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SORDID TALE OFiPAINESVTLLE, Ohio.—(UP)— Blue eyod Vc’ma Weit. 21. dangh-. tor of a prominent East Cleveland Jfanilljr. awaited arraignment Thursday for tho hammc* murder of her husband. Edward West Tho woman might have gassed for a co-ed or a' society debutante as ahe aat In- her cell In the county jail.She seemc-d tired but showed little concern over the death of her husband. IWith a cigarette Mitel between | her lips, Mrs. West told her story • to County Prosecutor Seth Psnlln. | “I accompanied my husband to : (he family physlrian Into V-*- \ day, she aald. He had be-m sick 1 and was not feeling veH. When we got home *we quarrelled. Kv husband said something I didn’t like. I saw tho claw hammor ly. lag-on.a shelf. It cut me to the bone, the statement he made. I struck him over the head, once, perhaps many times.“Then I strapped his body to the bed and tied his hands and feet. The blood was streaming but I went Into *ths washroom and carefully obliterated the stains, , 2ater changing Into a party dress. , When first questoned. 'Mrs. West steadily maintained an alibi. . She was not at home Tuesday night i and knew nothing of tho murder, i She had attended a bridge party |Id yon leave the back t door open. the prosecutor sharply | querrled. jWith the simple question rV broke down and admitted the ]West, wealthy nurseryman, was , fensd murder**! In his homo early | Wednesday. His body was batter- * ed. almost beyond recognliion. A j | deep ga3h was ou his forehead.murder.
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Athens Banner Herald
Athens, Georgia, US
Thu, Dec 08, 1927
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