The Criminal Imbecile: An Analysis of Three Remarkable Murder Cases — John Shaqi
The Criminal Imbecile: An Analysis of Three Remarkable Murder CasesGoddard, Henry Herbert
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The Criminal Imbecile: An Analysis of Three Remarkable Murder Cases
Goddard, Henry Herbert
Crime -- Case studies; Murder -- Case studies; Offenders with mental disabilities -- Case studies
I went to work at the Wilson farm about October 7th; I boarded with
George March and his wife; George worked on the farm too; he was the
butter maker; from the time I went to the farm, George was always kind
and good to me; George had charge over me when Lew was not there;
George would loan me money when I wanted any, and several times took
me to Gradyville with him, when he would take me over to the hotel and
treat me to a drink; about a week or two after I went to the farm,
George had a fight with his wife at the dinner table; George told her
she was too intimate with Lew and a painter, who was working there;
she talked back to George and George threw things at her; after dinner
George told me that what he said to his wife was true; that was the
first I knew about George's trouble with his wife; after that George
talked to me about his wife all the time; once I told George I would
like to go West; one day George said he was going to take the painter
to law, and get some money from him, and if I would stick by him, he
would divide up with me and take me West. Afterwards he talked more
about Lew and his wife; one day he said if it didn't stop, he would
break up, sell the furniture, and go West, and that if I would save my
money to help out, he would take me with him; one day George's wife
was away all day, Lew was away that day too; they came home about the
same time; George told me afterwards that he accused his wife of being
with Lew; that night Lew came in the cow stable while George and I
were milking; they had some words, but I could not hear what they
said; George looked pretty mad and Lew was excited; George told me
afterwards that he had accused Lew of being with his wife and Lew
denied it; he also said it was as much as he could do to keep from
getting up and smashing Lew in the face. On several different times
when we were working together, George said that if Lew didn't stop
going with his wife, he would put a stop to it; George had charge over
me when Lew was not at the farm, and one time when I asked Lew for
some money to buy shoes, he would only give me two dollars, and gave
five dollars to George to buy shoes for me; after the first of
November, George said, "Lew hasn't paid me. I wonder why"; he said
this on two or three different occasions; on Thursday, November 6th,
George came to me and said, "Well, Rol, Lew paid me to-day." I said,
"Did he?" and he says, "Yes, he had a big bunch of money on him. Did
you ever see a thousand dollar bill?" I said, "No, I never saw one."
He says, "Well, neither did I. What figures ought a thousand dollar
bill have on it?" I says, "I don't know. A thousand is one and three
noughts after it." He says, "Well, I asked the Mrs. about it, and if
that's right he had one of them on him." This took place Thursday
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