The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-03

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. lit is
feared today that the wound OF Charles
b. Roberts, wealthy banker n club
man, of Baltimore, who was shot by a
highwayman while in a rolling chair
on the board walk with Mrs. w. s. G.,
Williams, also OF Baltimore. ON
Wednesday night will prove fatal.
The firm belief is that a solution Of
the mystery surrounding the shooting
will follow an investigation OF the
movements OF w. 8. G.. Williams on
the day of the shooting.
The allegation that Mr.. Williams has
been in a sanitarium undergoing treat
ment and not abroad, was made to the
police by his wife. Abandoning the
theory that the assailant was a high
wayman, the police are awaiting the
report OF the Baltimore authorities who
are tracing the whereabouts OF Will
liams on the night of the shooting.
Mrs. Williams and the negro chair
pusher were subjected to a sharp cross
examination, and their stories agree on
the details.
Her Story.
Mrs. Williams told the police that
the man who halted the chair came
face to face with them and was walk
ing slowly. Peering through h glass
windows behind which Mr.. Roberts
and Mrs. Williams sat, the man laid
his hand on the chair n showed one
of the windows aside, at h same time
showing a revolver. Thinking the
nan wanted money, Mrs. Williams de-
clares she offered him her chatelaine
bag. The stranger waved 1t aside and
ordered Roberts to get up"
AS Roberts got up, Mrs. Williams
says, she looked hard and saw for the
first time that the man was masked.
He shot four or five bullets, one OF
them taking effect in Roberts side, an
other penetrating the back of the roll
ing chair and narrowly missing Mrs.
williams and the others going wild.
Then, declares Mrs. Williams, the Ran
coolly walked away in the direction OF
the inlet" which Is at the upper end
Of Atlantic City.
The negro chair pusher was too
frightened to act. and admits he ran
away until the man with the revolver
was out Of hight. He then called Po-
liceman Rust, who assisted Mr.. Rob-
erts into the rolling chair to await the
arrival of an ambulance.
Husband Not jealous.
Mrs. Williams made emphatic denial
when asked whether the man might
have been her husband. She asserts
that Mr.. Roberts has long been q fam
lily friend and that her husband knew
him as such. She says her husband
had never exhibited any signs of jeal-
ousy during all the years she has
known Mr.. Roberts. She added, too,
that her husband knew Of the presence
of Mr.. Roberts in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Williams was then asked
whether the man who did the shooting
made the reported declaration. You
will never take my wife out to dinner
again." as he fired the shots. She de-
MED this, as did also the negro chair
pusher.
Mrs. williams was unable to say
whether the man tried to kill her also.
= THE bullet came uncomfortably
| close" she said, but If he wanted to
kill me 1t seems he could easily have
done So"
She further declares that she has
not the slightest suspicion as to the
identity of the assailant.
Mrs. Roberts, wife Of the victim, has
arrived here and has been at his bed
side at the hospital ever since. She
refuses to talk Of the occurrence.
The police scoff at the theory Of high
way robbery and hint at sensational
| revelations upon the arrest Of those
whom they have under suspicion.
Mrs. Williams later made this state
ment:
A Different Version.
MIR. Roberts and l left the hotel in
q rolling chair at about $40 o'clock.
Mr.. Roberts is an old friend OF the