Salt Lake Herald | 1892-02-23 | Page 2 | Mrs. Deacon Makers a Statement

Mrs Deacon Hakes a Statement I LONDON Feb 22Mrs Deacon has made a long statement to the TcZcuraphs Paris correspondent She declares there was nothing to justify her I husband in shooting Abeille She states when her husband came to tho door she was quietly conversing with Abeille who was in evening dress except that ho wore a smoking jacket Abeille could easily have escaped if thero had been anything to be ashamed of Ho merely sought shelter behind the sofa to avoid Deacons revolver She did not open tho door quickly when she was summoned because she was obliged to go first to her bedroom to light a candle She asserts she was accustomed to bad treatment from her husband and intended to obtain a divorce