WHY I SHOT MY HUSBAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1920, Page 3

WHY I SHOT MY HUSBAND.

NEW YORK, May if. “Why I murdered my husband” was the subject of a confession made to a coroner’s jury yesterday, when an inquest was held on the body of Mr Henry C. Fredericks, one of the richest manufacturers of the town of Elgin, Illinois. Mrs Fredericks ,a beautiful woman whom a doctor described as in the Inst stages of tuberculosis, riddled her husband with ballots and then calmly telephoned for tho police. Without the slightest emotion she told the following story to the jury “In the latter part of April, when f was staying with my mother in Indiana, I intercepted a- letter to my bus-' band written by another woman. I bad long suspected that bis affection lor me was waning and I was determined not to give hiin up, so I decided that the only ' way was to kill him. T bought an automatic revolver and spent hours at target practice. He used to como borne at noon and in the evening and always kissed me. I would kiss him Mid smile. He never suspected what was behind my smile. You may say I have killed him, but he has been killing me fo'r weeks.

“To-day’s setting was ideal lor killing him. There was'nobody at home but myself. He telephoned about 11 o’clock saying, “I am coming home, dearie, for dinner.” “All right, sweetheart,” I answered. I had the re volvor i-pijcqnjeU ip my blouse when lie entered the front door. I had paced off the distance and knlnw just where to aim. As he entered I emptier thb revolver —seven shots. I don’t think he realised what had happened. He dropped with an odd little laugh and never spoke again. I am glad- I did it.”

Dalgety and Company Limited report i having received tho following cablegiam from their London Office under date of 6th intant:—“Wool sales opened and attendance of buyers is goocj. Selection fair, but competition limited and very poor demand, except for better descriptions of greasy merino wools and greasy fine quality cross-bred wools. Greasy medium quality cross-bred, heavy withdrawals. As compared with last sale’s closing rates, good merino wools were par to 5 per cpnt. lower, merino wools of other descriptions, 5 per cent, lower. Scoured merino wools were neglected, cross-bred wools of fine quality wero unchanged. Cross-bred wools of medium quality wero unchanged, and cross-bred wools, coarse, neglected.”