The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-05
.HECHLER SHOT DOWN BY
FRIEND IN OWN HOUSE


to end The window was smashed, and
on .ue bed was pool of blood. From
the door the policemen picked two
bullets, and from the fence outside. two
more. Another bullet scraped the
front OF the next house, where Hechler
had sought help. Buckshot We're also
found lodged everywhere The revolver
cou.u not be located at the time. 1t
was afterwards found by Sergeant
SowelT in trunk, where it had been
hidden 1t was of 32-calibre. Then the
mounted officers began to look for
Ellyson.
Sergeant Sowell jumped on the frs.
horse he saw and joined in the pur-
suit. Ellyson's house was visited. His
mother stated that he had just left
to put out the city lamps-Ellyson is
city employe. He was at last sur
rounded on Venable Street. between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets.
When the officers approached, Ellyson
said: What do you want with me?
haven't done anything"
You know what we want with you"
responded the police. You know what
happened up on Twenty-fo fourth Street"
What. for shooting Hechler?" he
asked. Il thought he was burglar
He was Immediately arrested.
Many Shots Fired.
1t seems that Hechler had been
alarmed about burglars, but 1t is said
that Ellyson was the man to start the
alarm some weeks go. On Monday
night Hechler invited him to his hose,
to help protect 1t in case of invasion.
Two shots We're fired between / and
o'clock, Mrs. Hechler says, to try the
guns; Hechler says to betray him into
the yard With murderous intent. He did
not go. He. did not leave his bed I'M
til he missed his wife. When he en-
tered the kitchen he claims that he
was attacked by both his wife and his
supposed friend. Shots rained about
him, and a bloody stick found in the
room leads to the belief that he was
also beaten. AT least seven shots We're
fired, and the revolver must have been
reloaded. The first struggle, 1t is said,
occurred in u room where there was
a lighted lamp. II that be true, EIlyson,
it is alleged. knew that he was shoot
ing at Hechler, and was not firing in
the dark Even after the first shots
Hechler's screams must have warned
him that he was not driving off a
burglar Hechler was actually pursued
out of the house and fired at as he left
the gate, and when he was begging for
his life on the adjoining porch.
Mrs. Hechler afterward stated that
she was lying on her bed when the first
scuffle began Her husband says She
attacked him. Ellyson states that he
thought Hechler the looked-for burg
lar. The latter declares his friend
knew him and did the shooting pur-
posely. Hechler was only half-dress-
ed, having on his shirt and trousers.
and burglars do not so half-dressed,
or. generally. go unarmed into light
H<chler never fired a shot. He had
might carry a pistol, as he feared
I cylinder OF the one he carried.
| Threatened to XIII HERSELF.
When Mrs. Hechler was informed of
the condition of her husband, she pro-
fessed ,undying love. and threatened ia
kill herself with laudanum She re-
peated her love and her threats SO
and after being carried before Justice
Crutchfield was remanded to jail. UNI
der $1,000 security. The jailers We're
warned TO keep strict watch on her
The police want her for a Witness as
much as they desire to prevent hel
from committing suicide. Ellyson was
taken before the Police Court. and
his case was continued. Mr.. Gilbert X
| Pollock Will defend him.
| Mrs. Hechler has been married
about ten months, and has one child
| She was formerly Miss Ivy Buchanan
Mr.. Hechler is nephew of the treas
lurer OF Hcnrico county.