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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1901.

This morning, as she recounted the details that led to the killing of her husband,

Mrs. Sadie Connie moaned, quote, I suffered the most peculiar foreboding last night.

Last night, I spent several hours in helping my son with his arithmetic lesson.

At 10 o'clock, my husband closed the store and retired. The boy had

completed his lessons and was placed in bed. It seemed that I could not retire at the usual

hour. I went into the store and tried all the doors and windows and found them secure. Then I went into the kitchen and repeated my precautions.

I called the dog Bobby, but he was not to be seen.

I thought it strange that he was not in his accustomed place on the doorstep.

All the lights in the rear of the house were still burning. I sat down and began reading a story.

I do not know how long I had been reading when, notwithstanding my dread, I fell asleep.

I woke up with a start.

I found the lights burning as usual.

All was silent.

There seemed to be no danger. I went around the doors again

and found them locked. I picked up my book and began to read. My husband and my little son were

both asleep. I lay down on the edge of the boy's bed and fell asleep again. I was aroused by a weight on my shoulders and a pungent odor, which I at once realized as the climax of the terrible something that I had been foretold would happen.

I knew I was being chloroformed. I did not call loudly for help. It seemed useless to do so. I felt that I would

be killed, but the others would be saved. I prayed aloud, God save us, God save my husband and boy.

I heard a rough voice say, hush, hush, keep still, don't utter a word.

Then I opened my eyes.

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