Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-23 | Page 22 | Stoical Slayer of Father Calmly Waits Arraignment

Stoical Slayer of Father Calmly Waits Arraignment rte ANADARKO Okla Dee Dec 23 UP P- P Stoical Emma Willis VillUs year old farm girl who killed her father after he refused to allow hera berR her a date with a boy boyfrIend friend said dully duny today Til try to rep repent nt It was her response to Ito the admonition ad ad- monition of ot the Rev J J. J M. M H Holmes lm s ask God to forgive you repent for It girlie In girlie in the e funeral ser sermon ser ser- mon on for her father lather L I. H. H Willis 45 killed as as he la lay asleep Saturday in their three room dwelling It wAs wis the only way things were the round- round so awful at home cheeked che ked brun brunette girl said calmly as as she sat In a n jail cell awaiting arraignment today on a murder charge T I I dont don't know what Ill I'll say when they take me before the judge she continued I This may be be bea a disgrace to my I family but it also alao w was s a disgrace for our oui neighbors to see sec how my fattier father treated all of us After I made up my mind to kill my father everything went black bl ck I I. dont don't remember It clearly I do remember a terrible roar anda and a n I shock hock when wh n the gun went off oft It t Was the first time I ever had fireda shotgun yv S 9 C t nr L t. t l r sy WILLIS