Show I tA STEPMOTHER DROWNS BOY IN RIVER Hated Lad Wishes I To Hang for or Crime She Tells Iowa Tragedy Unusual in Annals of Crimin Crimin- Criminology Criminology Criminology Carefully Laid Plans Revealed WATERLOO Iowa Aug The D-The 9 The criminal annals of low loti a to- to today toI W to-W I day failed to Cal rc l a for the tile crime by which six- six old car Nicholas Mahade was tas thrown into the Ced Cedar Cedr r r riser ri erto er erto to n dro by hw his stepmother Mrs Irs Marie Mane Iane because at- at ac according cording to her signed confession she hated the boy and wished to hang for the murder rather than commit au an often suicide DISCREDITED The Th refused to be- be bo Mrs airs Sir when she sho h tOI 1 them Thursday she sho h had killed h her h r stepson but with Ith the th finding of i Nicholas body today tollay the th theory that Mrs aIrs Irs was wa S demented was discarded and a charge of o first firstI I degree murder was brought against her The Th county prosecutor sail he would ask the death penalty I In custody in the th county Jail Mrs frs maintained a a stolid Indifference since sine she h made mad her confession but today when hen she sho sh wl was w told Nicholas body had be been n found an expression of jubilance crept Into her face Caco fac and site aha con I con con- conI con consented I seated to eat a light meal the meal first since Thursday she said sh shu huwa I Iwas was truthful glad she dh ho bait bad ben been prove proved 11 STORY TORY or OF CUX I IThe The tor ator tori of Nicholas slaying 11 as told In Mrs Mr confession I 1 ono one on of cunning and ot of laid plans She Sh told how her ex ex hatred for tor her stepson coupled with her I wish h to end hon hor horliCe life liCe led her to plot the th slaying of oC In the tho th hope hop that she woul i inot not only vent hr Jer desIre desir to rid he- he h self of o him but also bo be b put t to death for the crime crimo Silo She told ho how she sho h had selected after fter se several eral trips to the tho th river a deep dep spot and then ihn th lured the th boy thero there Thursday on the pretext that she h would allow him to go co TO wading I 1 lOUTIt J TI The Tho boy appal was wa over r his step mothers unusual kindness and went ent with her clad I only In blue blu overalls without stock stock- stockIngs stockings stockings ings or shoes When they reached the riser t rh er liOns Mr said ald shu waded into the th river t twice Ie to test tet te with a stick the th end and finding 5 spot sufficiently deep she h lured lurell the I boy oy a away aay ay from the bank Then i she allowed the th boy to pass ps paz In front froot ot of her and while she ohe eh with seem seem- seemIng Inc eem-Inc lag Ing nonchalance threw throw stones Into I the theater water ater she he he waited waltel until the th boy had reached the tho perilous position and then gae en ga e the thrust which sent Nicholas Nichola to his hi death tho tb signed confession relates TIU R W AVY Tue fhe boys boy's boy father has hils ha i fused to toc see c Mrs Mr since sine she sh made mado her confession nor did ho he h profess 1 I willingness to aid In the search for Nicholas body An Indictment against Mrs Mr has been prepared and her case c will he bo heard as a soon as a the tile court procedure ure has hIlS ha been complied compiled with the tb police county said I |