The Detroit times., 1908-08-28

beautiful society mstron Of 5alti-
more, who was with Chas. b.
Roberts, a wealthy Baltimorean,
when he was shot and fatally
wounded on the board walk. said
today that the man who did the
shooting was not her husband.
my husband did not shoot Mr..
Roberts" che said emphatieally.
HE is In Baltimore and had not
been in Atlantic City.
iii- do rot-know who ttte-ff'sf,
was who fired the shot, but | think
Mr.. Roberts recognized MIN and
could tell his name II he RECEIVERS
consciousness"
ATLANTIC CITY. y. j.. Aus 2s.--
Mrs. w S G. Williams. the beautiful
Baltimore society woman who was
with ChGs. B. Roberts, Of Baltimore,
when he was mysteIiously shot or
the board walk. was under police sur.
VIGILANCE in the Hotel Brighton, to
day. Detective Wilson, OF the central
station, remained on guard in The cor
ridors of the hotel
The police do not believe the story
that Roberts was shog by masked
highwayman and think Mrs. Williams
play be able TO throw further light
an the mystery.
ATLANTIC CITY. y. j., Aug. Is
His death not far distant. in ell prob
AGILITY, Chas b. Roberts. the Balti-
more millionaire and clubman, per
sists. in the city hospital today. that
ne has absolutely no idea Of the
identity OF the masked man who, &C
cording TO HIS story, stepped Up TO
the rolling chair in which ne was
riding on the board walk with Mrs.
w. S. G. Williams. OF Baltimore-the
wife OF his best friend-and shot him.
The bullet penetrated Robert. liver
and he has only shade Of a chance
to live.
The mysterious masked man who
was seen by no one but Roberts, Mrs.
Williams ard the Negro pushing the
double chair. got clear away
In view OF the fact that Willie"
Williams imagined that his wife was
In Boston and that Roberts wife and
children are In New Hampshire. the
police think that much more remains
TO be told than has yet been got from
Mr. Roberts.
Looking for Mysterious Auto.
The police are looking for a Mary
land automobile for which a New Jer-
sey license is said TO have been issued
the day before the shooting. II they
find trace of 1t they think the trail
will lead them to Baltimore.
Persons in the neighberhood say
they saw an auto stop short distance
from the spot and after few minutes
sped away A chauffeur was left In
Charge OF the car, they said, until the
man who got out returned. Then 1t
sped away at amazing speed.
This is not a highway robbery, as
Roberts story would indicate" said
Chief of Police Woodruff. We've got
a case on our hands that is going to
take a lot of work 10 clear up
Capt. Whalen, who questioned Rob
erts at the hospital, would only say:
When some one talks we shall have
the person who shot Roberts in jail"
Roberts Had an Enemy.
The police have been particularly
active in trying to learn the where
abouts at the time OF the shooting
of a man whose relations with Mr..
Roberts are said 10 have been strained
for some time Whether their differ
ences were OF social or a business
nature the police decline TO state.
The outcome OF the mysterious
shooting will doubtless be one OF the
create st sensations Baltimore society
ever has known. The two principals
in the affair are probably as we'll or
better known In fashionable Baltimore
than any one In the social swim Ia
that city.
Mrs. Williams Personality.
Mrs. Williams is a strilxingly hand.
some women, about 80 years old Her
figure is full and shapely, her eyes
are of flashing black and her skin IS
of a peculiarly clear rose-tinted olive
hue that has made her notable figure
everywhere.
Roberts Is 3s years old He Is the
president and treasurer Of tAa Nation.
al Supply Co, and has been married
fourteen years. Both he and Mrs
Roberts went out a great deal into
society as did their inseparable
friends, the Williamses
Accepting Roberts story that the
shooting was the work OF a man an
parently bent solely on robbery. the
secrecy with which he endeavored e
envelope IL Is remarkable and seem
ingly unnecessary. The shooting oc
CURED Mt 1890 the night before last
and IL was not until yesterday that
there was an inkling that roberts had
been shot down at Mrs. Williams side
Then Jesse Jackson. the Negro chair
man. began talking. and the police
hearing OF this story. began an lnvestl
cation.
The Established Facts.
The facts SO far established are
these:
Roberts and Mrs. Williams had sup
per at the Hotel Shelburne. late IL
the evening, followed by ride on tn,
board walk in a closed rolling chair
A driVf7g rain had cleared the wall
OF nearly oil its promenaders. As th'
chair proceeded towards Rhode Island
ave. heavily masked figure dartes
out OF the shadows, snatched ava!
the rubber covering TN front of tr'
chair and ordered Roberts To get out
Scarcely had the society man touch
ed the board walk when the strange
raised a revolver and fired two shot
at close range. Roberts fell with |
groan. A stream OF blood trickled from
the wound and dyed his shirt bosom
Two blocks away Fred A. Rust. |
policeman, heard the shot and rushed
"a tho Mar He aaw "A atvliehlv dress