Lillian Affolter 1891-1927

AFFOLTER, BLIVEN

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 6/1/2008 at 18:10:35

Grinnell (IA) Register; Oct. 3, 1927

MURDERED GIRL FORMERLY WAS LOCAL RESIDENT
Lillian Affolter Dies From Wound By Jealous Lover

Mrs. Lillian Affolter, known to many Brooklyn people, was the victim of a tragic murder at Chico, Calif., on September 14. Evidence shows that she was murdered by a disappointed suitor who took his own life after shooting Mrs. Affolter three times. Mrs. Affolter is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Fred Affolter of Brooklyn and is a sister of Walter Bliven, recently of Grinnell, and now of Pasadena. She also lived in Grinnell at one time.

Following is a part of the story of the murder which we clip from the Chico Enterprise:

Love rebuffed and possibly financial difficulties led to the shooting sometime Tuesday night of Mrs. Lillian Affolter followed by the suicide of William J. Wiseman, local suit salesman, in an automobile found at 4:30 yesterday afternoon on the Golf Links road near the Hooker Oak Swimming Pool.

Mrs. Affolter was last seen alive Tuesday evening at 6:30 when she left the J.C. Penney company's store where she had completed her first day as an employee for that firm.