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"slew sleeping husband Widow, Arrested After Funeral, Breaks Down and Confesses Crime Philadelphia, Dec. 11.?"First I hit him on th'e head with a haranrr.. then I chckcd him and turned on the era?," declared Mrs. Catharine JBarnetto, 33 years old. cf No. 313 Line street. Camden, Monday, cc<n fessir.fr to City Detective Troncone that she was responsible for the death cf her husband, Reginico. She said she- was led to kill her hus band because of his cruel treatment. The widow was arrested two weeks ago at the cemetery after Barr.'-tco'c burial, but the police then said she was he'd merely on suspicion, pend ing investigation of the crime. Locked up Kt the same time was Frank Stanneto, o("> years old, her cousin. Stanneto told the detectives * that on the night the man was found unconscious at his home hi* wife had been on a visit to his family. She said she fiad been dirven out of the house by her hu.;band. who hat' urged her to collect money due him from one cf her relatives. "I found him sleeping when 1 en tered the room," Mrs. Barnetto said in her confession, ''and rather than be beaten up again I decided to kill him." On the night Barr.e-tto - was found his wife te'ephored the po lice that he had attempted suicide by turning on the k"*- At Cooper ?Hospital the physicans could find" no signs of'gas poisoning, but .Coroner Holl 'found marks on the ;iieck and his'head. A pest mortem '.examination by County Physician (Stem showed that the man had :been slain. Detective Troneone wa.? then assigned to the case and ar rested the woman. "Rpeatedly the woman denied her guilt, but finally, in the presence of Detectives Troncone and Wha land, she broke down. '"1 thought I better ^ct rid of him before- he killed me," she said. The couple had been married 14 years and have four small children. They moved to Camden from Bethlehem, Pa. Stanetto will be held as a mate-rial witness, and the woman will I):- ar raigned en a charge of murder to morrow. TAKES CONTROL OF WELLS (arranza Scldiers Halt American Dr i 1 lers? Con f isca I e Toe Is The Mexican government is mak ing good its scheme to nationalize the oil industry. i from drilling oil wells and have ! locked up their tools under govern \ mnr.t seal. j This procedure on the part of the | Carranza administration was brought to the attention cf members of i Congress yesterday in a letter of protest from 21 American compa nies operating oil wells ir. Mexico. The matter also was placed di rectly before President Wilson in- a memorandum submitted by Chair man Payne, of the. Shipping Board, who is represented as apprehensive over the effect of the curtailment upon supplies of fuel oil fur the ! American merchant marine. ' At the sanu- time Chairman Payne i wrctv to Secretary of State Lan ' sing, urgently pressing the imnort rxn -v <vf prctcctin.r the American supply :;f Mexican fuel oil from il kgal interference by the Mexican government. WRECK NEGRO SCHOOL Ashcvilk', X. C., Dec. 11.? Sheriff Mitchell left here yesterday j to investigate charges thai uniden tified parties composed of white men and boys last night broke into and almost destroyed a negro school 1 house at Beaver l?am. 1(1 miles from Asheville, anil that yesterday af ternoon another group of white boys fired on negroes, injuring one of 1 them. j The first outbreak is believed to | ----- - : ???? have started over a fight between white and negro boys. Yesterday afternoon a group of white boys, it ?was charged, fired. a shotgun at a ?roup of negro children who were on their way home from school. A little girl was struck in the lvg by some of the shot but was not seriously hurt., A teacher from the negro school reported that every window had been broken from the schoclhouse ciurin.tr the. raid; doors were torn from their hinges and the stove torn down. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS What better Christmas present can you make ycur dear ones?or yourself?than a df*ed to a home of your own. Jts worthy of your deep est thought. Consult, us. we can help you. C. B. Lanhani and Co.. 118 "South Fairfax street. 294-.'k "Rat-Snap Boats the Best Trap E>er Made" Mrs. Emily Shaw Says "My husband bought. ?2 trap. 1 bought * ode uox of RAT-SNAP. The trap only caught 3 rats but RAT SNAP killed 12 in a week. I'm never without RAT-SNAP. Reckon I couldn't raise chicks without it." RAT SNAP come? in cakes. Three sixes. 2iic, oOc, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by R. U. Knight and Son, Alexandria; ' Mank'irs Stcro, Falls Church. V The Strangest Marriage on Record Richmond Theater Friday =and=; Saturday ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT HE SAID? "You shall never be a mother?never know the touch of a baby's hand. I married you not because I love you but because I hate you and all your family. . Imagine the husband of a beautiful woman starting married life that way? 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