Willie Moebus’s homicidal “spell”
The Little Chicago Chronicles
When Willie Moebus’s attempt to shoot his wife failed, he stabbed her in the heart instead.
Even though Prohibition tried to take alcohol out of the hands of the people, lawmakers did nothing about helping people with alcohol issues, and if a fellow wanted a drink bad enough, he’d find one.
Willie Moebus, 49, of 258 Walnut street, was on the third day of a weekend bender when he went to visit his estranged wife at her late brother’s house on Sunday, March 8, 1925. There had been several court filings in the past two years between them, most recently a petition for divorce filed by Addie Moebus.
Just a week before the fatal day, William Moebus had filed his response asking that his wife’s petition be dismissed. She said that he had been a habitual drunk for the past five years, that he often drove her away from home, threatening to kill her, then would beg for reconciliation.