The Washington times., 1908-01-25
WILL KEEP DETSCH
AWAY FROM WIFE
Freed of Murder Charge,
Goes Back to Old
Home.
Divorce RumorS Are Not
Denied by Defendants
Lawyer.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Jan. with
q burst OF cheers that were heard in
the remote corners OF city hall. go men
and women in the court of oyer and
terminer yesterday greeted the verdict
of the jury that Andrew Jackson Detsch
was not guilty of the wiIfuI and pre-
meditated murder Of Harry Feree.
Josephine Wetsch, the wife Of the
prisoner. was kept from the courtroom
IN the fnal hours OF the struggle at the
request of the father and mother OF
young DeJsCh.
Last night the wife kept calling for
her husband, who, she said, was being
detained from her side by his parents.
Detsch himself was the center OF a
family council in the home OF his parents,
at Z004 North Twenty-second street, and
when the doorbeH rang and the aged
housekeeper OF his vife's clearinghouse
asked 70 see him she was denied admit
lance
Neither the father nor the mother Of
the former prisoner was willing that he
should return to the young wife 1t was
admitted that the whole story of the
alleged relations between Feree and
young Mrs Detsch had been told TO the
erstwhile defendant, The young man,
however, still appears 70 care tor his
wife.
Divorce proceedings are said TO be IN
der consideration, but when the subject
was preached to Attorney francis Chap
man, counsel for the young man, he
would neither affirm nor deny that this
was true
From the time that young Detsch
walked from the courtroom a free man
his wife was kept from his side. The
mother and father hurried with him
along the sixth floor corridor until the
office OF Clerk OF Quarter Sessions
Thomas Cunningham was reached, and
they all entered that ONCE for a con-
ference.
once inside the Office. with Clerk Gun
ningham, a personal friend, as the only
outside witness. the elder Mrs. Detsch
threw her arms about the neck of Sam
uel n. Clement, Jr.. who conducted the
case for the defense, and IN a broken
voice thanked him for his work on be-
half OF her son.
Father and son were gTasping hands
and blessing the jury that returned the
verdict OF acQuittal. AS soon as these
fluctuations were over, the father.
mother. and son hurried downstairs.
and, entering a closed carriage, were
driven 10 the offices OF Attorney Chap
man.
Detsch. who is tWenty-three years OF
age. lived with his wife IN an uptown
boarding house. On the night Of Novern-
Der 3 he shot and killed Feres, who is
fifty years OK age while the latter was
END eaVOT1ng 70 enter DetScE S apart
ments. The police who investigated the
matter found FeTee dead at the door
OF the apartment. He was IN his stock
ing feet The policemen were told by
DeLsCh that he heard some one trying
10 get into the room and thinking IL
was a burglar shot four times through
the door. This explanation was at first
inclined to be accepted, but in search
ing the personal effects OF Feree, q
number OF letters that had passed be
tween Mrs DetsCh and Feree and sew
eral suggestive photographs were found
which caused the police 70 hold Detsch
for murder. The Commonwealth failed
To produce evidence against Detsch 10
show a motive for killing FeTee and
accordingly rested its case after having
proven the killing