The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-01

conducted The sherman House. and her
son. Charles Henry VINO helped her
VAN t'e business was frequent caller
One week after Voet killed himself
tIrufE moved from the hote. So the
NnEl home and took care OF the UIcT-
I.aI end coz Airs. NostH business. Henry
as UrrEICa. ANA while other reasons
ncrc assigned at the time, If is said
ou good authority that Henry and his
wife separated because of attentions
ALLEGED Go have been paid Mrs. NoEI
Born in Maryland.
Hcn.r was borif iu Sharpsburg, Md,
forty years ago, and came 10 Wash
mEiou I'M lis early youth. He was iu
the real estate business for "a number
ol years. and after graduating from
the Georgetown Law School. Iu 1890,
ne opened en office in T. street
Tn g. vain cuoTt tu get her son to re-
turn Co Washington with her Mrs.
Henry remained AT the beach until the
sunday before Christmas. The follow
ing day he was taken sick and became
Charles 3olt. Waterman at the bank
building says he was awakened shortly
before o'clock by Mrs. EoEr's screams
Dressing huTriedly, he ran to the house,
and found Henry lying ON the same
couch ou which DE had found Nogt a
few months previous. Bolt says the
man appeared To- be alive, and ne ran
for Dr. Ashton. Henry died about an
hour later
Jury Is Summoned.
& onroneTs jury was summoned early
that morning, and J. Clifford Ninde
town treasurer was made foreman.
Niude is one of the jurymen who wants
the deaths investigated
3Ir. Niude even went so far in his IN
Vestigauons as to experiment with a re-
voivcr on paper and pigsllin 10 test the
effect of The powder marks.
81 couldn't understand" said Mr..
Niude. how III is that a man could
shoot himself i'm the temple and vet
hold the revolver SO that 1t would leave
no powder marks. ] tried it with paper
and piEsku. While the powder marks
were not SEQ noticeable on the bigskin,
they We're plainly visible on the paper
when the revolver was held three or
tour feet away. Tt would not be possible
IuT "a uau TO shoot himself I'm the head
the way Henry was shot. and hold the
barrel more than a foot away. / &C.
not think il would be possible 10 hold Il
that far"
Mrs Vogt Iau Colonial Beach last
Saturday night, and now is IN Wash
ugron. Before the body of Henry had
been removed from the home Mrs
No@l euEaEed team and drove to Oak
Grove. and later drove TO one OF the
steamboat landings. where, she boarded
boat for this city.
No Autopsy Performed.
iH spite of what are regarded as
suspicious circumstances in couneoiiSii
with Eenrys death, nc autopsy was
performed TO determine the course Of the
bullet
pr- Ashton, who has been pracucing
medicine only a short time. says that he
had never been called 10 attend a gun
shot case before, and that ne was UNI
able 10 express any opinion as To
whether the wound was selt-infiiCted.
Di ashton Useu a. probe TO determine
TIE direction taken by The bullet. which
showed that the revolver must have
aeen Ieid on level when the shot was
ITe3-
The <tree members of the jury
rank w Maicott, r.. T. Montgomery,
ANA ~ Walter DeAtIey-WhO favored
verdict OF suicide. said that they
reached the conclusion that Henry
killed himself from the evidence, which
showed eonclus!vely. they assert, that
Ie was ouJ OF his mind.
James :. Graham signed verdict
az death az the hand of some unknown
TeF51nss and w L. Weaver refused to
sign
the affair has caused the greatest ex-
e.leHent al the beach, and several OF the
residents openly assert that business
men had brought undue influence no
pear ODD au effort TO hush the matter I'D
Mayor Wants Inquiry.
Rudolph Watson. mayor Of Colonial
Beach, says that he win demand that
thorough Investigation be made of
tHr whole case, and that the town Of
lsers have promised 10 assist the Com
IH7HWealth attorney ia every way Dos
s.'.e in getting at the real facts.
Ihls unfortunate affair" said Mayor
Watson must not be given a coar of
Nhtewash. The facts must be known
Il there Is ground for taking action
against anyone, that action must be /
taken It is mp TO the Commonwealth 1
attorney now"
HeDrys body was brought TO Wash +
lHgt9n last sunday night and funeral 4
services were held from the family resi- (
uelce. 1918 Pennsylvania avenue north /
west, oH Mouday
Burial was made in Arlington Gene /
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