Held in mate's slaying

Associated Press · November 19, 1953

Mrs. Dorothy Renner, 43, the police say bludgeoned her sleeping husband to death early today because he moved the family too often, steps from a police van on arrival at Queens Felony Court for arraignment. Richard Renner, 43, was found dead beside his bed in the family's apartment, his head battered with a stone-cutter's hammer. According to police, Mrs. Renner attempted suicide with the couple's ten-year-old son after the slaying, but the youth escaped and notified neighbors.