Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-11 | Page 2 | Is Given Life Imprisonment

IS 18 GIVEN LIFE IMPRISONMENT ENT Mrs Margaret Hossack Convicted of Killing Her Husband HAD QUARRELED LIW 80 30 YEARS The Crime Wn ai ViI 1111 an au Motive lu to have Keen to Secure n a Dilute Des Moines la In April 11 Mar Margaret Margaret Margaret garet Hossack of ot wife of or a wealthy farmer fanner was WaR found guilty this morning of ot the murder of ot her husband on the tho night of ot December 1st lt and son sen sentence tence once was fixed by tho the Jury Jur at nt life lito Im imn In the penitentiary For Fur two weeks the trial has been progress progressIng Ing In Warren under wider the thu th guid guill guidance ance of ot the ablest attorneys In the tho lie State The Thu evidence was all circum circumstantial a tan On the tha night of ot Dec Dee lIlt John Hossack and his hll wife le retired for the lit night and about 1030 lOO Mrs Mis Hossack declines declares that she ehu sh was awakened by a u hash of ot light Upon getting out of ot bed she found her husband had been hit hilt on the tho head with an axe aXil Two were sore made n all IJ one omie by liy the sharp edge and the tho other with the blunt end cad of or the axe ae which was wan hidden the thc he granary Death ensued In an un hour The Ihie State presented evidence that for tor thirty years the lie couple had quarreled und and that previous to the murder they the had a n dispute over oer ono one of ot the children of ot which nine are living It was also maintained by the prosecution that Mrs Hossack had as an object the se at securing securing II curing of ot the time estate estu W I