Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1906 — DEBOARD'S DEVILTRY [ARTICLE]

DEBOARD'S DEVILTRY

Hdw the Brute Murdered His Wife Whom He Previously 11lTreated. ' —, HAD THREATENED WHAT HE DID Dike All of His Breed He Executed Hi* Threat Booze Sellers to Vote for Prohibition. ■ Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 28. John Deßoard had driven hls wife from home time and again and now has shot and killed her. Everything points to a deliberate murder. Mrs. Deßoard Junior was 32 years old. Deßoard took supper at the Park hotel, where he exhibited his revolver and told Mrs. Carrie Sherman, wife of the proprietor, that he intended to kill his wife and whip Harry Freeman. Then he passed to the Albert King restaurant, a short distance away, and called his wife to come out. Nobody to Help His Victim. Mrs. Deßoard ran in an opposite direction, as if forewarned, but he pursued her from room to room, shooting three times. The third shot struck her in the back below the right shoulder and she fell to the sidewalk just outside the door.- Then he picked her up in his arms, and although the, woman pietously begged’ for her life, he fired a fourth shot into her neck, killing her instantly. He dropped the body on the sidewalk, looked to see if he had completed his work, and then he disappeared slowly in the direction of the river, crossing into Illinois before any one thought of pursuit. Good Enough When Sober. John Deßonrd was devoted to his wife when sober, but he frequently heat her when he was Intoxicated? When driven from her home Mrs. DeBoard found employment in the restaurants as a cook. She was working In the capacity when killed. Deßoard has caused the police much trouble, as he was dangerous when intoxicated. Mr. and Mrs. Albert King saw the first of the shooting, hut they fled through fear of their own lives. He Can Easily Be Spared. During the night Deßoard made hts way back into the city, and was found asleep In a stall at the fair grounds and arrested by Captain Kruse and committed to jail. He made no resistance when realizing that he was nnder arrest, and he said he had drank too much to be responsible for his actions. However, he was now ready to take the consequences. DeBoard is four years the Junior of his victim. Work of Another Dastard. Fort Wayne, Ind.. Sept 28.—Walter Harrod shot and killed his wife, and with the same weapon ended his own life. The shooting it is thought was the result of a domestic quarrel, the woman having applied for a divorce.