Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — IRATE PARENT KILLS CHILD [ARTICLE]

IRATE PARENT KILLS CHILD

Robert Higginbothan Resents Attempt to Retake His Daughter. St Louis. July 4.—ln a desperate effort to get possession of his 13-year-old daughter Evelyn, from whose mother he had been divorced, Robert Higginbotham shot and killed Michael Moser present husband of the child’s mother, and then killed the girl. In a shooting affray which followed Higginbotham's attempt to find his wife, Higginbotham engaged in a revolver duel with Henry C. Fallauer and both men were wounded twice. It is thought Higginbotham's wounds may prove fatal The tragedy took place in the street near the Moser home in East St Louis