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

or four days. be able to settle ND his
business affairs. and make arrangements
for me. IL necessary.
didn't know what to do, but I thought
he knew best. We planned TO do the
shooting in his office. / was to do it
when the street ears were passing so that
the report of the pistol would not be
heard was to get out with the gun
and then shoot myself. I had taken a
loaded cartridge with me which I was IN
put In the gun where the empty shell had
been. This would show that only one
shot had been fired out of the pistol with
Wnlch L killed myself, and. therefore
could in no way his death be connected
with mine.
Planned for Sunday Night.
This plan was to have been carried out
on Sunday night. August q. but 7 broke
the hammer of the pistol in placing the
cartridges in it. 4 few DAYS after that +
was asked by the proprietor of the Hotel
Loyal to leave. and DR.. Rustin then pro-
cured room for me in Miss Gleasons
mousse IN Douglass street. We took the
revolver to Council Bluffs on Friday and
mad IL repaired; returned to Omaha and
went to his Office, where we had agreed
was to kill him. -
He loaded the gun and handed TITO
me. but L lost my nerve and backed ont.
ana Tried to persuade him against the
deed. He insisted and we debated a long
time. Then we arranged that the shoot
ing should be done In the barn at his
nome. the presumption to be that he had
been shot by burglar. That night we
went out to within a block of his home
l went around to the head of the alley.
Whiie ne went i'm the front way and back
10 the Darn. Some person came along
the street and I lost my nerve again /
went away. but he came after me and
got me to go back with him
He took me into the barn and upstairs
handed me the pistol. and said There:
now shoot me- He stood back some dis
lance. because he did not want powder
stains to show. / broke down again. and
he was angry. He threatened to XIII HIM
self and me. too. on the spot He thought
OF the scandal. however and brought me
back downtown. He said | was a coward
l told him | could not hurt him, because
/ could not have such a thing on my con-
science"
The gir-she is only nineteen years old
broke down at this point and it was some
minutes before she was sufficiently COM
posed to continue her testimony
We were together Saturday, Sunday
and Monday, she went on. He contin-
ued to drink hard and worried a great
deal over his financial troubles. He SAID
he had big note due at the First Ma
money for him. but failed. He went to
his office Tuesday morning / saw him at
his office at o'clock that night.
Got a Man to Kill Him.
Then he told me that he had got a
man to do the job. He said that the man
was dope fiend' and that he was to give
the man enough dope to kill himself If
he would shoot him. He introduced me
to Charles Davis and SAID that was the
man who had agreed to shoot him.
He put Davis on a West FaTnam car
and we returned to his office. where he
told me his plans. He gave me a s5pO
check. which he said could he cashed at
Davis Bank after he had been shot
We then started west on Farnam street
and he said ii was the last opportunity
l would have to walk with him. We
walked to within a block of his house.
He had taken considerable morphine him.
self besides drinking whisky. He showed
me where his children had played at a
house where they formerly lived and
talked continually of his family. He left
ne at IL O'Clock with a brief goodbye.
waited an hour and then went TO my
room. l called the Doctors house several
times on the telephone. Twice / got no
response. but to the other calls i got the
answer that the doctor was not there.
couldn't sleep and learned of the tragedy
In the extra papers"
Mrs. Rice then pointed out Charles F.
Davis as the man TO whom she had been
introduced, and who DR.. Rustin had said,
had agreed to kill him in exchange for q
drug that would kill Davis.
Davis was put on the stand He was in
a nervous condition. He admitted that he
had made three attempts to commit sui
cide. and in each instance had received
the drug from DIR. Rustin.
He admitted going to DIR. Rustins
house, but denied that he had shot the
doctor He also denied that he had agreed
to shoot him.
His testimony was contradictory on sew
era points and he is under surveillance.
Frederick III. Davis testified that his
brother had lost his family and had been
sorely afflicted. He then broke down and
could not go on. and the inquest was adj
journed until today.