Show PROFESSOR SUES FOR FOB INSURANCE ON t ta LIFE OF HIS WIFE WHOM HE KILLED t a Pa Oct 10 A suit to recover recer insurance upon unon the life of his whom be he killed on Dec Dee 31 33 1893 ha h commenced in this city by Professor S C who is now residing re at Kennett Square in Chester county coulbY co u The suit which is to recover th of from the Provident Lifts Trust company is one of the themo mo remarkable in the history of life insurance tragedy tra dY which ended the life of MrS Mr Mr was nas enacted in Media on a New Years eve Several years ears before that date Professor had bad conc come to Media with his wife and family and andest established bliS ed what was i as known as the Media academy aca emy for young men For several years the venture was suc successful successful the school having a patronage Then Mrs died I In November 1893 Professor Short lidge married Miss Marie Mane Dixon Jones Shortly after his second marriage the J professor began to act strangely One night six weeks after the marriage Pro Professor I lessor fessor invited his wife to go i f fout out with him for a walk A short dis din distance i tance from the house he shot her ber through the heart and then thea attempted suicide sui ide but bet was disarmed In the trial followed Professor f was acquitted on the ground and confined In an l las of insanity in san it was asylum as lum until a year ear ago 1 f |