Evening star., 1909-05-07

know where she lived Three shots
were then fired by Willard.
'.iIe didn't give the poor man chance
to say anything" the witness said
Fused About Money, Too.
Witness assisted the wounded man. and
heard him ask if he were dying. He
was told that Willard had wanted more
money from Beck about the board of the
child. and Beck would not give it to him.
Deputy Coroner Gazebrook described
the wounds Beck had received. Only two
of the bullets struck. one of them In the
chest and one in the left side The
bullet which inflicted this wound DIR.
Giazebrook stated. entered the abdominal
cavity and passed through the left lobe
of the liver.
Trouble Was Expected.
The shooting of Beck did not come as
q complete surprise to persons who were
familiar with the marriage of the child
and the grocer and who knew of the sub
sequent trouble between the husband and
the parents of his child wife. To be told
that he could communicate with his
daughter only by addressing letters to
her at z. o. box 11S was more than he
could stand, Willard says. Immediately
after Beck gave him this message he went
TO a store in d street and paid So for the
revolver with which he later did the
shooting.
Il never owned a revolver before In all
my life,' the prisoner told Star re-
porter.
It appears that at the time Beck and the
little Willard girl were married it was
understood that Dorothy should remain
with her parents until such time as they
thought she should be permitted to live
with her husband But last Monday, two
weeks after the marriage, Beck called at
hQ la 3r6 4 H.
east, and said he wanted to take Dorothy
10 see moving pictures. His failure to
return the child to her parents started
the trouble that ended in the tragedy
yesterday.
Letters of the Child Wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard went to Beck's
store. at I'd and n streets. and begged
that their daughter be returned to them.
but the grocer declared his wife was happy
and did not want to leave him. Yester-
day morning Willard left home about 6
o'clock and called 10 see his son-in-law,
but left the store without learning any
Thing additional. Later in the morning
Mrs Willard called at the store. She
had received this note from her daugh-
ter yesterday morning:
Irving was telling me that you want
ed to know my address but l think it
best for you not to know, as daddy would
find it out, and he would be up here rails
ing the devil. You would be sure to tell
him. | am in nice, respectable place,
and do not have any one to quarrel with
me. SO don't worry. You can send my
clothes and other things If you wish. but
If you don't | have plenty of money and
can buy more; but l would like to have
my other things. Don't worry, please.
DOROTHY"
Tuesday Mrs Willard received letter
from her daughter, in which the girl said: ::
Dear Mamma: j was thinking that you
might be worried and will write you a
few lines to let you know that / am
all right have whole room to myself
and the use of the parlor, and can get
my meals.
Il would have come home, but Irving
would not come with me after the way
daddy abused him in the store. / would
not leave you. but L was afraid TO come
home. Ii l send after my clothes will
YOU let me have them? II you want to
write to me address the letters to Box
LIS, main post office, for ]. w. Beck, and
i Will get them. Do not be worried. as l
am perfectly safe and in good place.
so good-by. From your loving daugh-
ter, DOROTHY"
Yesterday after the killing of Beck the
child-wife called at the Casualty Hos
pital and saw her husband but he was
unconscious She appeared so young that
The physicians and nurses could hardly
realize she was the wife of Beck.
Admits the Killing.
Mrs. Willard called at the fifth pre-
cinct police station last night and saw
her husband. but was permitted to re-
main only few minutes. Following the
interview had with the prisoner yesterday
afternoon by a Star reporter. Capt Will
liams had talk with him. When Willard
was locked up he was much excited and
told the reporter that he had been through
enough TO drive him crazy. He admitted
purchasing the weapon, but then he did
not remember when or where.
Later. when calmer. he told Capt. Will
liams of the visits of his wife and HIM
self to Beck's store yesterday morning
and of his own movements later in the
day.
And he said to the police captain. Il
realize what | am up against
When he called at the store early in
the morning. he said he had begged Beck
TO tell him DorothyS whereabouts, but
Beck refused. saying the girl was happy
and contented and that letter sent to
the post office box mentioned would reach
her. Willard s~'-s he went home and then
went to the navy yard where he got his
pay. From the yard he went to the ID
street store and bought the revolver. On
his way to the store of his Son-fn-law.
Willard says. he stopped at the saloon OF
Lorenzo Simi. 124S New Jersey avenue.
and had two drinks Soon afterward he
reached the store at I'd and n streets.
His son-in-law again refused to divulge
The whereabouts of his daughter.
And he concluded. II suppose that S
when / shot"
Tried Suicide Before Murder.
This morning the prisoner was taken
to police headquarters. where he was
measured and photographed. He was still
suffering from the injuries he sustained
yesterday by falling down the stairs
when he ran from the store.
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