ARTIE M BACON, CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HER HUSBAND
Artie M. Bacon, Niobrara, was charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of her husband, Charles Bacon.
Mrs. Bacon first signed a confession in which she admitted poisoning her husband with arsenic, but claimed the act had followed a violent quarrel when he threatened her with a shotgun.
A second and corrected confession..."I procured the arsenic used in the capsules at Soulek's Pharmacy in Niobrara last spring, I do not remember the exact date. I took the arsenic home and after taking out a small portion, I returned the balance to the drug store. The same day I prepared the capsules. I thought about giving them to my husband at different times after that up to the time I actually gave them to him, but could never fully make up my mind until the night of July 6 or early morning of July 7, 1936. I gave them to him, when he asked for headache tablets. I first started to throw them in the stove, but changed my mind and gave them to him.
My real motive in doing this was that I no longer cared for my husband, but had grown to care for a neighbor, Ed Stubben, a widower. I thought that if my husband was out of the way, Stubben and I might marry.
I further wrote a note and put it in the truck to make it appear that Charles had committed suicide, but in fact I wrote this note."--Artie M. Bacon
Ed Stubben was cleared of any wrong doing. Mrs. Bacon was found guilty. She served a life sentence in the Women's State Reformatory at York, Nebraska.
...The Creighton News 8 Oct 1936
Artie M. Bacon, Niobrara, was charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of her husband, Charles Bacon.
Mrs. Bacon first signed a confession in which she admitted poisoning her husband with arsenic, but claimed the act had followed a violent quarrel when he threatened her with a shotgun.
A second and corrected confession..."I procured the arsenic used in the capsules at Soulek's Pharmacy in Niobrara last spring, I do not remember the exact date. I took the arsenic home and after taking out a small portion, I returned the balance to the drug store. The same day I prepared the capsules. I thought about giving them to my husband at different times after that up to the time I actually gave them to him, but could never fully make up my mind until the night of July 6 or early morning of July 7, 1936. I gave them to him, when he asked for headache tablets. I first started to throw them in the stove, but changed my mind and gave them to him.
My real motive in doing this was that I no longer cared for my husband, but had grown to care for a neighbor, Ed Stubben, a widower. I thought that if my husband was out of the way, Stubben and I might marry.
I further wrote a note and put it in the truck to make it appear that Charles had committed suicide, but in fact I wrote this note."--Artie M. Bacon
Ed Stubben was cleared of any wrong doing. Mrs. Bacon was found guilty. She served a life sentence in the Women's State Reformatory at York, Nebraska.
...The Creighton News 8 Oct 1936
ARTIE M BACON, CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HER HUSBAND
Artie M. Bacon, Niobrara, was charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of her husband, Charles Bacon.
Mrs. Bacon first signed a confession in which she admitted poisoning her husband with arsenic, but claimed the act had followed a violent quarrel when he threatened her with a shotgun.
A second and corrected confession..."I procured the arsenic used in the capsules at Soulek's Pharmacy in Niobrara last spring, I do not remember the exact date. I took the arsenic home and after taking out a small portion, I returned the balance to the drug store. The same day I prepared the capsules. I thought about giving them to my husband at different times after that up to the time I actually gave them to him, but could never fully make up my mind until the night of July 6 or early morning of July 7, 1936. I gave them to him, when he asked for headache tablets. I first started to throw them in the stove, but changed my mind and gave them to him.
My real motive in doing this was that I no longer cared for my husband, but had grown to care for a neighbor, Ed Stubben, a widower. I thought that if my husband was out of the way, Stubben and I might marry.
I further wrote a note and put it in the truck to make it appear that Charles had committed suicide, but in fact I wrote this note."--Artie M. Bacon
Ed Stubben was cleared of any wrong doing. Mrs. Bacon was found guilty. She served a life sentence in the Women's State Reformatory at York, Nebraska.
...The Creighton News 8 Oct 1936
Artie M. Bacon, Niobrara, was charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of her husband, Charles Bacon.
Mrs. Bacon first signed a confession in which she admitted poisoning her husband with arsenic, but claimed the act had followed a violent quarrel when he threatened her with a shotgun.
A second and corrected confession..."I procured the arsenic used in the capsules at Soulek's Pharmacy in Niobrara last spring, I do not remember the exact date. I took the arsenic home and after taking out a small portion, I returned the balance to the drug store. The same day I prepared the capsules. I thought about giving them to my husband at different times after that up to the time I actually gave them to him, but could never fully make up my mind until the night of July 6 or early morning of July 7, 1936. I gave them to him, when he asked for headache tablets. I first started to throw them in the stove, but changed my mind and gave them to him.
My real motive in doing this was that I no longer cared for my husband, but had grown to care for a neighbor, Ed Stubben, a widower. I thought that if my husband was out of the way, Stubben and I might marry.
I further wrote a note and put it in the truck to make it appear that Charles had committed suicide, but in fact I wrote this note."--Artie M. Bacon
Ed Stubben was cleared of any wrong doing. Mrs. Bacon was found guilty. She served a life sentence in the Women's State Reformatory at York, Nebraska.
...The Creighton News 8 Oct 1936
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