SHAFFER, Augustus Le
Shaffer, a 39-year-old white man, was employed by the U, S, Govern~
ment Printing Office in Washington, D. C, He and his wife, the for~
mer KARMAXXHSXIXRE Katherine Ivey, were divorcedamst and she and their
three children were living with her father, the book keeper in a
Washington bank. O®arly on the evening of August 22, 1903, they
accidentally met on a Washington street and comversed for a few
minutes before Shaffer exclaimed: "Kate, its my time and my chance
now," grabbed her throat and slashed her throat with a razor, sever=
ing her juglar vein and the cartoid artery. The murder was committed
in view of a number of witnesses and Shaffer was arrested almost
immediately. Convicted and sentenced to die, he was hanged in the
District of Columbia Jail in Washington on Fb. 10, 1905.
Birmingham NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, 2-10-1905
SHAFFER, Augustus L.
Shaffer, a 39-year-old white man, was employed by the U, S, Govern~
ment Printing Office in Washington, D. C, He and his wife, the for-
mer EARMABXHOXIREE Katherine Ivey, were divorcedam#t and she and their
three children were living with her father, the book keeper in a
Washington bank. M@arly on the evening of August 22, 1903, they
accidentally met on a Washington street and comversed for a few
mimates before Shaffer exclaimed: "Kate, its my time and my chance
now," grabbed her throat and slashed her throat with a razor, sever-
ing her juglar vein and the cartoid artery. The murder was committed
in view of a nunber of witnesses and Shaffer was arrested almost
immediately. Convicted and sentenced to die, he was hanged in the
District of Columbia Jail in Washington on Fide 10, 1905.
Birmingham NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, 2-10-1905
SHAFFER, Augustus 1.
Shaffer, a 39-year-old white man, was employed by the U, S. Govern-
nent Printing Office in Washington, D, C, He and his wife, the for-
ner FARMHOUSE Katherine Ivey, were divorcedamt and she and their]
three children were living with her father, the book keeper in a
Washington bank. Barly on the evening of August 22, 1903, they
accidentally met on a Washington street and conversed for a few
mimtes before Shaffer exclaimed: "Kate, its my time and my chance
ing her juglar vein and the cartoid artery. The murder was
in view of a number of witnesses and Shaffer was arrested almost
immediately. Convicted and sentenced to die, he was hanged in the
District of Columbia Jail in Washington on Fibs 10, 1905.
Birmingham NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, 2-10-1905
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