Show MURDERED SISTER I IN JEALOUS RAGE RACE Tragedy at Atlanta Ga in Which One Woman Takes Life of Another STOLE HUSBANDS HUSBAND'S LOVE Sister ei I I lt tc- tc With 1111 Younger el mill and Finally Sends SemIs Bullet him Into Atlanta Ga Go April 21 1 I have ha killed Chap Chali She has bus got her Just deserts Standing before the dead bod body boily of oC her Tier of nf Al- Al young sister Mrs Irs Willie WIllIO lanta anta Ga spoke these words Her deed was more moro than a mere dime She had mur murdered her sister Ister wrenched the st ties 1109 of oC blood bloG anil family love asun asunder cr In her terrible act o of ven vell- No 0 rn memory mor of oC the mother who had hall given birth irth t to both 1011 of or them no thought of ot the days day s 's when the they had played play play- ed cil to together In chUrlish childish games and shared their toys and slept side sille b by hy side in the thc same crib restrained the Intent to take tal o oher her life I Face ace to face taco they 1151 stool l in Iii that moment two women who loved lo the tho same man and hol holthe the woman who had been wronged the other dead lead and said she had bad got her Just the mite Heiress Mrs Is only 24 years Her lIer sis sis- tor tr Miss oUss Chapell was 17 Ii The They were the daughters dau of Hogs Wood nant a well known and wealthy wealth resident o of Jacksonville Ala J who died over a n year n ago o Four other children survived him ilm him but Chapell the murdered girl was th the youngest t and her fathers father's favorite Two months ago the mother molher Mrs nant died also After her death it Jt was discovered that the entire estate had hC been n left eft to Chapell cutting off tire the other five fl children without a cent While the time two brothers rs and three sisters did not host host- tate tute to show altow their thell surprise and dissatisfaction dissat over o the favoritism shown the youngest oun est still the lo e for Cor little Chaps Chap as s the they called her overcame o their jeal jeni jealousy and as us all were married and in excellent ex excellent circumstances It seemed rather Just after all that pretty prett unprotected th the year old Chap should be shown preference e and be he made n the heiress After Arter the death o of her mother MI Miss s had made mad her home with a married sister Mrs rs Durham wife o of D. D P. P Durham of oC 21 l South boulevard At At- lanta In the tIme same pame city lived another sister Mrs 18 Willie Standifer and her ier husband hus- hus band jand Edward Marion Marlon of or 03 West Vest e t Alexander street Mr Ir anti and Mrs 1 Standifer had been beell marred mar mar- red cd three thre years They had a litHe bo boy nearly 2 years old and the first two years jf of their wedded life liCe had been perfectly happ happy lappy Behind bars at the tho police barack barrack bar- bar rack ack rack with her husband n n. prisoner In the same lame cells Mrs Irs made a full st of oC her motive c for the murder She was calm cairn and showed sh no regret for Cor what sho she had hind done While she did not speak peak of or herdea sIster with any reven revengeful revenge revenge- e- e ful ul or oz or vindictive sentiment yet she displayed dis- dis played a strange sense e of or Justice ful ful- filled She believes she has done rl right hL he rho girls girl's deliberate winning of her husbands husband's hus- hus bands ands s 's love merited punishment an and sho sIlo punished it with I In Before Chap Appeared I 1 bad 1151 been patient with them both as asIt asIt ast It t was she says Our home was the happiest a wife could hope lope for Cor before Chap hap came Into it My M h husband loved tho tha th baby and me and I know he was a good food husband After Arter In my fathers father's death Chap visited sited at al tile the homes of oC all her hr sl sisters slaters t rs We Ve were living In Gadsden then and Chap Chal was ivas only 16 She was always time the Prettiest prettiest pret- pret of oC us girls and there was something about her that made people love Jove her even while she silO was willful and full ull of or capri capri- At Al first I thought E Edwards Edward's wards ward's a admiration admira tion of her was simply a n brothers brother's Interest Inter tiller est cat est she was such a child and I J was so sure of his hilS love for fol tIme the ball baby baty an and me But Bul after a few Cew weeks I know that Chap Chal had won lila his heart from us l' l Even ven then If she had done FO so unconsciously I could have forgiven her imer but she dil did not seem s cm at first to realize what a terrible thing she was doing She saw that Edward loved her and anti she nIle flirted with him him and amI led hImon him himon on oil with as much aban abandon on and Cr freedom edom as though he be hind bad been an unmarried man maim AntI And in m my home hom before my vcr very e eyes eves tIC Could any woman stand such Ruch a thing to see sec her tier being stolen deliberately dellb- dellb from her h by her own sister I J talked with Chap Chall and told lice her she must musto go o away that she would wreck ill 11 my home If IC she lid did not ilot and she ohe laughed at nt me laughed when all m my life and happiness weighed hc In th tile the balance against her whim of or the tile moment She tol told me inc before I shot