The Washington herald., 1908-08-29

Atlantic City. y. J. Aug- 2--Charlss
B. Roberts. Of Baltimore, who was shot
while riding with Mrs W. S. c. Williams
Of the same city. in a wheel chair On
the boardwalk last Wednesday night. stiu
lives and the physicians whO have been
attending him ar the City Hospital said
tonight tt.zt unless Unforeseen conplica-
tons occur he viii probably recover
while the issue OF his convalescenCe
stu hangs in the balance, the cloud that
has been thrown around the incidents
surrounding his wounding by every one
concerned in the occurrence remains
almost fupenetrabIs-
Both OF the principals. and Atlantic City
IN general. which means the hotel keepers
and those interested IN The maintenance
Of The Reputation Of this place as E sum
rner resort are In accord IN The effort
which was partially successful. that OF
keeping the facts Of the shooting Of NJ
Roberts screened
Contradictory statements and the re
fusal 10 make any statements concern
ing the incident have characterized to
days developments IN The affair On all
sides.
Hints at HOId-up.
Capt Richard K Whalen. head ot the
local detective bureau. refused to-day 70
make any statement concerning the facts
OF the shooting. He said that he was TOO
bzsy 70 talk 10 the newspaper men, and
that. anyway. as far as he could see.
there vas little IN the occurrence 70 de-
note anything except a case OF hold-up.
From znczhe- source in TIE police -
partnent It was learned that more I'M
portaace than Capt whaIen cared 70
make public was being attached 70 the
shooting OF the Baltimore clubnsns and
that active work was being done IN Bal
timOrs 10 apprehend the nan suspected OF
rls,..--- been the possible pe-Deuator OF
the crime
When Mrs. Williams vas asked 70
make statement 20 Police CHEZ Nal
colin Woodrur. she gave details Of
events prior 70 the shooting. Il was
learned to-day, which have been Of more
than passing interest 70 The local police
Mrs. Williams IS reported 10 have told
the chief OF police that her husband had
not recently returned from Europe, as
first reports had Il, but had been Until
a very recent date q patient II z sa1a-
1ortuu- She said he had telephOned 20
- p
Hotel here Ms. Williams statement
was e contradiction ot the report from
Baltimore On Thursday night which
quoted 1Ir. Williams IS saying that he
did not believe that his wife was al At
lantic City. but was convinced that she
was stopping IN Boston
When M Williams rang her up OF
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Williams IS re-
ported 70 have told the police chief, he
demanded that she return 70 Baltimore
Immediately. Mrs. Williams says she de-
INJURED on the ground that she had paid
her hotel bill Up 20 and including SarUr-
Gay, and that she preferred remaining IN
Atlantic City until that tina Mrs VII
Eams tod CHIEF Woodruff that her hus-
band appeared 20 be very angry because
Detective Sent There,
The statement Mrs. Williams made to
the chief followed closely upon a report
which he received from Detective Harry
Wilson who had been dispatched from
Atlantic City TO Baltimore within two
hours after Tire report OF the shooting had
been received at police headquarters
The -,auo-t 41a@ TyhFe7 vEToo1-r.rP % -r-ss
place. received from his detective showed
that Williams had left the sanatoriurrl,
where he had been a patient for some
weeks, On Tuesday afternoon; that he
had slept at The Maryland Club on Tues
day night. and had left the club On We'd
nesday morning Between the tine that
Williams left his club and the hour on
Thursday night when the reporters found
him al his country home, outside OF Bal
timore. 10 trace Of his movements could
be discovered by the Atlantic City de-
Jectives- AI-. Williams has not appeared
st Atlantic City since the report OF the
shooting OF Mr- Roberts became public.
Mrs. Williams and her three daughters
kept 70 their rooms at the Brighton Ho-
tel this afternoon
TypewFftten Statement.
This afternoon she gave out a typewrit-
zen statement. which she specified should
be for Ihe use OF the baltimore reporters
only Her statement was this
''1Ir. Roberts and left the Brighton
Hotel IN e rolling chair az about twenty
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