State v. Busse

Tbe defendant and Lena Cassman were married in tbe latter part of tbe year 1900, be at tbe time being a widower with two small children. After tbeir marriage they lived on a farm in Butler county, Iowa, where be killed her on tbe 18th day of June, 1901. Tbeir married life, though short, bad not been an altogether happy one, for they were both of hasty temper, and frequently quarreled over *320unimportant matters, and in some of tbeir quarrels tbe defendant assaulted Ms wife. On the day of tbe wife’s death tbe family consisted of tbe husband and wife, three small children, and Henry Schneider, a…