hot her hel that she sIle he loved Jov d my amy m husband husban Was that lo love to weigh against the love of or a wife against the claim of my 10 baby Mot Iet Iet at nt Atlanta We e moved to lo Atlanta and they met again and again I struggled to do the time best I cO could I hoped against hope 1010 thai that their love lovo was merely infatuation and would dip die after a n while I tried to find In my home and antI love lave for Cor the baby balty a solace for the agony and loneliness I t suffered God knows how bow I 1 hinted hated and dreaded to lo do what I have done but It II was forced upon meI meI me 1110 I 1 pleaded with them both and amI time after time LOne they promised me 1110 that they would never go so out together again und they Lucy broke their promise over and anti over My y husband says that he loved lo Chap and ami that his bis love was pure It U Is false 1 I had proof that It il was too horribly unlue unquestionable tIn tIn- able and amI when I J found Cound that thai they the had hall gone one away that last laSI nl night ht 1 I felt fell that th end had come I 1 telephoned to lo my iny sisters sister's home borne and amid found that she site had bad gone driving with m my husband It was after 0 9 then and I went lo to the house bouse to 10 wait walt for Cor their return If they had come comeI I 1 think I 1 would have killed thorn thom both It was right that they should die But they did not come and it grew t so O lat latI late I Inn had to lo return home to lo bab baby Shot lice Her Sister Sh The next tu morning I 1 went to lo see Chap and she laughed at al Inc inu a again aln and mocked my wretchedness She told lold me m iny my husband hus Imus- band loved ler that he did not euro caro for forme forme me mt or for Cor the bab baby and I shot her as she laughed It II was walt right that thai she alto should die She Sho stole m my husband from Crom me and ruined my home She Got goi her ju just t des des- erts Released from a cell under tinder bond the husband walls waits the tue climax of or the tragedy In a torpor of or bewilderment anti and remorse lie He hall had not seemed to grasp grabp the awfulness awful awful- ness floss of or the consequences which he brought on un the lives of oC these two women who wore were sisters Ills HIs wife has shed tIme I same blood that runs In her own veins I Murdered by her r sister a young youn beautiful ful Cui girl trl lies 1105 the Ibo majesty of or death lending grace and dignity to lo the tho lips that Jau laughed hed at the wron wronged and the eyes that mocked her misery I Whether II It was merely the lie willfulness of a girls girl's caprice the flirtation with her brother ln or whether the wife's suspicions suspicions sus sus- wore were true trite and her love lovo was wa a H guilty one the Great Reaper has laid his finger on lips and the sorrel secret is sealed scaled there where none may read Cad or hear Murder Vas ns Never in n all aJi the ran mange c of or drama has there mere ban enacted a a. scene seene 40 so O Intense so 30 charged with traffic traS-lc power and human Interest as that last one between the two sisters It IL was ani only 8 S o'clock when Mrs reached the houMe on South bou lieu levard She Sho had b left ft hor her baby boy asleep II n n his cradle Standifer had bad hud had his breakfast and had hall zone gOne tl to OR hIs office at lh th American ArnE Can factory Perhaps lc be be- be fore he opened his mornings morning's mall he ran his ills eyes ees over o a few rew o of the letters ru which were found In his dek after the tragedy letters tellers till full of oC love lo written by hy pretty Irell Chap to lo I the he man she Silo trusted Several of or these the c loiters letters were ere rend at atthe atthe atthe the preliminary trial on March 10 10 when Mrs Standifer was held heid for murder In the tho first degree decree and committed without ball IJan Tender reproachful pa passionate lonate dative the time letters show plainly how ferr- ferr c r- r fully the girl battled with the love lo which she knew would ruin her sisters sister's life liCe s Letter to aloud In time the As these i were read court room Mrs h Standifer wept bitterly It II was tho the only moment when she sime showed emo emotion lion Tuesday Tue M Morning My I Dearest One I 1 could not nol sleep last nl night ht for thinking of you ou It II seems as 1114 If I had lost losi m my host best cst friend In time the world How can I J stand It il May God help m me Marion I 1 love h you and God Goll knows how much I do 10 love you rot ou There Is la no human on earth cacti I love lo like you I i Just ju t crl cried d this morning thinking perhaps you will never ne be bc mine mimic If something some thing would only turn up imp between now and the seventh Ie J If death would only strike me tee and let lei m rime In Inbe be In him the arms of Jesus Jestis Marion always s 's he be a II good Chris Chris- Han uan man and stay slay la with Willie until death Dont Don't drink and amI never touch it for fur m my sake lId And some ome day we mn may meet In heaven and be on one It Jt seems as aK if IC this morning I will die My heart Is breaking for Cor you But some day lay If IC we do right rl ht now we WC will be one If U something doesn't turn lurn up I will go 10 craz crazy Well ell wo tee