Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-13
Police Station Notified.

Officer Duvaii ran out to the street and
to the nearest telephone where he called
up the fifth precinct station and informed
them of the tragedy. Sergeant Mulhall,
acting lieutenant, ordered out the wagon
and all the reserves to the scene and left
instructions for the men on duty TO also
go there The wagon soon arrived and IL
was seen that there WIS chance of saving
Mrs. Souder's life. She was hurried to@the
Providence Hospital. She is shot in the
mouth and neck, on the right side and IN
the arm. 1t is said at the noSpital tlat
she may recover
After the firing of the shots nefghbors ana
others hurried to the scene OF the shooting,
and a large crowd gathered and. pressed
around the house and inside. but when the
reserves of the fifth precinct station arrived
they cleard the house and yard The crowd
waited, however. to see the bodies OF thS
two dead men removed from the house TO
the morgue wagon GOSSIP was running
wild and many rumors were a1oat about
the crime and its cause. But those most
familiar with 1t agree to the statement OF
facts as presented in the foregoing Nor.
gan found by Morgue Master Shone
berger to have been shot twice, once I'm the
head and once I'm the arm. Souder shot
himself but once, placing the revolver
against the right side of his head. The bull
let went through his head and struck a mir
ror in the sideboard in the room smashing
1t to pieces. He evidently sat chair
when he shot himself. and the concussion
floor. with his feet in the chair.
All but one of the six bullets which were
fired took effect. Two bullets struck the
woman, two lodged In Morgan. one went
eide. The marks of the bullets which went
astray were found over the sink In the
kitchen, where they struck brick wall.
Theory Of the Police
According to the theory of the police Sou
der knew Morgan was there when he went
into the house with his wife. He remained
In the parlor, while Mrs. Souder went to the
kitchen. where Morgan was preparing sup
per- the remains of which were still to be
seen this morning on the stove and on the
table About ten minutes later or possibly
In shorter time. Souder went from
the parlor through the dining room
and stood in the door of the kitchen.
Morgan was in the middle of the
room. and Mrs. Souder had apparently
been about to sit down al a seat near the
dining room door. From the door Souder,
It is believed. delivered the shots. One
struck Mrs Souder I'm the back of her
neck and came out of her mouth, and an
other struck her in the arm. Another
shot. fired at Morgan. knocked him over
and 1t is though that Souder finished him
with the second shot Morgan was not
able 10 move and he was shot before he
could dodge. The woman seems to have
run for the back door at the time of the
shooting. but did not get out before she
was overcome. She was found near the
door. as stated, where she had fallen
Souder evidently thought he had ended two
lives and he went into the dining room
where he procured the other revo,ver and
shot himself with that.
Some mystery at first surrounded the
two, but it is believed that the first ones
to go into the house after the shooting d.s-
placed them in their excitement. The one
found in Souders hand, it Is believed, had
only one shot out of IT. The other, found
on chair in the kitchen, was empty
Enmity Toward Morgan.
Souder's Ill feeling for Morgan was well
known about the nelghborhood. and 1t was
at times feared he would do something
desperate. Only short time ago he boast
ed to one Of the neighbors. 1t is said, that
he was going to make clean sweep of It,
In his pocket also there was found letter
from 'Addie.' which stated that 1t was
hoped he had had no trouble with
George taken to mean Morgan
According to Mr.. Weeks the brother-in
law OF Souder, he had taken several re-
volvers away from Souder recently. He
feared, he said. that Souder might do harm
with them. 1t was also stated at the car
barns. where Souder used to put In his
leisure time. that he had a loaded revolver
several days ago, which he showed to some
of those there.
Detectives O'Brien. Parham Peck and
Warren were assigned to the case last
evening, soon as 1t was reported to
police headquarters. and they assisted in
obtaining information for the use of the
coroner