Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-01-16
Wife Describes
Family Problem
Which To Il.
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doses Of sleeping pills IN an effort
% commit suicide. Mrs Jackson
said quietly and reluctantly as II
ashamed 81 the Incidents
The Jacksonb were married in
1901 Mrs JaeksOns first husband
died IN 1857 and she came north
10 Minneapolis from Chatham.
Ala She has two children BY her
first marriage Billy IS ana Bar
bam 10 Mr. Jacksou'a children
are Floyd. II Linda ~. and Emil
II
Mrs, Jackson said that she felt
that since both ~ thrm had
children the marriage would b-
good ONE and that BY working
together they would have n hap
py home.
The first rift occurred she said.
ak months after the marriage
over purchase ~ home She
said that both her and her hua
band had property IN the south
which they agreed 90 sell ~ pay
down on the home at 5ll7 Logan
Az ~. which they corrupted AZ
the time ~ the fatal shooting
aho said both Of them disposed
81 their holdings IN the south and
she paid the dawn payment on the
home Her husband however p,ir
ehascd an auto instead ~ Keeping
his promise Ia help with the home
purchase
Mrs Jackson whs not bitter
bacaase she said that she Dis.
covered early In the marriage
that her husband was nervous"
Continued attempts 10 got him
% see doctor or an payebin.
tflst were unsuccessful she said
4ho learned also that the vet
Grams dtHabtltty compensation
which 10 has received since the
close Of World War n was based
on nervous condition
= tried hard % mike good
home FOR " G and the children
but u wes very difaeuii and the
effect ~ the continual mistroal
mont and The continual pickering
began to show In the children
Mrs Jackson said upon queatiun
inc that ever aincg her marriage IN
addition 10 keeping house. prcpar-
ing meals and tending tho needs
~ Tho children she has a. least one
Job outside the hop- ana often
more than one
At the time Of the tragedy ahn
was employed NJ the Minneapolis
General hospital as a nurses aid
ahr said She got up svery morn
lpR az igO am because two ~
the boys had paper routes, and
she had Ia wake them and got
them out au their routes
The chlcf fear which Nr-.
Jaoks"n sccacd "a have waz that
her husband would SOME day
carry out his threat "a XIII her
and the entire family In hts
tremendous fiis of rage,
She said ahr believed he was
good man AZ heart bat that hls
mental condition was the cause ~
mean tits u temper no had which
terroriscd the children
When he firat started beating
her ANA hacking hoe eyes she said
sho would toll physicians to whom
she wen, for treatment ahe had
fallen nf had an accident sonn
there were ~ many bea,lngs that
she had a. tell doctors the truth
Mrs Jackson said her family
doctor had rinally advised her that
the safest thing rnr her ard the
children was Go uy ~ secure
diyoure n It had been possible
she aaid she would have tried ~
continue ~ have custody IT lack
sons three children also because
she had become attached 20 them
Dusiug the interview the WON
an seemed unconditional except
for thu times when she mont
inncd tho children. especially is
war old Linda whom she felt
suffered most because ~ the
distur,.~d domestic situation %
tho family
The writer aid not ask whether
ahe had any rcmorse for Il was
doubtful II tho woman IL over the
natural ahock ~ circumstances
ana events or that ahc realizes
A Card ~ Appreciation tesa
those who were kind 20 you while
you werr M know you rcaily sp.