Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-07


turning to SHELLS house. that she told her
mother her reasons. Her explanation in
volved serious accusation against the pen
sion Office clerk. whose home Is on Bennng
road. just around the corner from where the
girl lived.
She told on me-" was about the only -ex-
PLANTATION of the motive that was given by
Smell yesterday.
Attacks the Mother.
After killing the child, whom he found
in bed when ne reached her home. Smell at
tackled Mrs. Wcisenberger. and would have
killed her bad she not made a desperate
fight for her life. AS it was she got off
with a few cuts and bruises Several cuts
were inflicted on her wrist and arm, but
she was not seriously injured.
AS Smell walked from the house he closed
the blOOd-Stained razor. and proceeded to-
ward the country. He succeeded in getting
over the muddy stretch of road between
the scene OF the crime and Benning bridge
and stopped on the bridge for few sec
Onds. After looking up and down the
stream he renewed his journey only to fall
into the clutches of Mounted Policeman
Pat Creagh OF the Benning squad
Charles Rupert and James Robinson had
followed him from the scene of the murder
and AT times Smell acted as if he feared
violence at their hands. 1t is stated that
several stones We're thrown at him, but
zone hit him. The policeman relieved
him of the razor that he still had in his
pocket. and. with which, it was thought,
he intended to take his own life.
Charles Weisenberger. father of the muir
dered child. was at home when Smell called
the latter being sometimes referred to as
Judge Smell, because of his resemblance
to the late judge of that name. Mrs. Weis-
enberger was in the kitchen preparing
breakfast for her husband who is employed
at the abattoir al BcnDing.
Greeting Mr.. Weisenberger at the door,
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bucket was empty, but Mr.. Weisenberger
said he would fill it, and started to the
pump. He had not been told of the trouble
between the big man and his little daugh-
ter Friday last, when Smell was informed
that he could not have the girl in his fam
lily again, he made the remark. Lizzie and
| will die together" but the child's father
had been kept in ignorance of what was
said on this occasion. Had he understood
all, he would probably not have gone AWAY
so willingly. and the life of his child might
nave been saved
Seeks His Victim.
AS soon as the father left the house Smell
went in search of his intended victim. He
passed the bed in the middle room on which
she was sleeping and appeared at the kitch-
en- door. He said Good morning to Mrs.
Weisenberger, but the latter wished him no
good. She ordered him out of the house
telling him that Lizzie had told her of his
mouse was repeated several times f,.1t ha
said nothing Turning to the middle, Dom.
he found the little girl sleeping and in an
olher PED IN the same room Henry, her ten
yeaf-oiC brother was resting, although he
was not asleep. Taking little Lizzie Dartlv
In his arms, he aroused her and seemed To
whisper something to her. Then he took
mold OF her hair and. throwing back her
mead, used the razor. Two cuts across the
throat severed the head almost from the
body. while third attempt resulted i'm the
cutting OF piece of flesh from the child G
cheek Little Henry, who could have heen
picked up by Smell and thrown across the
street, heard his sister cry Murder Then
he saw the razor used, and, little as he is
ne attacked the big man and attempted TO
use his tiny fist on him.
Mrs. Weisenberger who had gone in tho
room to protect her daughter was as
saulted by Smell she was knocked down
by him. and he then attempted to treat her
as ne had treated the daughter. Her arm
was raised in tine to keep the razor from
her throat. and thus her life was spared,
Mr.. Weisenberger had dropped his bucket of
water, when he heard the outcries and al
though he saw the blood on Snell's cloth
ing when he met him just outside the
house, he did not imagine that his visit ha d
resulted so disastrously. He made an eff
fort to disable the fleeing murderer and
would have followed him had not Mr.
Kraft, who lives on the upper floor of the
house, stopped him. He feared such action
on the part of the aged man might resnJt in
his being murdered. "
Smell turned in the direction of his own
home, where he had left his wife and chill
dren only a few minutes before. hut he
| turned and went north in the direction of
Mulligan's hill. Several citizens followed
and saw him turn and go in the direction of
the eastern branch. He then endeayored to
reach the road again, and in doing so oct
| in the marsh. Climbing the fence he wa :
again on the muddy road. but PoIiceman
Creag soon took charge of him and Turned
| his head toward the city.
Tho os
His clothes were covered with evidence
| of his crime, and he had not even taken
! the trouble to wipe the blood from tho
| weapon. When the ninth precinct station
was reached the officers found in ono Of
\ his pockets an instrument used in the mem
| sion office for puncturing packages of
papers. 1t resembles an awl and might
have been used as weapon had il become
necessary.
Smell had nothing to say to the officers
| or reporters, except that his memory was
| defective. What had occurred during the
morning hours was blank to him. he
| said. This was interpreted by the officers
as the groundwork for plea of insanity.