The Washington times., 1908-08-28
Baltimore Man, Shot While
Riding in Chair With Wom-
an, Expected to Die.
MARYLAND AUTO
SOUGHT BY POLICE
Atlantic City Tragedy Surrounded
in Mystery-C. B. Roberts, the
Victim-Mrs. Williams Mum.

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 2S-His death,
in all probability, not far distant,
Charles B. Roberts. the Baltimore mil
honaire and clubman. persists. in the
city hospital today, that he has absp-
lutely no idea of, the identity Of the
masked man, who. according to his
story, stepped up 10 the rolling chair
IN which he was riding. on the board
walk. with Mrs W. S. C. Williams. Of
Baltimore-the wife of his best friend
and shot him.
The bullet penetrated Roberts liver
and he has only shade Of a chance to
live.
Mrs. williams declares that the man
who did the shooting was not her hus-
band
My husband did not shoot Mr.. Rob
erts,' she said. emphaticaIlv. He is in
6alumore and has not been in Atlantic
I do not know who the man was who
nred the shot but I think Mr.. Roberts
recognized him, and could tell his name
i me ne recoyers consciousness.
Ahe mysterious masked man. who was
seen oy 10 one but Roberts. Mrs VII
IaIes. anu the negro pushing the double
chair. got clear away.
In view OF the fact that willie" vii
I5ams imagined that his wife was in
Boston and that Roberts wife and chill
dIen are In New Hampshire the police
mink that much more remains 10 he
Iold than has yet been got from Mr.
HoDerJs They have questioned Mrs
Williams, i'm her room AZ the Hotel
Brighton, where Roberts was also stoD-
ping, but what they have learned from
ner or the strange affair they have
not seen fit to tell
Seek Maryland Auto.
It is known. however, that they are
looking for a Maryland automobile. for
which New Jersey license is said To
have been issued the day before the
shooting. IF they find trace Of II. thew
think the trail viii lead them 10 Balti-
more.
Persons in the neighborhood say they
saw an auto stop a short distance from
the spot and after a few minutes. sneed
away A chauffeur was left in charre
Of the car, they said, until the man
Who got out returned. Then It sped
away at amazing speed.
This is not a highway robbery as
Roberts story would Indicate" said
Chief OF Police Woodruff. we've cot
case or our hands that IS going Z,
take lot Of work to clear up"
Captain WhaIen, who questioned Rob-
erts. would only say:
when some one talks. we shall have
the person who shot Roberts in fau.y
The police have been particularly &C
tive in trying to learn the whereabouts
at the time OF the shooting Of a man
whose relations with Mr.. Roberts are
said TO have been strained for some
time Whether their differences were
or a social or a business nature the
police decline to state
VIII Be Great Sensation.
The outcome ee a.. y,---.-a
Ing undoubtedly viii be one Of the
greatest sensations Baltimore society
ever knew. The two principals in the
affair are probably as well or better
known In fashionable Baltimore than
any in the social swim IN that citv.
Mrs. Williams IS a strikingly handsome
woman, about thirty years old Her
ngure Is full aud shapely. her eyes ara
or uasnlng black, and her skin Is OF
peculiarly clear rOse-tinted olive hue
that has made her notable figure
everywhere.
Roberts is thirty-eIght years old. He
is president and treasurer of the Ma
uonaI supply Company and has been
married fourteen years. Both he and
Mrs. Roberts went out a great deal
into society, as did their inseparabIe
friends. the Williamses.
Accepting the story that the shooting
was the work Of a man bent solely on
robbery, the secrecy with which he en-
deaVOTed to envelope Il was strange and
seemingly unnecessary. The shooting
took place at 1870 the night before
last, and 1t was not until yesterday
afternoon that there was even an ink
ling that Roberts had been shot down
at Mrs Williams side.
Negro Clergyman Talks.
Then Jesse Jackson. the negro chair
man, began talking, and the police.
hearing of his story, began an investi-
cation. The facts so far estab abIished are
these.
Roberts and Mrs. Williams had supper
at the Hotel SheIburne late in the even
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