The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24

gasps as If he fought for it.
This woman. who was shot down as
she tried to flee, this afternoon. as
she lay in the hospital sorely but not
fatally wounded. inquired about the
condition Of her husband and hoped that
h ewould get well. In spite OF the life he
had led her she stnl wished him only
we'll She had walked hand in hand
with privations and sometimes with
poverty ever since. as Evelyn Lewis.
she went to the altar with him.
Soon after they were married he was
in the grip of the law, and few
months later he was sent to Sing Sing.
Working at the HipDodrome and with
''Forty-five Minutes From Broadway"
she earned enough to support herself
and her mother and to pay him de-
voted attention while he was in the
penitenuary.
Lured Back To Stage.
A short while ago he was paroled
from prison and started out in life
again. Lured back to the stage, be
cause she liked it and was miserable
AT home. and because the money was a
necessity TO her, she obtained a posi-
tion with THE Motor Girl company,
with which she has been playing only
two weeks. Yesterday he prevented hef
going on the stage at all
So fnfuriated had he become because
of her determination to go on with the
company that, when the station was
reached, Mrs. Short was completely ter
rffied. When the vehicle came 10
nGEan the
Atgbt which was TO end in her Delns
shot Miss Caldwell, who accompanied
them TO the station. who saw every de-
rail of the shooting. is now at the house
~ Detention, held as a witness IN inc
case. l..
Mrs. Shorts mother. who resides IN
New York. is described as being Oh
such liTaited means that she eouId not
come to Washington today
Both short and his wife are from
the South, he from Livingston Aid AID
and she from Jacksonville, RIA 9He
is a woman of more than average goo
looks, with chestnut hair dark brown
ewes. and regular features He Is TAM
with black hair, his face pale uhoei
normal conditions.
"Afraid of Husband"
EVELYN was deadly afraid OF her
husband said Miss Caldwell, the IN
5nrod woman's room mate when seen
al the House of Detention.
aSbe told me after receiving this tele-
nbone message that he had oHered 10
send her money TO come home. hao
never seen the man until yesterday
morning, when a touseled head was
thrust through the door OF our room
where ! was writing a letter 10 noLil1I'
sThe face was that Of a crazy man
I can't describe it. It gave me the sAiN-
ers. The man asked II Evelyn "as
there Evelyn had seen the reelection
of his face in a mirror and I could see
her start, as she caught glimpse OF
his face.
..F4e wasn't a ouarrelsome fellow but
he has nasty little habit Of pinching
and biting. I saw him bite her myers
hard enough to draw blood. de COM
menced nagging her about returning 10
him and kept il up almost continually
until the time Of the shooting
.eTbe tragedy OF this morning had it's
beginning nearly seven years ago.
shortly after the marriage Of Alr. ana
Mrs. Short Short was a teller in a
bank. and became heavily involved. and
is alleged to have used the banks funds.
ne fed, but was captured, and sent to
the penitenuary Tor SIX years
Forced To Work.
while he was in Sing Sing their
only child, a boy. died. Mrs. Short was
forced 10 go to work. and tried many
things with more or less success. Short
was released from the Denitentiary
some time ago on parole, but Mrs. Short
would not return TO live with him.
From the time OF his release up TO the
minute the shot was fired this morning,
ne is alleged 70 have annoyed her con-
tinually with his impOrtunings to come
back. She did live with him for a
brief time. but left him three weeks ago,
this time, she said. for good.
Evelyn Joined the Motor Girr com
pany a few weeks ago, Last year she
was a member OF the American Idea
company. and the 'FolIies of 1909 She
came here last Monday and put up at
the Regent Hotel with me. She re-
ceived several messages from Short dur
ing the week, and on Saturday night,
he called her up from New York on the
long-distanee telephone.
Before Tragedy.
''He Joined US at 1870 O'Clock this
morning. ] know the time because
left a call for that hour with the clerk,
ana the telephone Dell Nau just EuIiB-
After breakfast We packed our trunks,
and at $40 O'Clock we started for the
station We We're so long getting a car
and the time was short, that 1 called
q carriage from across the street, and
We piled into that Evelyn, and VIII
on the back seat, and I sat on the
seat with the driver. He kept pinch
ing her and talking 10 her all the way
10 the station ] did not hear what
he said, but several times I heard her
stay, stop, Will If you don't stop
win scream. After had had about
enough OF this 1 turned TO him and
aaid:
Why don't you quit, VIII. You
have been keeping this thing UP now
Cor two days. Why not let us have a
little peace. You have onI va few min
utes together
THAT did not stop him. however, and
again Evelyn threatened TO scream.
IL you do III make you sorry,' he
said.
Jumps From Carriage