Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — Murdered for Alleged Gossipiog. [ARTICLE]

Murdered for Alleged Gossipiog.

William Woodhull, a farmer residing at Laurel, L. 1., shot and killed Martha Williamson, a neighbor, Thursday night and then committed suicide. It is said that the woman had been gossiping about Woodhull and a young woman to whom he was engaged.