Salt Lake Herald | 1907-11-10 | Page 1 | Killed Woman; Wants to Hang

KILLED WOMAN WANTS TO HANG Crime of Joseph Who Became Be nie Infatuated tu ted With Another r Mans Wife New York Nov 9 After pursuing purs ing ingher her with his unwelcome attentions for tor forten torten forten ten years Joseph of Cleveland 0 O today shot and killed Mrs Dora in the presence I of hor her two children c In her apartments in Myrtle avenue Brooklyn According to the story told by Mrs little littleboy littleboy boy had been writing let letters letters letters to his victim for ten years and had been so insistent in his annoy annoyances annoyances annoyances ances that Mrs her husband and her children had been compelled to flee from Philadelphia to Boston and thence to Brooklyn In the hope of eluding him said he is a cabinet cabinetmaker cabinetmaker cabinetmaker maker and has a wife and children in Cleveland a cabinetmaker was wa wasat wasat waat at work when the tragedy occurred Ten years ago in Cleveland before Mrs was married she is said to have accepted the attentions att of as a suitor Mrs and her children were at breakfast when knocked at the door of their apartment As Mrs unsuspectingly opened the thedoor thedoor thedoor door of their apartment he lie greeted her with the question Why haye you never answered those letters As he spoke oke he drew a revolver and an fired at ather ather ather her but missed Mrs fled fied from the door with the man in pursuit firing One bullet struck her between the shoulders and penetrated the heart causing Instant death tIed fled from the house but was intercepted by a detective He had thrown away his revolver and sub submitted submitted submitted to arrest without a fight saying It is a life Ufe for a life Ufe with me I dont care what wh t happens to me now