will have t la If trust In God and find pray to lo Him to make us one some da day not nol now Dearest write to lo lome tome nb me when to lo go o awa away Well I will III ha have VP lo to RJ say good g May Jay God Coil bless you ou with el e every happiness 1 I remain as ever ever yours ours Another Hunch Thursday I Thursday My My Dear Marlon Dearest what on earth arth did Old I say over the phone last night to lo hurt your feelings I would not have lId anything for Cor the world to lo hurt your our feelings Please call me mc up and tell me so I 1 cat can explain to lo you ou Marion Marlon you Ou know I love lo you ou and al always always nl- nl ways was have and even If I do man marry I will love lo you just the same S and will wrIte to you ou as often as I 1 do now I could never like an any one like I 1 do you And AntI don on t tm my m words and actions prove pro It il and too loo It wont won't be long I 1 hope Ira pray before w wo we arc are one Sweetheart I 1 have ha not had time lo to write more but will write you ou a letter leller ever every day I certainly did enjoy enJo your our letter Idler tills thIs morning Write me mC ever e every day da Your own devoted ote I I Thought Little of or Vengeance As he lie I cad icid them recalling the events of the long 1011 carriage gc ride the tile evening pre little thou thought ht that the time mother toothier of his hits child ha had at last Jast taken vengeance vengeance ven von Into inlo her own hands and was evening even cven- In ing the score with time the girl Irl who had bad robbed liar her of his ills love lo When hen the thc wife reached time thc house hous her Imer sister was only just rising She directly to lo the girls girl's Irl's bedroom and found her dressed Haggard and wear weary from the sleepless nl night ht of oC mental menial agony agon the sight of Chap Chal In her girlish beauty and freshness must have haive been heen the thc last spark fired tired lie her intentions The Thc girl was combing her long luxurIant luxuriant luxuriant hair hall before the mirror De Behind hind her stood her sister upbraiding her for the rIde of the tIme night nl ht before beCore accusing her of oC the greatest wrong one woman can do another and Chap went on combing hr her pretty tretty hal balm ball amused and a trifle scornful scorn ful at al time the hopeless note nole of utter uller miser misery an find and jealousy In her sisters sister's voice There was an nn Intimacy bout about th Ih th situation that robbed It of Its tragic pos- pos As girls the they too baa hao d d dhe he the same room roon Probably often and often the they hey had occupied the same positions quarreling over some petty pelt grievance or fancied wrong while Chap laughed and combed her hair nonchalantly and ani b by her vcr ery attitude of indifference Infuriated the be older older- sister slate beyond endurance Head 11 I I hn A letter la ha lay opened upon upon the tue dressing table able It Il wa was in iii her hu husbands husband's bands band's In ng and the tho date dale was the night before Before Chap could stop slop her Mrs rs Stand fer ifer had seized tile the letter leller and md read cad ea it II ii It II told old her hr all she wished wl hed to lo know Thur Thursday day NI Night My My I Darling You certainly have hav made me inc happy b by bhat hat you ou told lold me tonight but bul stIll if you OU dont donl want to 10 do that and dont don't think you OU will he happier h by doln doing so 80 don tion t do ho It 11 just for my In sake sak If you ou do mean what you ou have Ilave sali aland al and do It of or course they will all say May I Iwas Iwas was th the whole cause of or il It 11 but bul that part latt wont won't make an any difference to lo me for I I have Jot got to lo the point where I dont don't can can- what people think or say about nit me You arc are all au I care for Cor or and all an I li Ii hiv for Cor and without you ou I dont don't care to lo lit lit-c. I The reuse reason on I 1 acted as I 1 did was h h. cause e I J thought bought you were to lo hay have ned today toda I got gol ot to lo thinking about it nil Ind m l rould not stand Aland It It I 1 thought I was as iii to lo die anti and I f wanted to lo see you ou a and nfl t thi H Hyou I Iou you ou good hye I If 1 I hud hindu nt I gotten bt I i when I 1 did dd you ou certain certainly would havi ha t hi- hi hin a n called out that thal night for Cor It il was wali tinui I t I J donl dont expect you ou would ha hav ilav come would you dearest barest Now my dat- dat do ns is you think best As At for Cor rn me nw I t have told you bow how I stand Dont Don't l 1 Il t what I have said have ha one bit lilt of or influence InCh 1 ence once with wilh your our decision decson I I 1 donl dont like to see you work and tWin p I day we will have plenty of or monc money it and will take lake life HC eal easy V hut but at the present tim limn you ou know how tImIngs things are aro Yell Well I J will willi close for foi this timis lime and amId nd get ct some h p I I have llave lost so much sleep It is telling s on cn m nit me I Will you OU call caU up In the tile morning No I matter mailer what happens Just remember that thai I 1 love you ou and you ou arc ae the tIme on only I woman vonan n nI I have over ever loved an and ani will ever love Good |