Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-17

r. Won 1terSOn.
ing most of the time and doing nothing
to cause his attendant any uneasiness
During the night he had but little to say
to the policeman, making no remark to
indicate that he felt any remorse what
ever over the happening of yesterday.
This morning after breakfast he was
taken to the morgue, where he was pres
ent at the inquest.
Spent Comfortable Night.
Did you spend comfortable night?"
he was asked. upon his arrival at the
morgue.
L believe l did, was the quiet re-
Spouse. Il know 1 1ozed a little, but
don't know just how much
He had a good breakfast Bicycle Po-
liceman Williams commented, and he
seemed to enjoy it"
Seelhorst said he had not heard from
any of his relatives since his arrest, but
he thought some of them would come
here The prisoner was made comfortable
in room on the second floor of the morgue
until Coroner hewitt was ready to hear
his case. The hearing was not begun until
after IL O'Clock, the delay being OccaSiOned
by the holding of another inquest Seel-
horst was escorted TO the room in which
the hearing was held, Policeman Williams
remaining in charge of him. 1t was a
foregone conclusion that he would be held
to await the action of the grand jury and
the police were prepared to transport him
to Jail without delay His picture and
mea surements having been taken at police
headquarters yesterday, 1t was not nee
essary for the police to take him there
again. The cOroner'S jury could not con-
slider the question of the mental condition
of the prisoner, such a question having to
be taken up later should it be raised by
sounsel or friends, as it undoubtedly will
be. Shortly after the jury returned a YER
diet holding Seelhorst responsible for the
death of the artist, the prisoner was taken
frny, ha NOR a N q not y,fN1
wagon.
Slim Attendance at Hearing.
There was a slim attendance of spectators
at the morgue today when the young man
from Philadelphia reached there, the in
clement weather keeping away many curl
GUS ones who would have been there had
the weather conditions been favorable. A
number of employees of the National Mu-
scum, where the murder was committed,
were in attendance as witnesses, and Capt.
Mathews, Sergt Yates and other members
of the police department were there to see
that the jurors were given the benefit of
what Information they had been able to
obtain about the sad affair One of the po-
licemen had the winchester repeating rifle
used by Seelhorst and Capt. Mathews had
signed statement that the prisoner had
given him yesterday. Capt Mathews ex-
planned that he had been unable to get a
connected statement from the prisoner, and
the one he had to present to the jury was
written by Sergt Yates after a converse
ton with SeelhorSt. The latter read the
statement and signed it.
Prisoners Signed Statement.
The statement was as follows:
About fifteen years more ago l was
working for the Keterlinus Manufacturing
Company at the corner of 4th and Arch
| streets, Philadelphia, Pa Mr.. Won tier
son was working there at that time. About
that time, or when 1 was fifteen or sixteen
years of age, Mr.. Won Iterson induced me
| to submit to an immoral act which wrecked
my life and in order that he should not
| teach other young men to indulge in this
| practice | concluded to put him out of
| the way.
Il, therefore, came to Washington, leav-
| ing Philadelphia, Pa, about 1890 p. m. and
| arriving here about pm. l stopped at
| the ST. James Hotel last night l brought
my rifle with me and about 1915 o'clock
yesterday morning 1 went to the National
| Museum, and after making some inquiry
located MIR. Won Iterson in one of the
| rooms. l approached him and asked him
| IL he remembered that l colored some
| prints for him at katerlinus. He said
| he did and asked me my name He then
| said: oh yes / remember YOU l then
| went out into the hall and took my rife
| from a package in which 1t was wrapped
| and loaded 1t.
'"rhen returned to Mr.. Won Iterson and
began shooting at him. / believe / fired
| fOur oh ha In 0f yvhich I Arod inst