The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-22
MRS. AD GILBERT DESDE6 OFWOUNDS INFLICTED NEARLY AGO

POSSIBLE TO say with certainty. though
the chances are that The former was
the case.
A Maze of Perplexity.
The evidence gathered in this mos
mysterious case forms a veritabIe maze
OF perplexity-
Oh the day when the crime was com
mitted. an examination Of the occupants
Of the home was made at Police Head
quarters. but the result. according to
the testimony Of the detectives did not
tend to throw the least ray Of light
on the matter. A bloody shirt was found
next day in the room Of enc Of the oe-
cuoants.
He was promptly Hurried to Police
/ Headquarters. and put through rigid
/ examination. He soon established to the
satisfaction of the detectives that the
|bIoodslains were received in an acct
/ dent several nights before, and he was
reluctantly let go
/ Smith Wincheu. tle man who loTcei
the lock Of Mrs. Dennis room. stated
/ that on the night of the assault. be at
tended the theater, returning home
about 1850 O'Clock. He said that he
stopped moment on the little porch
adjacent to the balcony. while taking
his doorkey from his pocket. but saw
and heard nothing
a boy named Willie Lansdals. OF 1913
I Street mort invest, stated to the police
that he saw man on the Dorch 81 the
Dennis home late Monday night Mr.
WincheII stated that he might have been
the man. This boys evidence was called
to bear on subsequent development
which viii be described hereafter.
A newspaper ncn who roomed at the
Dennis residence. returned home on the
morning Of the tragedy at about AIS
O'Clock He stated that he saw nothing.
and heard nothing which attracted his
attention.
DR.. Hooe. whose ,nice is near New
York Avenue and Thirteenth Street, told
= the police that late on Monday night
} (he sth) while be was standing on
the porch of his home. he heard per
sons quarreling in the park nearby
-
parenty engaged in wrangle. Before
he could acquaiut himself with any
facts concerning the trouble. Dr.. Hooe
stated the couple seemingly patched VI
D their differences and departed from the
park. The fact that Dr. Hooe was one
! of the physicians who first ~attendec
ON the stricken woman. and the in
F7sT IN, yg-ffa
he saw talthough it cannot be ascertain
e ed that ne identified the woman a.
T Mrs. Dennis) gays this apparently
e trivial incident more weight than
: would seem - first. perhaps, TO possess
Heard a Woman's Scream
. Just before daylight on the mornint
j when Mrs. Dennis almost Iifeless bod
r was discovered a woman's scream wa
% heard in the neighborhood Of the Den
J. mis- residence. It was not believed tina
- Mrs. Dennis left her residence 1T all o
the night OF The assault. especially a
r such an hour as that when screams wer
heard. Neither the Identity Of III
woman who screamed nor the cause wa
k discovered oy the police; neither va
anything learned about the man an
n woman described by DR.. Hooe as quar-
= reIing late that night in the neighbol
- hood.
IF The coIored porter at Mrs DENIM
,s was first strongly suspected He state
that he was sent on an errand by Mr.
Dennis on the evening Of the 9Th.
:. was. he said, in the habit Of locking II
. trent door after him. and he was SUI
~ he did SO on that occasion When
: returned he found the door open al
aiar- ---
The coIorede butler OF one Of the hous
near the Dennis residence stated that
i. was called to the door on the san
as evening and found there two women. OF
H. Of whom he said strongly resembIed Mr.
g. Dennis, judging from her pictures
be published III the daily papers One
II | the women asked him II a certain pc
e son lived there, and on his replying
o the negative they departed He stat
on it as his impression that the won,
n we're somewhar under the influence
I want more-if it's H