Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-16

tached to the staff of Capt Arthur Carey
was summoned to the Hotel Inglaterra
There he met the priest, who took him to
his room.
II have been robbed said the priest.
according to the report made by Jeme-
neZ yesterday to Inspector McCafferty
and to Capt Carey
Il asked the priest to tell me his story.
said Lieut.. JemeneZ He showed me his
trunk and called my attention to a mark
on the lock which had the appearance of
having been tempered with He opened
the trunk and showed me a box contain
ing socks. He said that in this box he
had concealed $3.50 in money which had
been given to him by a friend in Santo Do
mingo to purchase three bicycles for his
daughters.
Then he said that he had also in
trusted to him by two ladies in Santo Do
mingo two valuable gold watches. heir
looms. SO he might have them repaired.
The two watches and the $50 in money.
the priest told me. had been stolen out of
the trunk. l asked him to go to police
headquarters to make his complaint, but
he never did.
HE said he worried more on account of
the loss of the watches because they
could notebe replaced, and he declared he
would commit suicide unless he would re-
cover them.
he Spent Money Freely.
1t is said that Father Asencio spent
money quite freely. He was seen good
deal about the resorts in 18th street and
he met a number of women known to the
police. Altogether it was said he ap-
peared to be rather gay for man of his
calling.
Two weeks ago Alexander l.. Penzo. a
merchant of Santo Domingo, came to this
city. He and the priest were friends and
they occupied the same room at the
Inglaterra.
Monday the two men purchased tickets
for the Clyde liner Seminole, which sailed
last evening. They had packed their
trunks and the priest was in excellent
spirits. In the afternoon he played the
piano and sang in the hotel parlor. They
dned together that evening and went out
att
I'VE walked toward 9th avenue" Penzo
told Lieut.. JemeneZ yesterday. Father
AsenciO told me he wanted to go to 10th
street to see lady. He did not tell me
the name of the woman and / did not
question him because he insisted he would
have TO go alone. So we parted at 18th
street and 9th avenue.
Il saw him board nOrth-bound ele-
waited train This was about 7:20. This
was the last l saw of him until 1 iden-
tOfied him at the Presbyterian Hospital
today. 1 don't know why he should have
wanted to take his life
A policeman heard shot fired in Cen
trail Park about five minutes before 8
clock Monday evening. Fifteen min
utes later he found the priest about
siXty-five feet from the driveway. 1t was
not until his arrival at the Presbyterian
Hospital that it was found he was suf-
fering from d shot wound in the head
The pistol, cheap 32-caliber affair was
picked up yesterday morning about forty
feet from where the wounded priest was
found
Less than one dollar in money was
found in the mans clothes. He wore two
rings. one a diamond worth about $50
and the other an imitation stone. He
wore diamond studded link buttons in his
cuffs. and around his neck. suspended
from chain. was good-siZed cross,
studded with small diamonds.
There was nothing to indicate that any
attempt at robbery had been made. When
the priest was first found the police
thought he was suffering from epilepsy
and thus entered ii on the blotter