Show I Meant to Kill Myself I I IDeath Grace Lusk Made Mistake Death of Mrs Roberts Mystery to Teacher She Testifies es Murder Follows Abuse B By I International News Service r f 1 7 WIs May y 24 4 hurled abuse at me WAUKESHA She 7 Iv and then then I then I dont don't rem remember what hap hap- Did you intend to shoot Mrs Roberts Never nev never r never cried Miss Lusk 1 Intended all the the time to shoot myself Thus came came to a climax today the theY dramatic story of the slaying of of- Mrs Mary Newman Roberts as told by Grace Lusk She was doubled up on the stand as if It suffering from an an- internal pain her eyes eyes' were tightly closed and her lips Ups were yere f ie locked o in an ef effort effort effort ef- ef fort at control i I have just two pictures i tures went wenton on Miss Lusk in her strangely strained voice One picture picture- Is Is when I was writing at the desk after Jt t all happened The second was when I took the revolver I t fired one one shot out of ot the window because revolver would not always al alwa always al- al wa ways s work COURTROOM SPELLBOUND The he tale of the shooting as told by th the psychology te teacher chet gripped d the courtroom as no Other event I ot- ot of th As th a word battle between en Mrs Rob Rob- i a. a dl Lusk neared the the- seemed ch charged rg with the tenseness I of th the situation The witness was left to her own ability to tel the truth Only once n e or twice did Attorney Attorney At At- torney torrey Clancy ask ask- questions Otherwise Miss Lusk continued the story in a a cold calm way Sometimes she swept her hand handover handover handover over her eyes as ifa if a momentary pain had struck her there She did not hot r remember member herself herselt I only realized that I wanted to todie todie todie die she cried on the stand Then Then my my- father visited me at the hospital hospital hos hos- pital and said he wanted me to to live And here first fIrst fi st genuine breakdown of the hitherto remarkable remarkable remarkable remark remark- able witness WEEPS ON STAND TAND Great Great tears fears rolled down her cheeks her body swayed and she fell feU to one side of the chair And Judge Lueck mercifully ad adjourned ad 1 court and brought toan to an end the cruel cruet story Miss Lusk began the tale tate of the fatal afternoon last June by telling telling telling tell tell- ing how now she was talking over the the- telephone ne to Dr Roberts from the home of Bianca Mills Just as' as we were talking Mrs Roberts came cam in She demanded an ar explanation of the perform perform- performance ance anee of the night before She said it is the most asinine performance I ever heard beard of I said did your husband cx explain ex plain this to you She said he said laid you were the fool he ever knew I said in what respect She said he told me you have chased him and he hasn't known what to do with himself What else can yo you expect of a married man What do you think he would s say y ab about ut you SCRAWNY OLD MAID Then sh she zhe started to abuse me I She said whenever I say anything about yo you th the tho doctor always makes fun of pf yo you lie He told told told-me me if it I suspected him with having anything anythIng anything any any- thing to do with a wom woman n to at least give him for picking out a nifty dresser She S e said paid aid she did not no admire admire his out a scrawny old taste in picking maid She said she had been making making makIng mak mak- ing inquiries Inq about me and nd had heard some unkind things about me She demanded to know if I had been b en intimate with Dr Br Roberts I replied That is a question you will have to ask your husband Then she said I suppose y you u a woman and how know about know she died in an she died You operation after she attic after atter an had been too friedly With my i husband I said And you lived with him after that She Why certainly Im I'm only a re respectable respectable respectable re- re married woman her Miss Lusk paused cleared her hands to her throat and put I breast I II Dr I that I told Mrs Roberts Roberts really cared for me and that that-I 1 would prove it I told her of his that I had some letters which would convince her She asked to to sep see them I went up- up stairs REVOLVER IN DESK I. I There were two iwo wo or three thre letters in my soy desk I went to the deck I I. opened t the e drawer Then I saw the he revolver MIss Lusk dropped dropped- her hands fiercely in her er lap and struggled J I l t j to regain her voice which had broken When I I saw I-saw saw it I decided to tOI show her the letters letter and then kill kill- myself I went downstairs I handed her the letters She said she could not read them because she ad left her glasses at home borne So I showed her a typewritten Itinerary that the doctor had given me so I could man mall letters to him when he wis away As we were talking the phone rang It was Dr Roberts She answered and told old him to come wh whine where re we were Miss Lusk p paused used Spasms of p pain ln seemed to sweep voer her Well VeIl what what- happened next asked Attorney Clancy And Grace Lusk Lisk reached the peak of her story arid add told how Mrs Mrs' Roberts hurled abuses and the fatal shot was fired Did you intend to take Mrs Roberts' Roberts life asked the attorney N No f why should I WANTED TO DIE Then the th witness told of her het attempt attempt at attempt at- at tempt at her own life which episode epi epi- epi sode sope she said she co could td not re ye- ye member I r 1 remember t 0 Dr J 59 lJ 3 ll d I to t a. a t let lef him hirn T r realized I was sUn still a v ve and that I wanted to die I asked Dr Davies if the wound would be fatal He lIe said that I had shot too low I believe then I asked ed him to go away so that I 1 could shoot I myself again I thought it would be unpleasant for him to look It ItIs Itis Itis is hard work shooting shooting- oneself Miss L Lusk sk today told old why she made her wn will She said she she- realIzed realIzed realized real real- her reputation was gone and that she did not want to live longer It was made after atter her last meeting with Dr David Roberts at atthe atthe atthe the hotel in Wisconsin where she threatened him with death if It he did not tell her h he he- loved her only and then later took it back JUST GAM GAME E TO MANI MAN I suddenly realized the difference in the attitude of Dr Roberts Robe and myself in this love affair she said after alter she took the stand today to resume resume her testimony I had been sincere I h had d given him the things a woman gives to the man she loves To Dr Roberts it was just part or of a game I had lost my reputation and with my reputation went my usefulness usefulness usefulness use use- and I did not want to live any longer because there was no place in the world for me It is hard to tell you about that I 1 was under an ah an intense emotional strain I neither ate slept played or did anything else of that sortI sort other to I I desired some way or ox end things That is why I made my will I asked my friend Miss to tell me how bow to draw a will Did see Dr Roberts again a asked ked Attorney Clancy Yes and arid my view changed a little Miss Lusk then told of a a. letter she received from a friend Miss Fry in Santa Barbara Cal WOULD START NEW LIFE In five or ten minutes I made up my mind that everything would be better if I could be with her she said She I is my most Intimate intimate intimate inti Inti- mate friend She had a great deal of common sense she was was a writer and she had a sense of or hu humor hu- hu mor mor I felt that with her I would be happy and somewhere out West WestI I could find a teachers teacher's position and in the new environment make make- I a fresh clean start Attorney Clancy asked about abo t the unexpressed thought letter which she wrote but never mailed to Mrs Roberts It was unfortunate that that letter was not destroyed began Miss Lusk I wish I I- I Special Prosecutor Corrigan ob objected bb- bb b- b to this answer and it was stopped |