The Cairo bulletin., 1908-08-31
MASKED WOMAN
SHOT ROBERTS
SUCH is THE THEORY OF THE AT
LhNTlc CITY POLICE Az
THoRiTiES.
NEGRO IS BEWILDERED
Arrival of Husband OF Mrs. Williams
VIII Probably Precipitate
Crisis in Board Walk
Shooting.


Atlantic City, August 30-- Will m
S. G. Williams, the wealthy Baltimore
clnbman. whose wife was with Chas.
b. Roberts when the latter was shot
on the bard walk, Is expected to ar
! rive here early tomorrow morni (.
Detective Williams, who was setnt to
| Baltimore to trace the movements oil
Williams on the night of the shooting
wired to Chief Woodruff that he bal
/ an interview with Williams. whom the
police thus far have refused to clint
nate from the case. and that Williams
has left baltimore ostensiblv Tor At
lan,lc CITY
The visit Ct v'i'.tlas is not only IN
, welcome = the polire but IN likely
/ 10 pro nlta'e crisis which will int r.
Co. with their ipyestigation of ire
mysterious shooting Of the prnmiaent
/ Baltimore clubman AMI business man,
IN the course of The investigation
ty The police here 1t hes developed
that although they have prrc'aimel
at every opportunity tf}af WI liars
was not eliminated from the case. he
never has been strongly suspected ~
lany personal hani ip the atiemrted
assassination of Roberts and "a a.
cion was directed toward him In rrd
to cover w the other lines Of lnye 8.
| ;aticn being pursued nv The police.
Shot Fired by Woman.
Taking their cue from The French
rule for solving crime the poii>e
ha,. been industrlonsly searching for
the woma.s In the case since the vi .0t.
| ins was tirst reported. Never for a.1iO.
linen. have the officers adopted thn
thenry that a highwaynan hent1nFna
roRbnry Ehpt Roberts.
Mrs. Williams vas With Mr.. Roberts
supplied one woman In the case. hu.
that fact did net satisfy Chief Word
run and his detectives. They hay-
been trying tn find II the shot vas
fred by woman disguised az man.
If 'hiS Is not the ease, they still claim
that tho shot was fred by o woman.
One Of the grounds for the hcsief
that the shot which wounded Roberts
was fired by woman, IS the essab-
lishmcnt Of the fact that several SLOTS
We're fred at close range ana that culv
one took effect II has also been es.
tablished to the satisfaction NJ N" m
iice that Roberts was seated IN TO
double roller chair In a helpless posi-
tion when he was shot
Appeals TO Brother.
The large number OF friends and rel
ati,cs OF Mrs Williams here are Won
Fore viii arrive to AID his sistar in
her embarrassing situation.
He is reported to have visited Mrs
Williams here few davs ago aud
is row said to be- IN the West, hut on
his way to the East I'm response to his
er's appeal for his aid and consoia-
tion
story that came from n more reli-
able source is to the effect that two
men aud a woman from Baltimore.
who were supposed TO be friends Of
N" parties concerned in the shoot
Ing. were stopping at a large beach
front hotel under assumed names On
Wednesday night
Wanted Husbands Property.
IN irving 20 reconcile contradictory
statements about the movements Of
Mr. Williams the police have fouu1
thar Mrs Williams has made some
mi,sis'ements or else thai she Is peru
IarIy ignorant OF her husband Shr
toll Chief Woodruff that for many
wears her married life has been an un
happy one She said that her husband
l11 been i'm a sanitarium. whereas he
loI been 10 Europe and only returned
pa Tresdav
o. has been definitely established
ha5 Mr. Williams returned 10 this
.runtrs on TUESDAY ani that on Wei
iosHav morning when he located h
wife he telcphoned 20 her and de-
banded thar she return homc she
Cfusef 10 leave before SATURDAY..
U has been discovered that lu-iug
absence in Europe BIS vie
COX preliminary steps to have him =
I'sed incapable of hauilins bis big
s'ate AMI to have herself appointed
committee of bis peers or his rro-.
rY Williams D. said IN hare 'elruet
T fhic sfor for thc first fire when he
riFCi in Baltimore Trrsfav
Neuro Is 5ess idered.
Jesse jackson the negro vhn uusfef
b. roller chair. has been abe 20
iva thr police some ya'uah'e nfcrua
rr of occurrCncos uu % ths tine Ire
-=t shot was f-el Then Ia-ks-n hr-
lua hruIfr7oI anI De- is not certaIn
a saw ruan or two or three n1e7
1f woman Iaeksru sas uusei1z
.e chair along TIRE r-acii-ailv drscr
rad iu the Waik with his haaI
own aimcst WatinE in his sl-en.
hsn the shot alarmed hin snd he