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I was in my bed, I was in my bed in my upstairs room when I heard my father descending the steps.

I heard my brother-in-law ask, how are you this morning, Dad?

And the only response was three shots. I started to dress hurriedly and ran downstairs as my father

came back upstairs. My sister was lying on the floor, and my brother-in-law had staggered out

of the house. Dad appeared at the head of the stairs in a moment crying,

Where is he?

Where is he?

Referring to Porter.

I told Father, you shot him and he left.

He made no answer, and about that time the police arrived and took us to the police station.

Father and my sister and brother-in-law had been quarreling over money matters for some time.

Dad had about $2,000 in the bank when he became ill three months ago.

He was taken to a hospital and a physician told the family Dad's mind appeared to be affected.

Before he left the hospital, Dad signed papers withdrawing about

$1,500 of his funds from the bank. Some of it was used to pay the doctors and hospital bills,

and part was used to purchase an automobile. We had learned that father was planning to loan money

to a relative to open a saloon, and we didn't want him to do this.

Dad was angry because the money had been withdrawn and he had been quarreling frequently with my sister and Porter about it.

This is what brought on the shooting. True Crime Historian presents an eye for an eye, a special edition of yesterday's news exploring the criminal justice system at its most extreme, inflicting the death penalty.

Episode 142 tells the story of a St. Louis family with a tendency to resort to

gun violence to solve its financial woes, imaginary or otherwise. The first crime was over a loan

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