The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-12
TIE MAN WAS MURDERED
Suspicion POINTS ION WIFE AZ
THE GUILTY ONE.
There WAS Another Man In tho Case, How
ever, and IL IL Possible that lilo
ID Il the Deed.

About IL o'clock last night Robert Lewis.
coiorcd man about thirty-three years
old. living with his wife At No. 920 Thirty
iirst street near the corner OF =, was
most brutally and inhumany murdered
by being shot with a pistol three times in
the abdomen by some unknown person.
At present the crime Is laid at the door
Of "a coiored man named Tom Williams
but from what ! could learn OF the affair
at late hour last nisht it seems that
his wife, Margaret. Is the guilty party.
Lewis and his wife have been married
eighteen months.
During this time they have quarrelled
continually, and very often came to
blows. Both are heavy drinkers.
Yesterday evening they got on car
at the Ola Market ana role to the car
sheds. where they got OH 90 20 nome.
Several people heard them quarrelling,
ana the woman accusing the man OF beng
drunk.
The next intimation that their neigh
boris had Of any serious results to the
quarrel Was at midnight. whcE they sud
denly heard three pistol shots coming
from the house where the couple lived
lHE Nt> WAS DEAD.
On entering the house they found the
man lying On his back dead, ana DIS WIFE
near HIM u MYSTERIES Stc WptlI tell
nothing about the affair, except That she
hdt b"tu ost ANA had come htch ana
found her husband dead. Margaret Ran
dolph, al old colorcd woman, living a
lew uoors away, claimed 10 be an eye
witness of tne affair, but from several
OF hey statements. rs well as from her
general way OF talking il is highly i'm
probable that what she said Is true.
Her statement WAS 10 the effect that
about 80 o'clock she was eating her sup
per. when she heard a crash. She went
ort ana found that part Of her paling
fence had been knocked down. She then
saw Lewis ana his wife lighting. Inc
man had his wife down, and So beating
her.
The negro named Tom Williams was
standing by watching, and he started 10
separate them. tn GA woman said she
told him TO let them fight
suddenly Wi lIms drew revolver;
walked up To- Lewis. who was still
heating his wife, and shot MIN ID the
abd1men. The wounded man made '9-
Nard Williams. who fired tW' more shots
~ bin. Lewis then staggered into his
house ana fel dad.
vuu rr >roHnors *AY.
This was the o'd womans version of
the affair. hut ] learned rom 'me Of
the ucignbors tina; Williams had zone
uu town before dark and mad not been
s-,n around The scene Of the murItL
since. Williams wife cooks FIR Mrs.
Cu.linpworth who lives in the western
part of the city. The family are away
AND Williams has TO sleep IN the house
ut night. lfa has a sister Who lives near
Lewis house ana whom DE frequently
visits
also found several Of the ncignbors,
who said that yesterday morning they
had seen the ma derel mans vie with q
revolver In her possession. AMI lhil "Ie
had threatened 90 dispose Of her Eu-b ind.
The house whore the shooting occurred
| is "a tWo-roDm"d negro thanty.
When ] entered it at "a late hour last
NIGHT Margaret was lying Ou tAe nooT
! screaming. PRAYING and cryinc. Sne
would answer no questions. 4 few ieet
away. lying on his back ODD pool OF hl5
own blood. WAS her dead mus band.
The ease has been put in the hands %!
| fine ralice. but mo- arrests were made last
niast after the corouers inquest IL ls
more than probable that some light VIII
/ be thrown upon the affair.