Show THAT TRAGEDY ilrs houtliwortli and Her Reasons For Killing Mrphrn L 1illus t cstcrdaj HC HAD DRIVEN HER TO DESPERATION DES-PERATION A Man JIurdcrs Il TITO Tonng Children aud Then Attempts Suicide PERSONAL ENCOUNTER BETWEEN BE-TWEEN LAWYERS IN COURT > o Trail in Thoc Slorlcs ot the HalllcldJIcCoj I rudj ts B y Telegraph to lie tiri1 TIC MMl 1IIIIK i2eHnilt WI Mrs Soullittortli Took Ibe Life of 1cllnt 2f EU Yourc 2fov 2As briefly mentioned in these dbjiatclits Jftenlay Stephen I 1etus secretary and trrasurtr of the Brooklin Union Uevated rall roaJ and member of the firni of 1olIarJ Pcttus i C 51 llroad Street this cltj w as shot down litre this rooming in 1ulton fatreet elJr Ir Hannah fcouthwonb wbo r fu ed to give her address to the pole when arrested As an ofllccr arrested her raking herself to full blight aud a umlng a dramatic position thu liKcd be < tueen her teeth jxiintiug to the lifeless bodj on the sidewalk That linn betrajed uiu and I shot him Ho ruined mo and inj famih The woman w as taken to the police station and locked up blio remained re-mained calm and dignified and gavu tlie unrne of Hannah Sou tlm ortli but ixfu ed to ghe her residence All flc balls took i fleet in the Lod of thu victim This same woman attacked IVttus In public ajeirago A dispatch from Ix > uLsillc Kj ajs Mr Soutlnxortli > s tbu daughter daugh-ter of tlie late J J Martin I well known colleo urokcr She Is about SO ears of age and has been I widow wid-ow out ten cn She char lettu who was on itnlli frum Clirksville Ttun with having committed an outrage on her JKT hon four 3cars ago for which a tuit for 525000 was brought agiiu t him four mouths ago fccMral of her brotlicrsaru pmminmt hminl men In Sew York anil San Krancuco For sonic tnnu sho lias made her homu In the latter tity JIKS bOUTHOim a jxnrvd at the eoroners ufllcc in the afternoon bhu was alTected to i great degrw and her mind was 1w hlc 11 in no condition to comprehend wlial was going on She could not nn Mt er questions intelligently and her Ier toll ber to > nothing She was Tuesdaj committed for a hearing net Aeeonling to the try told heroIn hero-In lierfrlendo slicbecnmeacijualut ed with 1ettus through a lady friend i number of and rlell jears ago Ind ag ono day bo succeeded in drugging lur when they were out together and accomplished her ruin Later it was found necessary to resort to malpractice as a result of whleh her health was w kc In order to avoid exposure at the time of the w roug lYUu made profuse promi Ees ot sulctantlal provision for her and to ave the name of her fimlx whIch is a highly respected ODC lie kept quiet Upon her recovery however be met her reminders of me lib obligations with derision and finally it is I said circulated a report re-port that tr Southworth was a discarded to nntms who was trying BLACKMAIL HIM I This drove her to desperation and I last March she attaeked Pettus on he street a mentioned 1 abute She then applied to her lawyer not to obtain money damage but that Urn truth might bu dKclosed The statute of limitations protected IVttus from prusetutloii for the original outrage fehc mol suit for slander anil defamation of chnr acter with the same olject In view This was the legal hiatus of the matter up to toda > a shooting shoot-ing In prison this afternoon n Southwortli said the lady through whom she became acquainted with Iettus hadalo been ruined by him and under threats of exposing her he obtained her ICIIc worth compl < blng the ruin of Ir South worTh |