Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-09
Faith in Daughters Innocence.

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Mrs Dabney, the mother Of Mrs. Alberta
| Dapney Storrs when seen this morning
! by a reporter of The Star at her apart
| ment In the Astoria, corner 3D. and q
| streets northwest. said II expect before
the close of the day to receive telegram
| that my daughter has been dismissed"
| Mrs. Dabney seemed to be very much
| worried over the fact that her daughter
| was In trouble and that she was not near
| her to be of aid and comfort to her. I'M
| medlately upon the receipt of the news
| that her daughter had been fncarcerated
| upon the charge of killing her husband,
| Mrs. D&bney telegraphed to her other
daughter Mrs. Edward Cutter, telling her
| to obtain the best legal talent to be had
| for Mrs Storrs defence
| This was done at once, and Mrs Dabney
| decided to await the issue with the hope
that her daughter would be speedily via-
| dicated IF the case should go against her
| daughter and she should he held upon the
| charge at the conclusion of the preliminary
| bearing, Mrs. Dabney viii start at once
for Los Angeles.
While Mrs Dabney has heard nothing,
| with the exception of what was contained
/ in several brief kilograms from the CALI
| fornta city. she says her daughter told one
| story at the start and has maintained all
| the time that that story was correct IN
| every particular.
| Mrs. Dabney Is the widow of the late
| Lieut.. Albert J. Dabney who died at .he
Marine Hospital in this city a few years
ago, and who was later buried in the Ar
| lington National cemetery. The couple had
| two children. Misses May and Alberta, who
curing their girlhood were considered 10
be among the citys prettiest girls. While
tney resided In the city they lived at the
Cumberland apartment house at I4th street
and Thomas Circle. Several years ago Miss
May Dabney became the bride of Edward
| Cutter, who resided in this city and who
a pf ha Lat AR
Stickney, who was prominent in Baptist
circles of this city, and who founded the
| Stickney Home. Shortly after the adjust
| ment of the Stickney estate Mr. and Mrs
| Cutter left this city and took UP their res
dence In California account of Mr. Cu.-
| ters falling health Recently Mrs Gutter
hied proceedings for divorce from her
| husband.
Meets Her Future Husband.
Shortly after they removed to Los An
| geles and about four years ago Miss AL
berta removed to that city TO make her
home with her sister. There she met Ro-
| land Smonds Storrs, who had formerly
| lived in England The couple fell In love-
with the result that after an engagement
| lasting for about two years they were mar
| ried in November, 1905. Shortly after the
| wedding the friends of the family I'm this
! city received cards of announcement, and
the young couple to all appearances were
happily welded. 1t was the runfor that
| Mr.. Storrs was wealthy and that he main
| tanned a beautiful home at Monrovia Cal.
| Word had come to the friends in this city
| from Mrs. Storrs of the pleasant life she
| was leading, and recently, when Mrs. Dab
| ney returned to Washington from a visit
| to her, she brought news of her daughters
| complete happiness. Then came the sad
| news of the death of Mr.. Storrs by pistol
| shot through the heart and the subsequent
| charge against his young wife. The friends
| of the family In this city cannot believe
| Mrs. StorrS was in any way connected with
| her husbands death.
| Story Of the Death.
The story of the death of Mr. storrs be-
| gins with the seemingly happy life the
| couple were living The evening of the al
| legged murder Mr.. and Mrs. Storrs had as
their guest for dinner Henry Westorpe, an
| Englishman. Upon the conclusion of the
| dinner, and about o'clock Mrs. Storrs left
the company of her husband and the guest
| and retired to her apartment 1t is stated
| that later Mr.. Storrs and Westorpe drove to
| Los Angeles, which is only a short distance
| from Monrovia. About midnight Storrs re-
| turned home and after entering his res
| idence proceeded at once to his sleeping
| apartment
Mrs Storrs relates that as soon as he
| came into the room she saw he had been
| drinking heavily and that as he came
] across the room he went to the bureau and
picked up his revolver. With the pistol In
| wife and told her that she did not love him
| as she should. Continuing. Mrs Storrs
| says he kissed her and then placed the re-
volver against her breast with the remark
| that he was going to kill her
She is reported saying that she told
him to go ahead and with that she dozed
| off to sleep. Shortly thereafter. Mrs. Storrs
declares, she was awakened by the report
| OF the pistol, and she got out of bed she
saw her husband lying on the floor in
| death struggle Mrs. Storrs, it is also de-
1 clared made the statement that her hus-
| band took her In his arms after being shot,
| and. after telling her he loved her, expired
| Views of the Officials.
| According to the officials having charge of
! the case. 1t Is declared that Storrs. after
| having been shot through the heart could
not have done Mrs. Storrs says he did.
1t Is stated that the evidence which goes
| to prove that Mrs Storrs fired the shot
that ended her husbands life Is purely cir
cumstantiai. but the prosecution contends
that IL she did not fire the shot she Is
aware who did. The motives advanced for
the killing Is that Sterrs carried both acef-
dent and life insurance
After Mrs. Storrs had been arrested she
was released upon $4,000 bail for her APP
pearance at the examination With Mrs.
Storrs and Mrs. Cutter is Mrs Fripp or
this city, their aunt who ID sister Of Mrs.
Dabney.