Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-12
WOMAN HELD ON
MURDER CHARGE
REMANDED TO JAIL TO AWAIT
TRIAL
Lena Carter Tells Police Real Name
Is Mrs. p. M. Ferguson-PatroI-
man Norris Is Released
on Parole

Further Investigations yesterday INTO
the shooting of C. H. Wilson Sunday
night at 523 West Sixth street brought
to light the fact that the real name of
Lena Carter, who Is said to have done
the deed, is Mrs. P. M. Ferguson. She
told Deputy District Attorney Pearson
yesterday that her given name is
Evelyn, and that she used the alias of
Lena Carter for convenience.
Mrs. Ferguson was arraigned before
Police Justice Chambers late in the
afternoon on a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to COM
NIT murder. Her bail was fixed at
$4,000 cash, and as she had no one to
put it up for her, she went back to
jail.
Justice Chambers ordered her to ap-
pear in court June IS, at which time
the date of the preliminary hearing will
be set. The case was put off until that
time because the present condition of
Wilson is very serious and the attor-
neys desire that he be present as wit
ness.
PatroIman Released
Patrolnan Norris, who was suspected
of having a hand in the shooting, was
released yesterday afternoon at the re-
quest of Prosecutor Fleming. He had
been confined in the Jail since Monday
morning.
Norris claims that he is entirely in
nocent of the shooting and says it was
only by an accident thae he happened
to be present. Fleming has given him
his liberty in order that Norris may
be with his aged parents, who live at
State and Atlanta streets. Long Beach.
Fleming has Norris word that he will
report to Captain Broadhead at the
central station every morning at 10
O'clock and that he will not talk with
any one about the case. If he violates
the parole which has been allowed him,
he will be locked up on charge OF
assault with deadly weapon.
mystery still surrounds the details or
the shooting. For some reason the
police do not want to tell anything
about it and it was only from the at
torney's office that the real name of
the Carter woman was obtained.
Victims Condition Serious
sDr. Tanner, who is attending Wilson
at the county hospital, says that. his
condition is very serious, as the bullet
is lodged in his lung and it will be four
or five days before it can be definitely
told whether or not Wilson will re-
will be charged with manslaughter.
,Patrolman Norris told his story of the
occurrence yesterday in this way. he
said he was walking along the street,
going to his room, when he heard peo-
rle uuarreling in the room above him.
He went UP to try to quell the dis
tnrbance AS he was leaning over VIII
son, trying to pull him from the Rhyn
woman, whom Wilson was beating,
Mrs Ferguson pulled his revolver from
his pocket and began shooting. He
tried to stop her and it was at this
time that Patrolman Holden came to
the room and arrested the crowd. Nor
rts claims he was not drunk and had
po reason for wanting to shoot any
body.
when asked why he mysteriously dis
appeared after the shooting, he gave no
clear explanation. He said that he
had already begun to move his be-
longings from his room on Sixth street
and when the shooting was over ne
got the rest of his things and moved
them to his new lodgings. This place
is said to be somewhere on East Fifth
street. hut the detectives refuse to give
the exact location.
Keeps Out of Sight
The ouerer part OF Norris actions lies
in his unexplained and continued dis
appearance after the shooting, when
every patrolman in the city was look
ing for him.
Norris has been suspended and it is
not known when he will be taken back,
il he is taken back at all.
John Hamilton and Grace Rhyn, the
other witnesses of the shooting, were
also allowed to go on parole.
Touchine in the extreme were the
scenes enacted in the police station
corridors when Norris parents came to
the station yesterday to find their son.
The two are both very old and white
haired. They had not heard anything
of their sons troubles and when they
missed him from his beat they went to
the station to find him.
The desk sergeant did not have the
heart to tell the old people that their
son was locked up. He took them to
Detective Ritch. who broke the news
in a gentle way. Mrs. Norris said,
with tears standing in her eyes, that
her boy was good. The old man is an