New-York tribune., 1908-09-01
ROBERTS SHOT TUESDAY
NEW VERSION OF ATTACK.
Report That Baltimore Man Vas
Assdiled IN Front of Theatre.
lBy Telegraph TO me tribune. ]

attacked Wednesday night at about 10 30
o'clock near Rhode Island avenue. an isolated
section of the long promenade The police heard
to-day that the attack him occurred on Tues
day night. before O'Clock. South CeroIina
\avenue and the Boardwalk. between the two big
hiers almost under the lights Of the Savoy The
atre.
The account OF the shooting did not become
public until Thursday. According to the new
version, it nearly two days before the pub
lie learned of It. This delay IS said to have
been due to an effort to prevent Atlantic City
from getting unpleasant notorfety follow
ing Governor Forts attack the gambling and
drinking at the resort.
Pending the outcome OF the fight for life that
Mr.. Roberts is making the investigation into
the battling circumstances OF the Boardwalk
shooting OF last Wednesday night seems to
be at a standstilI- The chances OF getting a
statement from the BaltirnOrean seem TO
be remote. He has talked with relatives and
his personal physicians. but to one else, and
it is believed that If he should talk TO the au-
thorities at all 1t would be merely to recite the
circumstances of the attack without giving any
substantial clew to- work upon
1t was stated that in another week the danger
of blood poisoning would be passed. Meantime
the physicians only watch and walt One
report to-day said the wounded man had suf-i
fered slight turn for the worse, while another
said his temperature was more nedElJ norman
than at any time since he shot.
DETECTIVE BACK FROM BALTIMORE
Detective Wilson, who was sent Baltimore
to inquire into the Whereabouts of W. s. G.
Williams returned to-day and submitted a de-
tailed verbal report of his Investigations to Po-
lice Chief Woodruff and to Detective Captain
WhaIen Wilson saw Mr.. Williams in Balti-
more and afterward visited the Williams place
at Long Green. in company with Baltimore de-
| tectives Mr. Williams told him he spent the
| entire night of Wednesday at his country hone-l
Servants at the place told the same story
| baltimore Aug 31-Seated to-day In the
| drawing room of her home at Long Island. Bal
| tfmore County, Mrs. w. S. c. Williams. In the
| presence of her sister, Mrs. Sherlock Swami
! wife of the president of the police board, de-
/ scribed in detail the shooting Of Charles B. ROD
erts, who was wounded on Wednesday night on
the Boardwalk at Atlantic City while IN her
| company.
| 1T was an attempt at robbery, pure and SIM
pIe' she declared "and Mr. Roberts was shot
because he refused to comply with the demands
! of the man i'm the mask who had ordered him
| to give up his money
when the shooting occurred had leff my
| little daughter at the Hotel Brighton, not more
| than twenty minutes before. Mr. Roberts was
| going along with me in the rolling chair we
. | got place Wnere Iile DOdAuAHo N"' AO~7
and the chair bounced good deal 1 suggested
| .h+ mo +ur, hack The chair was covered
| one and Mr.. Roberts raped on the glass and
| told the negro chairman to turn around JUST
as be did so the chair stopped and a masked
/ man thrust a pistol into the chair. having nrs1
onened the window the ocean side ana Or
| dered us TO get out.
Il was seated on the side of the chalr to"afu
.ho oeoan and. without word. got out and
EOh6r
and as soon as he had emerged from tne enair
the man told him to give UP his money had
little chateIafne bag attached 10 my wrist OUT
the man made effort to get this
when ordered to give up his money Mr. Rob
.s declared that he would do nothing OF the
| kind and started after the man MI fNoOeieS
| u,as much taller than the man who held US up
| The latter who wore mask of some darh gray
| isb material that came TO his chin. was snlsiA
| 81 er,aeiated should say that he could nor
ta,,a baen more than five feet seven inches TAFT
/ He wore the toughest kind OF eiothins' anu
Judging from his appearance-thousn' OF S9ul ,'. -
| i+Yor of rs could see his face-he looked IKE
! tramp ,,o,-rv
Twas scared. and begged Mr. Roberts 10 give
| 49,. mar, what money he had. but Mr. HooeF's
tiie il'a-- -. at the man. who was covering
| -, Nth a pistol and stood few PAGES on \
| NJ Roberts started forward the man nred
- ,,ots in all one of them taking erect AT
| tha r,or,ent I did not know that MI FSooeiss
| -. sbot and I doubt il he realized II Aiahousn
| s+-,cls by, one of the bullets he kept on toward
| .ba man without pausing. and the NHidiA 1@AA
| and escaped in the darkness
| mid either YOU or Mr.. Roberts recognize the
| =. - his assailant?" Mrs. Williams was
| os,aa She replied in indignant negative
| .Ts :, had been any one whom we knew Wen,
| H. safd do YOU not think we would nave rec
| o,,,,,zed the voice at once? If it had been my
| L.bo,d as they have tried TO insinuate. or my
| to+bsr II would have been impossible for either
| 10 have disguised his voice so that ootn Mr.
/ rohArts and would not recognize IT. My nus
| hand as has now been proven, was mere al
Long Green. and my brother. Tom De Foro-W was
| :, ~hicago on a business trip. TIE names OF
| o+ber nnen-friends OF mine and OF my nusoano
| have been dragged into this. and very unjust
| :, surely there was nothing unusual IN my
! being on the Boardwalk with MI ROBERTS Al
that early hour Of the evening
.1-bings have been written. and read. IN tnss
| .,isoda that are cruel and frightruliy UNJUST
| had scarcely got back TO my hotel tnat nlshl
| when a detective of the Atlantic City force
| started 10 interview me, and we had not spoken
toeether a minute when he asked 'Wnere Is
1,our husbands? Right then and there realized
what his attitude and about what MS
tbsorr would be. Utterly ignoring the fact that
n robbery had been attempted and that NJ
Roberts had been shot down by a hold-up man.
the police of Atlantic City went to work trying
; 70 substantiate and prove wicked theory taat
had no basis IN fact
Mrs williams was asked regarding state
,rent she was alleged to have given to Police