Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 14
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, June 5, 1902
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KILLED HUSBAND.
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(Missing) Him With a Pistol, Pro-
ducing Death.
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Family Troubles The Cause.
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       Sadie Wallace, a young negress, is in the county jail on a charge of killing her husband.  The killing occurred near Mooreville Wednesday.
       Sim Wallace, the husband of the woman, was in the field at work and Sadie took a pistol and going out there killed him instantly.
       She was brought to Marlin and lodged in jail.  The only reason she gives for the act is that family troubles caused it.  She declines to say any other statement.
       She is a young looking woman of average intelligence.

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