Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-06
YOUNG WOMAN KILLS
Man DEFENDING HONOR
husbands False Friend Threat
snsd Her LIE Unless She
Elopsd With Him.

Huntington. w. Va. Jan. s.-when
LILLIAN nucmi took the oath at the
marriage altar to b~ true TO her hus-
hand she meant a. In UNFOLDING the
sanctisy of her homo she has just
-min the nan VITO sought TO force
hcr away with him. The dead man wns
Joseph ocoday.
o,rday at,en,pted With n pistol TO
persuade Mn. pucmi. aged 20. to elope
with him. ahe procured n revolver and
shot him through the heart. She was
heid ~ tho Cabcil county grand jury
uniar $4,000 hail. which she promptly
FURNISHED and was released.
Mrs. Ruemi told h~r story 20 the po-
li,D f.w minutes after the killing nj
the homo ~ her father. Walter Floyd.
Guudny lay dead on the noor In the
nunt rurm 80 tho little ono-story
f,nmr houa.. and two small. furry
puppies ~ indctsrtninatc breed tuggcd
pavfully NJ the dead mans neat blue
sutgo suit
EXACTLY What had occurred In that
r,uum ~ death only Mrs Euorni could
t.u. for ali. and the puppies had been
alaas In the house when Gocisy en-
tered n
Mrs pucsni = Huntington sirl Of
American s,ock. Three years ago An
tonic nuemi. II Nadsvorth. ohio.
wcoea and won her They went 90
wadsworth Co live
Joseph Gpoday also lived NJ Wnds-
worth. near the pu.mls. lie was mar
led and wns a boon companion 81
iM~ul Mrs Buemi had been spend
ia, tho Christmas holidays with her
father here and ~~s preparing 20 re-
turn Co Wedsworth when Gooday
Urtvcd
Al th,A she told Police Lieutenant
seph Messenger IN answer 10 cues
lions assigned Co lag background for
the tense Ave minute drama that en-
.ued whom Go.'dsy suddenly walked
Intu the front door ~ tho f1ovd homo
Mrs. Rueini was washing dishes. At
Urrl in house dress that made hei
round prrttlness none tho loss atuac'
tive o. her husbands friend GoodaS
had u,ado advances ~ her before. sh'
fnld ieufensnt Messenger. and chs
had rcrulsrd him and threatened g.
t,u her husband.
uoodnv had apparently come q
Huntington crazed by his infetuation
fu claim vs. force the love which HI
.uuld not sccuro by wiles. lie wa
n.ttnv attirca and hsrherei \ tat
tweed zap rested upon his black crisl
hair uenoath hts close shaved nn'
tspWdftVd chin was black Knit sill
Go. with r. handsome sold pin and az
rNpansr ~ orange snk shirt blu
serrr suit. black brosue shoes an
,hskri gray socks completed nj
rather conspicuous coetuna
I've come FOR YOU. 1Ali'an" Mr.
Iieum. aaid ne informed her
.lo AMY 80 away th. little VIII
rlrd
Nf,er ileadirr with her. Gooda
suddenly turned angry. Mrs Pueu
snid Ito r~nchsd into an insd. poke
shc asserted and drew = ~hort Nlac
automatr pistol.
I'm through fooling with you" \
s.ouied. accoriins O. Mrs Huem
Pack up your Strip and come with M
Pack q IN hurry. II you don't, h
uod. IN shoot you risht here"
Nrs nueul said she was friehtcne
n, tho grim determination IN h'
would be- ahductors eyes. and eve
more ~ hV the menacing pistol. ~
SPARED DESPERATELY FOR time. she tol
IFr police
Al rght Joe III 50 with yo'
DON'T scare mo with that gun. III s
would have gone anyhow Just
m.nute untl st some things out 4
DO trunk"
guoday lowered the sun. but -
held 10 ln her dir,Stion Mrs Bueu
declared she said she stepped pa
hlm and into the front room. lie SLOW
b followed her into tho room. n
back was toward Gooday a. she hei
over the trunk Mrs. Buemi sudden
swung around. ana.in her hand was
uicklo-plated cheap little gun Prom
hnr crcuchine position she Aired.
n tho mask 20 death can EXPIRE
surprise. poics who Investigated q
rnso o. guoday's face eNpfpssed
when tho officers saw che body.
lnd died ~ h. feii. apparently-t
fVps wide IN Amusement. his mou
opened ~ q o. speak Two bullets n
entered his ches; scarcely an IN
ntmr An automatic pistol lay with
10 ne.cd Anglers % MS hand.
Nlrs Husmi pan screaming from Z
housc after the shooting and nels
bore tnok her back into the pla
where the man had been killed II
father was called from his work a
arrived Just before a squad OF pol
rrnt he'd the scene Broken and racl.
h, suts Mrs Buemi sat IN enott
rtsrnl while her father tried 90 SCOT
hsr Then she told her story 90 {
aflc-r
Joe vns lad man" she crit
10 made cut llke he was 80
friend % my husband but he was
sno,ky friead. lie had bothered
nof0r,. hu, would no, have anythi
fo a. with MIN ~ Intervals duri
hrr story Mrs Blem' repeatedly cri,
on ] didn't want 90 shoot him.
hs would have killed me"
poiice investigated every angle
he case and then announced a
t.oudny had evolved a well -planf
soh.fns 90 kiduap the youthful Obj
q he passions. 10 was found that :
meo. companions % Gocday. In
automobile had lurkod about
uremisss FOR some time until after
80 hccam. general that Good
VS. dead Then the men. who
dflven into the neirhborhood W
ti.p4ay disappeared.
auefni hurried from wadsworih
pr with his young wife. Their RI
died ir infancy. ~ Buemi's train n
rcd him from Ohio. ~ passed a tr
~ticf wa bsarins Gooday's body bl