The sun., 1908-07-24

worked. It was signed, "Your loving
Dave A reporter took the card TO In
spector Hussey, who sent for Shellard
When asked II the writing was his he con-
feseed that he had been with the girl.
The policeman said he had met the girl
eight or nine times on his beat before Tues
day night, but there was nothing wrong
In their relations He said that he was on
his post on Hamburg avenue when Bar
bara came up. 1t was raining and she
was pretty wet.
"She said that she had been looking for
me for three hours and wanted to talk to
me- he went on. 1T was she who sug-
gested that we 90 into the tool house On
account of the rain, After we got In the
tool house she tried to make love TO me.
told her that she was foolish that was
married and that she was wasting her time.
She took OF her skirt which was wet. and
hung it up on hook. ! took on my coat
and put my revolver and stick on the box
He turned on the electric light, he said
and they sat and talked for twenty minutes.
Then Barbara suggested that they might
be seen, so they turned the light on and
sat in the dark for twenty. minutes more. =,
Finally he went on, Il got up and said
that would have TO go, az my relief was
due at 2:l5. She didn't want me to go.
There was just little light from outside,
and eaw her get up from where she had
been sitting and move around an1 ~ finally
moment ! heard a shot. ! turned on the
light and saw her lying across the box;
Then grabbed my coat and the gun and
went out. Outside ] emptied the shell,
throwing It behind some bushes and put
in q new one. did not touch the body.
Just as ! was going out / met Kohler;
He said he had heard shot from the tool
house. offered to go In and see and went
back. Then ! came out and told him
woman had shot herself and he went for
house I went into. saloon and cleaned
my gun with handkerchief. KNEW that II
] told that l had been In the house with the
girl nobody would believe that she shot
herself, 80 ! decided to keep quiet"
Inspector Hussey warned him that any
thing he said might be used against him.
but he seemed anxious to give his version
OF the affair. He told Inspector Hussey
that the young woman had not mentioned
Of the locksmith from whom he bought the
key to the tool house four months ago.
Some Of the girls family were questioned
again; Mrs. Thompson, married sister,
who lives at 255 Withers street, said that
story that policeman whom she had met
near her home was bounding her. He
wants me to run away with him, she said,
according to her sister, "but he is married
and told him that he must let me alone.
Most Of the family had heard her speak OF
this policeman as Dave. Sadie Lee, who
worked in the same factory as Barbara.
said that Barbara met ShellaId when he
had post near her home and that 1t was
chance acquaintance. She said that elk
months ago ShellaId called at the factory to
get Barbara's home address, and she gave
Il to him
One thing that the young woman's rela-
tves insisted upon yesterday was that
Barbara recently had been in the best Of
spirits and was looking forward to marriage.
Hack, the truckman, was much upset. I'VE
were together on Sunday evening he
said, 1and had the best kind Of q time. She
was laughing all the time and told US to be
sure and meet h er and 60 to a picnic next
Saturday According to the girls sister,
when the post card arrived from Shellard
Barbara showed 1t and said see what
I've got from that policeman that's chasing
me- She never said that she was fond Of
the policeman, the sister said.
1t was impossible to tell from the autopsy
whether the young woman died Of q self
inflicted wound OF had been murdered. The
body, however, was found in a place which |
would have made IL necessary for any one |
shooting her in the temple to squeeze |
through a very narrow space between the |
tool box and the wall Of the room, provided |
she was shot as she lay.