covered Corpse With Overcoat-Finally Rushed To Po- lice Headquarters, Hysterical, and Tells of Staying.

Louisville. Ky, Dec. 26.--A wom ans story of quarrel, shot ant her vigil from dusk to dawn ovel the body of the man she killed, wal being checked up by police depart ment investigators here today
 T killed my friend" Mrs. Olive l. Jones, 32 years old, pretty divorcee announced when she entered police headquarters just after daylight Mon. day. She was disheveled, hysterical The men on duty discounted her statement.
 Admits Shooting Him.
 "Oh, he's dead. I shot him; you'll find him out there on the floor. left him covered up with his own overcoat know he's dead. He hasn't moved for hours" she declared.
 This was the first intimation offi- cials had that O. l.. Black, salesman agent for a Louisville automobile company had been shot to death late Sunday afternoon in Mrs. Jones' apartment.
 Claims Self Defense.
 Mrs. Jones said she fired in self defense. Black, according to her ac- count of the tragedy, became angry when he learned her daughter Clara. 17, was with her and that her divorc- ed husband c. H. Jones of Cincinnati, a Louisville and Nashville baggage master, was to visit his daughter. Black feared, Mrs. Jones declared, that q reconciliation between the di- vorced couple would be effected through the visits of the father with Clara.
 Hides Dead Body.
 When Black, who she declared "broke up my home and caused me to get divorce,' reached for pis- tol on nearby table she seized the weapGn first and fired. BlaHk Yell How long he lived she did not know. She covered him with his coat and quilt. Later she placed a screen of chairs before the body.
 All night long she kept the death watch Never was she able to sum- mon courage to call the police. Three times, she declared, she went to the telephone and three times turned away
 Clara returned from a picture show with her companion, the daughter spent some time in the halh Later she went to her bedroom on the sec ond floor. Mrs. Jones finally called | the girl to come down stairs and sleep | with her. When morning came the daughter still was unaware of the presence of the body in the room, the mother said.
 Charged With Murder.
 Then Mrs. Jones telephoned for her former husband to come to her. He It was then she told Clara what had happened and sent her for ier father. In the girls absence the went to police headquarters md told her story. She was charged with murder.
 Jones' it was said here, filed suit or divorce four years ago, naming Slack correspondent. Later the peti- ion was withdrawn. Mrs. Jones then lied suit charging cruelty and non- upport. By consent, 1t was said, this uit was not contested. Jones said 'esterday he would do anything pos ible to help his former wife. | lare, discrepancies have been found n the account of the tragedy as given y Mrs. Jones.
 Shot In the Back.
 Black was shot In the back, F. A. .arrkin, captain of detectives said. his fact, he claimed indicated the ictim was not taking the aggressive hen wounded, although his clothes ere powder burned, showing the -eapon was fired at close range. The other facts also are unexplain- q. Clara has declared, police say, lat she did not sleep with her moth- r any part of the night. Investiga- on disclosed, it was claimed, that the ed in the girls room had not been ,cupied.