Evening star., 1909-05-07
Coroner's Inquest Sends Him
in the Grand Jury.
CHILD WIFE is UNMOvED
Story of the Shooting in Corner
Grocery Is Told.
WITNESS TELLS OF MONEY ROW
Crowd at Morgue to Get Glimpse Of
Fourteen-Year-old Widow Of
Fathers Victim. -

Albert H. Willard. who shot ana klied
Irving w. Beck. husband OF Willard's
fourteen-year-old daughter. at the latter's
grocery store, ID and N streets southeast.
yesterday afternoon. was committed to
jail this afternoon after jury. impan-
eled by Coroner hewitt. had returned .
verdict holding him responsible for the
crime. Mrs. Willard and the child wife
were on hand at the morgue long before
the hour appointed for the hearing to be-
gin. A crowd Of the curious was already
on hand.
1--WE only want to see the little wife,"
several female spectators admitted. and
disappeared after their curiosity had been
satisfied.
The child wife. dressed IN white and
wearing q hat trimmed with white lace
and green vines. occupied q seat beside
| her mother, while her father sat at the
table with his counsel, 7. c. Taylor As
sistant United States Attorney Charles
n. Turner was present with Detective
McNamee to look after the interests of
the prosecution, and when the hearing
| had been concluded they took the state
| ments Of several witnesses. On her way
from the morgue Dorothy Beck stopped
| long enough to recognize her father. but
| showed no emotion.
Beck Funeral Next Monday.
| Undertaken Thomas r. Nalley took
| charge of the body Of Beck this after
noon and removed 1t from the morgue
| to his establishment. 1921 11th street
southeast. Arrangements have been
made for the funeral to take place Mon
day afternoon at o'clock. Interment
will be at Glenwood.
Proceedings at the Inquest.
DR.. Thomas A. Lee. assistant resident
physician at the Casualty Hospital, the
first witness examined. testified that Beck
was brought to the hospital yesterday
afternoon in the automobile Of Thomas
w. Smith. Beck was in q dying condi-
ton. the result Of three bullet wounds,
two in the chest and one In the LETT side.
Dr. Wellington was summoned to the hos
pital and the wounded man was placed on
| the operating table. It was found that
one bullet had penetrated the liver Of the
wounded man, and that his life could not
| be saved.
Sergt. Ryan of the fifth precinct testi-
aed that he went to the scene Of the
shooting yesterday afternoon and found
crowd on the sidewalk. Some Of the
/
down and witness told them to release
him. About that time he saw q man slip
a white-handled pistol to Capt. williams.
Have you the pistol?" asked the coro-
ner.
Yes. SIR responded the witness, turn
| ing over the weapon.
| rs it loaded?'
| NO, sir.
! who unloaded it?'
| Capt. Williams
| The coroner questioned Capt. Williams,
| who said three chambers were empty
| when Adolph Arneson gave him the
| weapon. Arneson, fireman at the Penn
| sylvania station, who testified that he
| was acquainted with Beck, was on his
way home yesterday when he saw Will
| lard come out of Lorenzo Simis saloon
at New Jersey avenue and N street. He
had heard Of the trouble In the morning.
and when he saw Willard go in the d.
rection of the Beck store he followed.
Followed "to See a Scrap"
Arneson said he thought there was
going to be a scrap, but did not antic-
pate any shooting
when 1 got about half a square from
the store" said witness, Il heard the
shooting"
Did you know Willard"
Yes, sir. l have known him about
| two years.
Witness said he saw Willard enter the
|
out with the pistol in his hand.
"A man named Jackson" witness stat
ed. Jumped on Willard and knocked the
| weapon out of his hand"
The men engaged in wrestle. A col
ored man picked up the revolver and
| handed it to witness.
us this the weapon? asked the cor
oner, exhibiting the revolver.
1T is. 1t had two bullets in it,
Hoped He Was Dead
Witness held Willard until the police
came. Willard asked him If he thought
Beck was dead, and he replied in the
| affirmative. Willard, he said, remarked:
II hope to the Lord he is dead. II he is
dead l feel happy, and If he amt dead
1 don't feel happy
Gilbert Jackson. employed as inspector
for the District testified that he entered
the store of Beck about 12:40 o'clock yes
terday to buy sandwich. and while there
he saw Beck and several relatives. He
had been in there seven or eight minutes.
when Willard came in and said something
which he did not understand
| And added witness, Then came
bang. bang, bang"
Willard fell from the steps and witness
held him until the police came. Willard.
while down, cried, If l killed him I'm
the happiest man in the world and II l
didn't I'm the saddest
a clerk in the Beck store, testified that
| Willard entered the store and asked MI.
Beck about his (Willard's) daughter.
| Beck replied that Dorothy had told him
she would not return home.
| Where was Dorothy at that time!
TIP town. She was at 1o6 Indiana
avenue.
Mother, Will DieP"
Witness saw Willard fire one shot ana
he (witness) ran from the store to the
| house Two more shots were fired. Beck
asked his mother If she thought he
would die. and she told him no" The
wounded man. he said, also asked for his
| wife He seemed to know no one In the
| house save his mother.
What was Mr.. Beck doing when the
| first shot was fired?
HE was weighing ginger snaps for q
| boy named Wilson,.
| Fred Zuschnitt, brother-in-law OF the
dead man, testified that when Willard en-
tered the store he asked Beck What are
you going to do about 1t 7"
| Beck replied that Dorothy had said -sh0
did not want to see him or have nam