The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-12
Lewis BerkIey Shoots Woman
Down at Gate to His House.
HER WOUNDS THOUGHT FATAL
Young Man. the Only Son of Widow.
Attempts to Kill Woman He Loved.
and Then Ends His Life in the
Hall of His Home-AiI Par
ties Quite Well Known
in the City.
in t h e City.

After firing two shots into the body of
Mrs. Annie kessler Anderson. of No 800
East Broad Street Lewis D. Berkley
youth OF twenty-one years. turned his
etiu smoking pistol and shot himself
through the heart. His death was IN
Simultaneous. The woman has little chance
for recovery.
The tragedy, one of the most shocking
In the history of the city, occurred about
a quarter after six. clock yesterday even
ing at no. 4l7 Duval Street, where Berk-
lev lives with his mother.
The wounded woman lies at the City
Hospital and attending physicians say
the chances are Largely against hef re-
covery The cause Of the tragedy couid
not be certainly learned from persons
knowing the parties TO the tragedy but
accoraing to the statement OF Mrs. Llllle
Meyer-s. Young I3erkley's mother, it was
probably due to Jealousy.
Berkley. from what could be learned
from his mother, was in love with Mrs
Anderson. and had been paying her de-
voteo attention since early last spring
when he first brough her to his home
and introduced her
Mrs. Anderson's husband, whom she
married in Norfolk more than two years
ago still lives, though she had not heafd
from him in many months.
In spite of these conditions, Befhley
loved the woman and was rather encour-
Gged in his attentions by her
The shooting occurred about O'CLOCK
In, The afternoon. a short while after I3erk-
lev had returned TO his home for supper
When the shots were fired upon MIS-.
.I,, rto si1f,rTi ssiss
ete,,s from the front door, in which BeTk-
lee was standing. Both balls took effect.
and though the wounded woman did not
fall. l5erkley, believing he had fired the
shots which would end her life. ran to the
top Of the steps in the hall, and there
putting the pistol to his left breast
pumped 8 ball into his heart and died
1lmost instantly in the narrow passage
way
DON'T LET HIM SHOOT.
Mrs Anderson in the excitement of the
moment and though terribly wounded
followed Berkley into the house and ran
10 the top of the stairs where she be-
held his body lying face downward in
the hall She did not seem TO consider
her own wounds but was more anxious
lest he shot himself and cried Don't
let him XIII himself as she entered the
door AS Mrs. Anderson turned a the
top of the stairs after seeing the dying
mans body. she staggered, put her hand
10 her breast and through her white
fingers ran the blood from the wound
i,lst below her heart She reached the
porch. but there became faint and was
carried into a bedroom on the first floor,
where her clothing was removed and two
Eastly wounds revealed.
The sound Of the shots in Che street
caused the greatest excitement and with
in a few minutes t4le house was sur
-
The ambulance was summoned and ar
rived on the scene in a Very few minutes.
bringing Drs. Flegcnheimer and SAN
didce. who were at once admitted to the
bedside Of the woman They found her
perfectel conscious, but bleeding inter
nally The first ball had entered the lett
breast lust below the heart and gone
across into the lower part of the right
lung. while the second had entered the
sn,sll of the back Mrs. Anderson had
evidently turned after the iirst shot was
fred at her. She spoke with the plSsi-
clans. answering their questions. ana eX-
messed a desire TO be taken to The hos
pitai rather than TO her home on account
OF the shock 1t would be TO her nothel.
CORONER VIEWED BoDY.
soon after Mrs Anderson had been re-
,,oved to the hospital, Coroner Taylor
arrived al the home and viewed the body
of x-,unr Berkley, which lay on the floor
in his own room.
When his body was examined there
appeared but one mark. That was
bioo,..ess black hole Immediately over
the heart, burned with the powder from
the nuzzle Of the pistol The plstol laS
at his side with three empty shells NO
tnouest will be held. The remains We're
removed from the home last night 'o
Bltleys undertaking rooms
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE
Mrs. Meyer. the mother OF BerlSley, gave
an account of the details leading up TO
the shooting to a Times reporter last
right. in which she seemed to think the
..ause was jealousy on the part OF her
son Of certain associations of Mrs. Ander-
son.
The mother said that Mrs Anderson had
npeat the previous night at The Berkley
nome, having gone to the matinee at the
Academy with her the evening before.
md that she in company with Berkley.
had left the house in the morning and
gone down the street. Her son was back
10 lunch about l o'clock and seemed in
good spirits when he went out after
wards She did not see him again until
he came in shortly before o'clock, Very
much excited. She asked him what the
trouble was TO which he made no reply
bur went up stairs to his room and put
q pistol in his pocket
She knew he had the pistol and eau
toned him against getting into trouble.
10 which he replied that he was nor look
lnc for trouble but that trouble had
come TO him.
FIRED THE PISTOL.
The young man sat down to supper but
had scarcely taken his seat when Mrs.
Anderson was seen coming towards the
house, down DuNal Street. lie jumped
up trom the table, fired q shot into the