The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-20
KILLS WIFE AND
CUTS UP BODY;
ENDS OWN LIFE
Carpenter Stays Himself
When Trapped in Auto
by Police.
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wrists. At this point third officer
appeared and the trio fought I'M
successfully TO obtain the weapon.
Weighing 235 pounds and power
ful in proportion, Evans fought of
all three while he alternately,
grinned and snarled at his oppon-
ents.
Two Of the officers drew back and
fired at his razor arm in an effort
to disable him, but only pierced his
sleeve. Blood was streaming from
his self-inhicted wounds and large
crowd had gathered to watch the
battle, when Evans made a supreme
effort.
Offers Money to Officers.
Hating a moment in his struggle
with the officers. Evans drew a roll
of bills containing S152 and Of
fered it to the officers with the plea,
GIVE this to my mother"
Since he held the money in the
same hand with the razor, they told
him to drop it to the street. Evans
thrust the roll back into his pocket
and slashed again at his throat. He
severed his jugular vein and gasped
out his life before he could be taken
to a hospital.
Notified by Cincinnati authorities,
city police rushed to the Evans
home on Congress avenue and there
detected bloodstains that indicated
Mrs. Evans had been murdered in
the bathroom and parts of her
clothing burned in the furnace.
Work Done SkilfuIly
Cincinnati doctors who examined
the dismembered parts said the
fourteen pieces were severed at
points of the body where it would
not be necessary to break or saw
any bones. The body apparently
had been drained of blood first.
Why did you kill her?" one of
the officers asked Evans as they
struggled.
She threatened to shoot me-" he
replied.
Congress avenue neighbors of the
Evans, and Dorthy Hill, Negro maid,
918 Roache street, said the couple
constantly quarreled and that there
was another woman in the case"
Description of the woman, much
younger than Evans, was given po-
lice by Mrs. Mayme Beck, 2928l5
Clifton street, Mrs. Evans sister,
and the maid.
Called Charlie" Often
The later said the woman fire.
quently checked up" on Evans by
telephone, by calling and asking:
as Charlie there?"
If Evans was at home, the maid
said, the woman would reply that
she merely wanted to know and did
not want him called to the phone.
If Mrs. Evans answered, the mys-
FERROUS woman would hang up, the
maid said.
Married thirty-two years, the
Evans home life had been one of
continual discord, at least during
their twenty-five years in Indianap-
oils, according to neighbOrS. Mrs.
Evans is reported to have said that
it had been ten years since she ap-
peared in public with her husband.
Mrs. Evans, for years, had oper-
ated hand laundry in the base
ment of their home, while Evans en-
gagged in the contracting business.
He owned in the Congress avenue
neighborhoOd, seventeen houses
which he had built.
Divorce Action Filed
Two divorce actions had been
filed by Mrs. Evans, the last one
early this month, when Circuit
Judge Earl Cox issued an order for
Evans to pay $25 every two weeks
to his wife, pending settlement. The
first divorce suit was dismissed a
year ago.
Evans had moved from the home
Saturday morning, telling the maid
that his wife had said: IF you don't
move, will" Accordingly, he moved
some Of his possessions to one of
his vacant houses.
These articles were tools and
equipment he used In his business
Detectives found in another of his
houses a metal box containing all
the deeds to his properties.
Officials have been unable to trace
the car used by Evans to take his
wife'S body to Cincinnati. The 1882
plates about which he was cues
toned, leading to discovery of the
murder, had been taken from his
Wite's oar. The tarpaulin covering
the sbody is believed to have been
taken by Evans from a floor sand
ing machine at his home.
Known as SurIy
Bitter quarrelS were frequent in
the Evans home, according to neigh
borS who knew Evans as a "Surly
am NAA44 lC1lNlly pGLSOI. ne passed
persons he had known for years
without speaking, it was said.
Mrs. Evans had two pistols in her
possession, but more than week
ago, took them to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry w. CULLEN, 1887
Congress avenue, telling them she
was afraid I might use them on
him (EvanS) and be sorry for it
afterWard'
The Negro maid said. however.
that Mrs. Evans had expressed the
fear that Evans might use one of
the guns TO kill her and make the
death appear suicide.
Evans is survived by his mother.
Mrs Alice Hervey. Norwood, O.. said
TO be wealthy, and a brother, Ben
Jamin Evans. Cincinnati.
Mrs. Evans is survived. besides her
sister. Mrs. Beck. by two brothers.
Robert LaVell, Indianapolis, and
Thomas LaVell. Wheeling. w. Va.