Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-05
SHOOTS WOMAN;
TRIES SUICIDE
Tragic Sequel to Double Lives
of infatuated Pair.
BOTH ARE NEAR TO DEATH
William White Fires Twice at Mrs.
Annie Moore.
FIRST MET AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
Both Are Married-Man's Wife Had
Tried in Vain to Break
Rivals Power.
BOTH ARE NEAR TO DEATH
FIRST MET AT LOCAL HOSPITAL

William White. fifty years of age. and
Mrs. Annie Moore. thirtythree years. are
at the Emergency Hospital in crit cal
condition. the result Of tragedy enacted
this morning in a back room at 4i6 NJ
street southwest. White shot Mrs. Moore
through the head and left hand and then
turned the pistol on himself in an effort
to end his own life.
Wife Threatens Wife.
Whites duties called him to all the
buildings on the grounds and 1t was while
making his rounds each day that he
came in contact with Mrs. Moore. 1t
was not until after the members of the
Moore family left the quarantine station
that Mrs. White experienced any trouble
with her husband. She learned of his
infatuation and called upon Mrs. Moore
several times to induce her to keep away
from her husband even going so far
as to threaten to choke her to death if
she caught her on the streets wearing
picture of White which Mrs. Moore had
Mrs. Moore ordered Mrs White from her
house when she called upon her. and gave
her to understand that she had as much
claim to White as Mrs. White had.
Calls White Unbalanced.
But said Mrs. White to a Star re-
porter this morning. last night l was
happier than l had been for long time
because of the great change which had
taken place in my husband. He brought
two boxes of oysters home with him and
we chatted together and enjoyed them.
reminding me of the days before he be-
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But she added, all the blame
should not be placed upon him. That.
woman was running after him all the time
and he seemed as If he could not resist
her. My husband was not In his right
mind. however. having received an injury
to his head when he was boy. Lately
his actions seemed so queer that I was
afraid he was going crazy. He would sit
about the house, pull his hair and tell
of how his head hurt him. and only last
night he said his skull was pressing
against his brain"
Wife Finds Revolver.
Mrs. White said that her husband had
been in the empioy of the Southern Rail-
way Company. He was born in Rich
mond, she said, but had been here since
he was boy. The Moores had lived in
Alexandria some time ago. 1t was stated
by Mrs White that her husband had
probably purchased the revolver Tuesday
or yesterday as he had pawned a weapon
he had once had and had given the ticket
to his married son, who is employed on a
street railway. Her husband, she said.
was exceptionally p easant last night. and
she went to bed feeling that her future
was to be much happier than the past
three years of her life. This morning, she
said, when she went to the lower floor
she happened to brush against her hus-
bands overcoat and felt something hard
in nf Gal
She soon saw that what she had touched
was a revolver, but she thought nothing
of it, having an idea that he had OBJ
tanned it from the pawnbroker to take to
the Philippines.
Finds Husband Unconscious.
About Q O'Clock this morning. Mrs.
White said, her husband left the house.
telling her he was going as far as the
car barn at the foot of AZ street. She
stood at the front door and watched him
until he reached the corner of N street.
and then she returned to her duties in
tine house. A little more than one hour
after she saw him walk down the street
small child came to her house and told
her of the tragedy. She hurried to the
NJ street house. but her husband was un-
conscious and unable 10 recognize her. Mrs.
White repeated what she had said about
her husbands mental condition and sug-
in event of his recovery. Others who
were in the, house also said they thought
his mind had been affected for some time.
Three Shots Heard.
At the time of the shooting the only
persons on the upper floor were White
and Mrs. Moore. On the lower floor were
Mrs. Nettie Daniels, her two small chill
dren and Mrs. Willie Ann Doleman. They
saw White when he appeared at the
house about twenty minutes before the
shooting occurred. He met them in the
lower hall and asked if Mrs. Moore had
gone out. Then he went to her room, and
had been there about twenty minutes
when three pistol shots were fired. Mrs.
Daniels and Mrs. Doleman became
alarmed and rushed from the house. TAX
ing the two children of the former with
them No time was lost in telephonins
for assistance, and crowd OF curious
persons remained about the house until
after the wounded ones had been taken
to the hospital. The two children of
Mrs. Moore, Margaret. seven years OF
age, and Heloise. twelve years OF age.
were at school when their mother was
shot They were sent for by Mrs. DAN
els and turned over to relatives who live
in South Washington.
Bodies on the Floor.
troll, living at 1925 Huntoon place, was
the first person to enter the room after
the shooting occurred. He found the
man and woman on the floor together,
the head of the woman resting the
side of the bed. He made an effort to
lift the man, and he did SO the re-
volve. fell to the floor. but where it was
before it fell he canot say. He thinks
it was probably resting upon Whites
body. There was very little blood i'm the
room. all that was visible being spots
on the bed. Gibbs remained at the house
until the arrival of the police, and he as
sisted the latter in removing the wounded
couple to the patrol wagon.
Husband Summoned.
An effort was made to find Mr. Moore,
who Is employed as harnessmaker at
400 14th street, but he could not be sum-
moned until after his wife had reached
the hospital 1t is stated that he had re-
mained away from his wife's home for
some time. He had been recently Sleep
ing at the NJ street house, however, and
was there last night He went to work
early IaS morning, and his wife had about