The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-02
Henry Heuth, Trailed by
Police, Cuts Wrist
and Throat.
WOUNDS ARE NOT FATAL
Believed to Have Procured
Clothes at Mothers Home.
Visited a BarToom.

Henry Heuth. believed to be the muir
derer OF Mrs. Agnes Levi. whose throat
was cut from ear TO ear at III 4
Street northwest. at 10 o'clock last night,
attempted suicide in an alley between l.
and NJ and Four-and-a-half and Sixth
Streets southwest, shortly after lO
o'clock this morning.
He was taken TO the Emergency Hos
pltal. where II is thought he viii re-
cover. The weapon with which Heuth
sought to end his own life was a case
knife, with which he cut his throat and
wrist. The detectives were hot on his
trail, and his attempt at suicide was
due to fear OF immediate arrest
Screams of Murder.
Persons passing along E Street. be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets
northwest about 10 o'clock last night
were startled by screams Of murder"
Mrs. Roth. who lives in the house where
the tragedy occurred. also heard the
screams. Policemen Lewis and Williams
and Z. Martin, an emplOye Of a near
by lunch room. ran to the scene.
On the floor in the hall on the third
story OF the house they found an elderly
woman lying in a pool OF blood. The
Emergency ambulance was called The
woman died on the way to the hospital
Investigation proved her 10 be Mrs.
Levi, who, with man named Henry
Heuth, many years her junior, occupied
apartments IN the house.
Escaped in Underclothes.
When Martin, who was passing the
house. heard the screams. he stopped,
and then heard the sounds OF a scunle.
Looking up toward the window. he saw
a man. clad in his underclothing. step
up in the window and pause. prepara-
tory 70 jumping. When the man saw
persons gathering in the street he fell
back into the room. Martin rushed up
stairs and as he got 10 the second floor
he saw man escaping at the back Of
the house
The two policemen then Joined in the
chase. The fugitive. however. escaped
and eluded pursuit until this morning.
Detectives were Immediately put on
the trail. About o'clock this morning
IL was learned that Heuth had visited
a barroom on First Street. between c
and u Streets southwest. last night
and again shortly after O'Clock this
morning He told the bartender that
he was in trouble.
ii turned out afterwards that he had
been TO the home Of his mother on ID
Street southwest. There. IL is presumed,
ne procured clothing, as he was fully
dressed when at the barrOOm last night
and this morning.
Found in an Alley.
Inspector Hartigan was on his way to
Mrs. Heuths house when the news
reached him that Heuth had been taken.
His attempt al suicide was made In an
alley back Of the house Of a Mr.. Bieber.
for whom he worked. Officers FarQu-
har and Lester. who were the first TO
reach him, had a struggle with him be-
fore they could get him into the ambu-
lance
When Heuth reached the Emergency
Hospital his wounds were dressed. Al
though suffering and weak from loss Of
blood ne was found in no immediate
danger. Heuth would make no state
ment.
one Of the cuts was across his wrist
and the other across his windpipe. Had
the cut on his throat been an inch fur
ther TO the right or left II would have
resulted fatally The hospital physicians
say, however; that unless complications
develop Heuth Will recover.
Mother and Himself"
Heuth, a carpenter by trade, and be-
tween thirty and thirty-five years Of
age. came TO the f Street house about a
month ago and rented three rooms for
his mother and himself" Mrs Levi.
who came 10 live there with him, was a
large woman. considerably older than
he.
The couple quarreled all the time and
frequently fought Heuth drank often.
He had been drinking before the mur-
der occurred
Mrs Roth. who lived on the floor
above them. became acquainted with
the ill-mated couple. She wrote letters
for Mrs. Levi, who was uneducated and
could not write. The letters went TO
her two sons. George Murphy. who Is a
merchant al Summit, Idaho, and VIII
lam Murphy, a seaman on board the
L S. S. Columbia which Is now at the
Brooklyn navy yard. The police have
heard nothing from these men. Mrs.
Levi would never explain why her sons
were named Murphy while she went BY
the name OF Levi. She drew a pension
OF sl2 a month.
Heuths father lives at 63l Tenth
Street northeast. His mother is separ-
ated from her husband.
His haunts were In the southwest sec
tion Of the city for the most part.
where he drank a great deal, IL Is said.
and was frequently seen about the bar