Ogden Daily Standard | 1890-09-10 | Page 9 | Murdered His Defamer

1 murdered ills atrain t r I 1 special ar A chronicle Service serviced 1 KA KANSAS CITY mo sept 5 last monday the dead body ot of elvira owensby an old ne gresa waa was found in an orchard near henhouse her house near kearney mo A ballet hole was I 1 found in her bead and the body bad I 1 been partly consumed by fire lewis griffin Grif fio a eon son of respected parents I 1 livingst livi living ngat at kearney was suspected of ot 1 I 1 the crime and waa was arrested at liberty I 1 wednesday today to day at his ills preliminary I 1 hearing he plead guilty to the crime lie bald said no lie shot the because she had bad defamed his character lie ile held the pistol co so near her head bead be he said paid that her bonnet caught fire when he discharged the weapon tho tile fire spread from her bon bonnet netto to her due neck k ecard and stud afterward con grimed part of her clothing and a portion of the body I 1 I 1