The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-04
ROBERTS KNOWS
HIS ASSAllANT
NAMED MAN AND WOMAN IN AN
7E MoRTEM STATEMENT
NAMES NOT DISCLOSED.
new SENSATION IN CASE
Police In Possession of Facts But Vic
tim OF Board Walk Shooting
Wants No Arrests Made
Till After Death.


Atlantic CITY, N j.. Sept 3-The
assailant of Charles Roberts is known
and has been known since the night
the Baltimore banker and ciubman
was Shot down on the board walk
while In company with Mrs W. G. :.
| Williams of that city. The person who
| identified the would-be slayer was
| Roberts himself In an ante-morten
Istatement The revolver with which
the shooting was done has been To-.
Gated thus completing the chain of
evidence, and the man who shot Rob
erts Is technically under arrest.
| These facts were veuched for to-
might by the manager of a local pri-
yate detective agency, which was
Icallel In to assist the Atlantic City
police IN clearing m the mystery
It Il claimed by the manager Of the
| detective agency tiiat il resmarkahle
| condition OF affairs has tied the hans
nf the police and that only the death
# Roberts will allow the INTO make
| arrests and prosecute the man and a
woman confederate named by Mr..
Roberts in his ante-mortem statement
Before making his statement Mr.
Roberts exacted a pledge from the
HOSPITAL physicians and detectives
reptesenting the police department
that no action would be taken In the
event of his recovery that the matter
of dealing out punishment be left en-
tircly in his hands, according to the
mar ager of the detective agency
Tells Name of Man.
Then, with the belief that he had
but one chance in ten to survive his
wound Mr. Roberts Is said to have
named the man and woman who
bounded him on the board walk until
he was driven to desperation and at
lacked the man. with the result that
the latter drew a revolver and shot
hint
"Tho board walk detective. as a lc-
rai member of the force is known,
was the representative OF the police
department present. DR. J. {. Mar
hail was the other person who heard
Mr. Roberts statement. and II Is said
| that nr. Marshall reduced the state
nent tc writing and has it IN his pos
session No transcript was given to
the detective. and he was able TO r.
nort only what he remembered.
Tonight Howard Lewis. negro
| chair pusher. who was wheeling Mrs
Elcurey on the walk when they met
Mr.. Roberts directly after he had
hecn shot. and who is a close friend
~ Jackson. gave wtIt he claims TO
be lackson's true version OF the ar
fair II differs entirely with the
statements made for publication by
Jackson and attributed to him by the
uolice.
Jackson's New story.
jackson told me- said Lewis t.
night that while he was wheeling
Mrs. Williams and Mr Roberts up the
board walk thev were followed a
short distance by man and a woman
Then the man approached the chair
/ fn4 SNbkt 10 ~ f'N'' 81 AN' O..
latter got out ordering Jackson 10.
wheel Mrs williams ahead
Mr.. Roberts aud the man walked
behind Jackson and the woman fol
lowed a few PAGES back. Mr. Roberts
/ LAM the man engaged ta earnest con-
lveisstion. which lasted whiia they hal
lbp.r whcc'ef a1out bali a miir 49,
J -ol saws Roberts srJjrui. ruu"d fu|
tbr man anil in loud and au-rl voice.
] ieaiercd.
80. IN - Iamued if J do it,
Then Mr. Rorerts left the man
,nI cot back in fhe chair with Mrs
Williams The man followed and.
.cashine inside the chair got Mr. Rob
-rts bv the coat collar and yauked
sim c~t cf the chair He was large
4uH powerfully b1ilt man and handled
/ H- Roberts easily
put Nr Roberts hrnBe awav AMI
lin his anger dsspcrstels aftaeked the
i7raq wfth bis FISTS knocking hss down
sz tho aan rose he drew a revolver
Ind frrI twice Mr Roberts a.
scarea - have been drsuerateiy hurt
land staggered hack toward the chair
| fConrfa,fsa ~ Third paea1