The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-09
Police Expect Arrest Today Fol-
lowing Sensational Confess
sion of Death Pact.
DRUGS PRICE OF THE
DEED, SHE TESTIFIES
Davis Admits He Sought Poison
for Suicide, but Denies He
Killed Physician.
Especial to the Evening Star.l

OMAHA, Sept. 9~.-Following til
startling confession at the c~oroner's in
quest on the body of DIR. Frederick T
Rustin, former Yale athlete, made b,
Mrs. Abbie Rice. 10 years old, that Dr.
Rustin had told her that he had pro
cured the agreement of Charles Edward
Davis to shoot him in exchange fol
arrest today.
At the continuation of the inquest to.
day Davis too the stand and corrobo-
rated many of the details of young Mrs
Rioe's confession, but denied that he
shot DR.. Rustin. Mrs. Rice declared
that she was to have shot DR.. Rustin
first and then herself, but that, when
her ne. We failed after several attempts.
DIR. Rustin@ called in Davis, who is the
paying teller in the First National Bank
and who has also made startling adj
missions.
Mrs. Abbie Rice TOOK the witness stand
to tell OF her relations with DIR. Rustin.
After detailing their in~fatuation she
told of DR.. Rustin's desire TO COM
init suicide, but his fear that IL he did
his family would not receive the bene-
fits of his life insurance. Rustin was
badly In debt. had been drinking and
dosing himself with drugs, and Yves in
bad odor every way.
According to the woman, he made a
suicide compact with her, in which she
was to shoot him and then kill herself.
All Planned Nicely.
ut was two weeks ago she said,
that Fred first talked of suicide. We
planned 1t all nicely. After shooting
him l was to replace the cartridge in
the pistol, go TO a distant portion of
town and kill myself. People would
then never connect us, and his family
could get the insurance.
H showed me just where to shoot
him in the abdomen, and told me that
he would live long enough for me to
get ava after the shooting"
Mrs. Rice told of three attempts she
made to shoot the doctor while he
stood in front of her. but her nerve
failed each time. Finally she said that
another way had been found.
Tuesday afternoon when I saw him
he told me not to worry, that ne had
found some one else to kill him and
that I would not have to do it. A man
was coming to his office-a man named
Charley Davis. DR.. Rustin told me
Davis was to kill him in return for
enough poison to kill himself. He gave
me a drug in q bottle and told me to
take it when ] knew he was dead and
that / would follow him."
Davis's Admission.
Charles Edward Davis, brother Ct
Frederick Davis. vice-president of the
First National Bank, the Davis re-
ferred to in Mrs. Rice's testimony, cor
~roborated. to a large extent, the testi-
mony given by Mrs. Rice. except that
he denied that he was to kill Rustin
in return for the poison. He acknowl-
edged having secured the poison
from Rustin, and that Rustin mad
placed him on a car going toward his
home.
u have tried to commit suicide four
or five times, but always failed"
Davis said he was afflicted with in
somnia and wanted to die.
NH. Davis, did you have anything
to do with the killing of Rustin?''
asked the prosecutor.
Precipitation stood out upon the face
of the witness, which grew livid, as
he answered: mo, | didn't"