The Washington herald., 1909-10-25
SHOOTS WIFE; STAYS HIMSELF

HIMSELF
committed suicide. and asked what dis
position should be made OF the body. No
reply has been received.
The following telegram was sent TO the
police OF New York City: Notify Mrs.
Mary Lewis. Of East 1l1th street. that
William Short died here to-day. Body
IS at the .morgue. Wire disposition.
Wifes condition serious Physicians say
she has a chance Of recovery"
Mrs. Lewis. mother OF the girl. was in
her apartments dressing about II o'clock
in the morning, when she heard a knock
at the door.
Mother Nearly Fnints.
II nearly tainted said Mrs. Lewis
last night az Casualty Hospital. when
saw a policeman. He said he had
message for me. and handed me the tele-
gram. I opened II. glanced at the first
line and nearly tainted knew then
what had happened
Mrs. Lewis thanked the policeman. She
finished attiring herself. wrote a brief
message 10 her invalid husband. who was
out, and ran for a car Less than an
hour after she received the telegram She
was on train bound for Washington
She Informed a policeman at Union
station Of her identity, and was directed
20 the hospital
us my daughter aliye?" asked the
mother. as she threw open the door OF
/ the hospital and faced a uniformed sur
geon. II am Mrs. Lewis" And when
/ the physicians assured her the wounded
. u wa Twin
/ into a chair on the verge Of collapse.
/ Il was so afraid I would not get here
/ I'm time" she sobbed
/ She was given stimulants, and regained
/ her cOmpOsure She will not be allowed
I 20 see her daughter until this morning.
/ Mrs Short was told her mother would
\ not reach Washington until this morn
/ ing. and she promised 20 control herself
I when Mrs. Lewis was admitted 90 the
room.
Z Mrs Lewis spoke last night I'm a tone
which indicated she hated Short did
! he suffer before he died?" she asked q
physician. mo" was the response.
Fate has been cruel 10 me" said Mrs
. Lewis. why couldn't he suffer? Why
should he die without pain? I wish he
had undergone the torturcs Of a thou
sand deaths. He robbed me OF nv baby
subjected her 20 tortures; he was a blna
on her life and now he has tried 10 XIII
[ her"
Met Him at Dance.
One night the girl went 70 a dance.
where she was introduced TO short lie
was then twenty-siN years old, "a night
clerk in the Colonial Hotel It was
case Of love at first sight. he proposing
10 Evelyn few hours after he met her.
and she acknowledging she loved him
well enough To marry him
With two friends as witnesses. Short
and Evelyn went TO a minister and were
married. After the ceremony he sent n
telegram TO the girls mother. saying.
EVELYN and I were married tonight Both well.
WILLIAM SHORT.
! Short and his young wife lived in the
Lewis home for three years
- feel jealous Of her. said Short.
when asked about his attitude toward
| Evelyn. and l can't overcome il TO save
my life
He would follow her from room TO
room Ike an animal" said the mother
He always seemed to fear she would
run away from him He would arrange
her hats in a row on a shelf. so he could
tell when he returned home If they had
been moved. He used 10 take a lead
pencil and mark ali over the bottoms Of
her shoes. so he could tell if she had been
oct of the house while he was away. I
caught on to that trick, and when Evelyn
would come home 1 would pencil the bot
toms Of the shoes and fool him.
Then he forged checks and stole
money, and they caught him. / think he
swindled Tiffany & Co. out OF a ring
valued at $l25, and pawned il for So I be-
lieye he also passed a worthless check on
the United Cigar Stores Company, by
which firm he was employed as a con-
hdential and expert accountant.
He had several good positions, but he
lost so much time watching EVELYN he
was discharged from every situation he
obtained
"A little daughter died while its father
was in the penintentiary and he never
saw the child. One day Evelyn was
walking I'm the street on her way to
work, when suddenly her husband stem
ped before her and kissed her. She
nearly dropped from fright. believing him
in Sing Sing.
1T was only a few months ago that
he left prison. but since then we would
not allow him to live at our home with
Evelyn. A few weeks ago he obtained
a position with the cigarette manufactur-
ing company, but l believe he was dis
charged before he left for Washington.
last saw Evelyn on Sunday"
short Reaches City.
Short reached Washington Saturday
morning and stopped at the Regent
Hotel He had the appearance Of a man
who had been drinking. He registered as
H. c. Reeves, of Brooklyn, n. Y, and
| was assigned 10 room us
AIRS. Short occupied room Do. on the
third floor, with Miss Caldwell. her
chum. She had been with the "Folies
Of 1908" and THE American Idea" Com
pany. and was considered a clever
dancer.
Short had been in the hotel a short
time when he went TO his wife and for
babe her appearing at the Saturday
matinee.
He stayed in the room until about s
o'clock, when he went to the lobby and
asked to have a check cashed for $40.
The hotel management refused to cash
the check.