The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-01
CASE MORE
CONFUSING
Police Of Atlantic City and
Baltimore Seem
ON POINT OF DROPPING IT
Influence Now Suspected--Mass Of Con-
ficting Stories Leads Nowhere,
and Parties Concerned Have
Strong Friends.
ON POINT OF DROPPING IT

Atlantic City, Sept. There Is
every indication that the police Of this
city. and those of Baltimore, too, are
getting ready to drop the tragedy on
the boardwalk when Charles u. Roberts
the Baltimore banker, was shot down
MS he was riding in a wheel chair with
Mrs. w. S. G. Williams. Tho one re.
naming person from whom the police
think they can get some information IL
Thomas Deford, brother of Mrs. Viii
liams. lie Is now at Narragansett pier.
1t is believed that if he fails to throw
light on the subject the powerful so
cial influences of Baltimore, which
have been working to have the case
dropped, will succeed.
Unknown TO the police of Atlantic
City, the head Of the department in
baltimore has come forth with strong
statement to prove that Deford was in
Chicago Mt the time OF the shooting,
and could not have been IN Atlantic
City on Wednesday night Col. Sher-
lock Swan. head of the Baltimore de-
partment, who has been out Of town,
and has spent some of his time with
Deford at Narragansett Pier- insists
that the brother of Mrs Williams
could have had nothing 70 do with the
shooting Col Swan married sis.
ter of Deford and Mrs. Williams.
Though Mrs. WILKINS left the Brigh.
ton hotel for her home in Baltimore
Sunday night, the police here would
not admit that she had gone until she
was already at her home at Long
Green Valley. Late Sunday night they
posted bulletin that she had left the
hotel with their permission, but even
then they refused TO admit that she
had gone to her home II is one Of the
conflicting circumstances that have
been met with at every turn OF the in
vestigation.
The local authorities were consider
ably interested in the Statement from
Tittsburg by Talbot c, Williams. a
cousin Of W. S. G. Williams. husband Of
the woman in tie case, that heRas in
Atlantic City on "Wednesday risaa and
1 had seen the husband there. They
await his arrival before they win say
whether or not they think much Of
/ the statement.
Talbot Williams said that he was
about TO leave Atlantic City on We'd
ncsday night and was on his way TO
1 the railroad station when he met his
cousin on a side street. He spoke and
/ PECULIARLY asked the cousin if he were
leaving the place because Of the threat
tned enforcement of the blue laws ON
4 Sunday. But. he told the Pittsburg
police. the cousin, who was in shadow
cursed him and told him to move on.
He was not sure then that he had
really seen his eousin. He got on q
train for Cambridge Springs, where be
was going to take rest. Then, ae-
cording to his story, he saw no news
papers till Saturday morning, so that
he knew nothing of the tragedy. Just
as soon as he learned Of it ne decided
that he should tell the police of Pitts
burg. He told Sergt Wallace there
that he would leave at once for Balti-
more
Much depends on the condition OF
Mr.. Roberts, the wounded man. who il
very low at the city hospital The doe
tors this morning could give no assur-
anee that he would live. They had not
tried to operate on him because of the
fear that he could not stand the shock
Up to late last night he had been i'm
proving steadily and they thought that
he would soon be in q condition foi
them to operate.
Then, however, he took a turn fol
the worse. No operation win be at
tempted until he shows decided i'm
rroyement. In this situation the pc
lice think that it is possible that he viii
make statement In fact, there was
rumor late last night that he had
made an ante-mortem statement, but
no one could be found who knew any
thing about it.