The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-03
But Davis was scarcely that.
ShOOtS Three Officers

Shoots Three Officers
He refused to see the officers
the first time they called. saying
he was busy. The second visit
brought the same response. Fin
ally they forced their way into
Davis office. Davis snatched up the
revolver that always lay on his desk.
shot Detective Bridgette, and
sounded the siren. He wounded the
other two detectives. Bridgette died
almost instantly, but the others re-
covered.
Davis was sent to Jail pending his
trial. Every day Mrs. Davis Wis
tied the prison and talked to him
through the grating. She told him
she would carry on the business and
that nothing would destroy her faith
in him.
Her friends told her to leave
Brooklyn, that she did not have a
chance to succeed with the handi-
cap but she was determined. He
turned over his share Of the bust
ness to her and she became the own
or and manager Of the Davis and
Geek Company business they had
started in their cellar on a capital
Of $500 and which had grown to a
fair paying proposition.
At his trial Davis was declared
insanc-a paranoiac, suffering from
decisions, and he was committed
to Matteawn Hospital. During the
two he va there. Mrs.
Davis moved herself and their chill
drcn to a cottage nearby, and saw
him every day.
Is Declared Sane
Two years later, state alienists
declared Davis sane. and he was
tried for murder. After six hours
the jury declared him guilty Of first
degree manslaughtcr. The judge
gave him the maximum penalty of
from 10 to 20 years, and declared
there was no excuse for a man of
his intelligence and culture being in
volved in such a case. He was sent
to Dannemora prison. His wife con-
tinued to visit him there-as often
as p~enitentiary regulations would
permit.
She wrote him daily, telling him
about the business, and giving him
the support of a loyal. devoted wife.
Recently, Davis applied for a dis
charge, and wrote to his wife that
upon his release he expected to take
over the business again. Then he
started his suit to forbid the sale
and 0 the management, despite
her desire to go away and begin life
over again.
"His inability to do this is OBJ
vious," Mrs. Davis says. "Hc has
frequently sent ex-convicts to me,
and urged me to take them into
the factory. He asked me to make
a man, convicted three times Of
forgery. the treasurer Of the COM
pany. He is totally untitled to take
rel what has grown into a large
industry and wreck it..
II could never have made this
business a success, or have faced
these eight years, if it had not been
for the loyal support and coopera-
ton of our 200 employees whose jobs
would be at stake. l would be a
traitor to allow him to tear down
what they have created with me. /
must consider them as we'll as my
self.
Besides, I am tired. l have given
almost ten years of my life-tcn
hard years when work was my sal
walton, to it, and l want to rest.
BY selling it, we can divide the pro-
ceeds, there will be enough for all
Of US to live comfortably the way
we wish, and il l cannot find hap
piness, at least I can have peace,
and give our sons a chance"
Last year, under her management
the business Of Davis and Geek
company, showed . net profit Of
100000 from a gross income Of
more than 81, 100000.
The case Of the convict against
the successful business woman will
come up in the courts this fall. In
the meantime, Mrs. Davis will 30
on, in her customary way-but she
can't help asking: whats the use?"