Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1912 — BRIDE OF A DAY IS SLAYER [ARTICLE]

BRIDE OF A DAY IS SLAYER

Elizabeth Lang Shoots Mrs. Mary Coppie, Who She Says Spoke of Her as Ugly—Tragedy at Logansport.

Logansport, Dec. 5. Elizabeth Lang, a bride of one day, shot and killed Mrs. Mary Coppie, who, at the wedding supper, is alleged to have ! told other guests that the bridegroom ' had selected an ugly and worthless woman for a life partner. Mrs. Lang was arrested shortly after the shooting, and the police say she ' made a full confession and expressed pleasure that she had stopped slanderous remarks. In her confesion, as ; reported by the police, Mrs. Lang said: "Yes, I shot Mrs. Coppie. I shot her down as her two little children ' stood beside her, holding to her skirts. I killed her because she said that no man ought to marry me and that my , husband would repent. ' “She said I was ugly. She said I was old. I killed her for that, and I am not a bit sorry for it. She was Jealous of me and would have made my life unhappy.” Shoots Employer Twice. Brazil, Dec. 5. —Robert Stlner, who says his home is in Milwaukee, Wip., I was shot in the right arm and left side with two bullets from a revolver by Glen C. 1 Day of Anderson, in a room in the Davis hotel. Day, who admits shooting to kill Stiner, is held at the local police station. Stlner is field agent for two Des Moines (la.) publications. He had borrowed money of Day, whom he employs to take subscriptions, and it was a quarrel about this that resulted in the ' shooting. Stlner is not badly injured, the bullet in his side being flattened in the flesh. Day seems unconcerned about the affair. Stiner says he fought with Roosevelt in Cuba and is a player as well as a magazine agent and a soldier of fortune. Bride of One Day Kills Woman. Logansport. Dec. 5. Elizabeth Clark-Lang, a bride of a day, shot and killed Mrs. Mary Coppie at the threshold of the Coppie home. The tragedy followed disparaging remarks made by the victim about the age and looks of the bride. Superintendent of Police Morris and State’s Attorney Fansler, on examining Mrs. Lang, elicited from her the following statement: “Yes, I shot Mrs. Coppie. I shot her down as her two little children stood beside her holding on to her skirts. I killed her because she said no man ought to marry me and that my husband would repent having married me.” . Visits Fort Wayne School. Fort Wayne, Dec. s.—The visiting committee of the Indiana state legislature was here inspecting the Indiana School for Feeble-Minded Youth with a view to determining whether or not the institution needs the appropriation of an additional $20,000 for the construction of a new hospital building, for which $60,000 has already been appropriated. The committee will make its findings public when the legislature meets. Other appropriations amounting to $54,000 are asked for by the school. Two Killed While Hunting. Hammond, Dec. 5. —As the result of two hunting accidents near here Frank Lak, seven years old, and Howard Hartman, ten years old, living at "Dyer, near here, are dead. Lak was with his brother and was shot through the head. He was brought to his i home and died while physicians were probing for the bullet. Hartman was with Raymond Stolber and met Instant death when Stolber’s gun was discharged as he stumbled against a ( stump. in I Merchants Name Speakers. - , Fort Wayne, Dec. s.—lt was nnI nounced by the local merchants who have charge of the arrangements for the annual meeting of the Indiana Retail Merchants’ association here on January 21, 22 and 23, that the following speakers will address the gathi ering: R. B. Hanna, C. H. Worden and Theodore Thieme of this city; H. W. Heegstra of Chicago, Ralph Clark of Anderson and Harry H. Tolles of Chicago. Holiday Oranges I I will' send to any address select oranges nicely packed upon receipt of $2.50 per box or $1.25 per half box. E. PEACOCK, Tarpon Springs, Fla - Dec. 20.