State v. Susan

Prior to August, 1927, Frank Susan and his family were residing on a farm about two and one-half miles north of the town of Kennewick in Benton county. The family consisted of Frank Susan, the deceased; his wife, Antonia Susan, fifty-three years of age, the defendant; their married daughter, Annie Posick, seventeen years of age, and her new-born babe; Annie’s husband, Frank Posick; and Frank Susan, junior, the twelve-year-old son of Frank Susan and the defendant.

The Susans were Croatians, who came to the United States as man and wife in 1901. After living some time in the city of Tacoma,…