Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-19
ACCOUNTS DO NOT AGREE
Will Try to Make Others Talk, Who
Know of Affair.
TRAGEDY IN FETZER'S OFFICE
Woman Says Man Who Killed Him
self Was Jealous-No Trace of
Family in Washington.

Emma Young by Charles w. Rigdon and
the suicide of Rigdon last Friday has
been told yet declares Coroner Peter
NJ. Hoffman.
| There are certain persons who can tell
much that has been left unsaid. We will
get to the bottom of the whole affair." if
possible"
Many conflicting statements have been
made by all parties in the case. Mrs
Young declared yesterday that Rigdon
shot her and killed himself because he
was jealous of two men,
One Of them, she said, is John c. Fet-
zer, millionaire, in whose office the shoot
ing took place The other is S. w. Tan
ner, clerk at downtown hotel. Both men
deny her story.
Mrs. Young's Statement.
In her statement to Police Inspector
Patrick LAWN, Mrs Young said she
feared that Rigdon's original intention
had been to get her and Fetzer together
and kill them both. She said she was
afraid to go to meet the man alone, and
4 III thdt iSdSoH SHc tOOA WIFI neT 10 ret
zer's office her half sister, Mary Theresa
| Turner
| Mrs. Young assured me that Rigdon' s
| discovery that she had written letter
| to Mr.. Fetzer was the immediate cause
| OF the tragedy" Inspector LAWN said
| "She also insisted that Rigdon had
| threatened to take the life of Fetzer
| a day or so before the shooting, and that
Fetzer had sent her word for God s
| sake see Rigdon and straighten this out
afraid n o1o
In Mr.. Fetzer's office after 1 had agreed
| 10 go there, the woman said. so
! took my sister with me. When Rigdon
came In l showed him letter. and told
MIN he had been prosecuting me-
That was about all that was said as
| far as she was able to telI,' concluded
| the police official. She said that Rig
don remarked: Wen. / suppose that you
don't want anything further to do with
me. dropped his head In his hands and
then. suddenly reached for his gun in his
desk and began to shoot at her and her
sister. AS they ran out of the room
and Mrs. Young fell he turned the re-
volver to his own head and fired
Fetzer Dodged Trouble.
"Fetzer. according to the woman. was
in the room and heard all the conversa-
tion. He left when Rigdon reached for
| the revolver, according to our investiga-
| ton of the circumstances
THE letter that Mrs Young .ays she
showed when she upbraiued Rigdon was
one which he had written 70 S. w. Tan
| ner, clerk at the hotel, in which Rigdon
had cast reflections upon the character of
Mrs. Young. She said the letter had been
written by Rigdon during a fit of jeaI-
ousy, some time ago, when sne was stop
| ping at the hotel. She asserted that
Tanner had given the letter to her as
soon as he received it,
4 The mother of the fwn NOR fo
Evanston to live about three weeks ago
She says her lame is Mrs. Oscor j. Troj-
man. She said that her husband, who
had been in the Norwegian diplomatic
service at washington and London, died
six years ago IN the English capital
we came to Chicago at the request of
my daughter. Mrs. Young, three weeks
ago. she said. Mr.. Rigdon and she had
arranged for the lease Of the house
Il know that Mrs Young had been en-
ployed by him as private secretary and
stenographer for about three years, and
has travelled all about the west with him
/, on his business missions"
The mother said that Mrs Young was
married ten years ago to Alexander
Young. a New York attorney, and they
separated about three years ago. She said
Young now was living in New York or
| Philadelphia.
after the separation" she said. 'her
| daughter became stenographer. 1t was
| in business office in New York that she
met Rigdon''
Supported Mother and Family.
| Mrs. Trojman said that since her hus-
| bands death Mrs. Young had supported
| herself, her mother, her sister Theresa,
| twenty years old; another sister, Matilda.
| sixteen years old. and her brother Walter.
thirteen years old. All four of her chill
| dren reside with her, she said
After my husbands DEATH" she said.
1--WE moved from London to Washington,
| and lived for time in Dupont Circle
| and at 1884 9th street. Two years ago
We moved to New York, and lived on
| 135th street
| According to the mother. her daughter
| ington until recently The other daush-
| ter, Matilda, was in a Catholic school In
| Wisconsin.
| While the widow was telling he rstory
| Theresa arrived at the residence She
| at once dismissed all interviewers and
| announced that all the information which
had been given by Mrs. Trojman was
| incorrect.
| Her story is arranged just for the
| newspapers to get" she said. "You had
| better not believe what you have been
| told.
The young woman continued that her
| own name was Mary Theresa Turner and
| that her half sisters maiden name was
| married. is widow, and refused to give
her married name
She declared that Rigdon was distan,
relative of Miss or Mrs. Young. and had
lived with the family when they dwelled
| in New York and other cities To ac.
count for the two names she declared
that her mother had been married twice
Not a Philadelphia Lawyer.
PHILADELPHIA. July 19-No one b,
the name of Alexander Young is a mem.
Der of the Philadelphia bar
No Trace in Washington.
Il A. search for the former home in Wash.
ington Of Mrs. Oscar j. Trojman, mothe,
i of Mrs. Alexander Young, who was sho,
In Chicago by Charles w. Rigdon. failed
to show where Mrs. Trojman had lived
in this city.
At 1884 9th street, where Mrs. Trojmar
said she made her home two years ago
no traceof her could be found This was
the same case in Dupont circle, where
Mrs. Trojman said she had lived alsc
while here.
Inquiry was made at the converts here
to learn IL Miss Mary Turner or Miss
Mary Trojman, who is a second daugh
ter of Mrs. Trojman. had been a student
there. but no trace of her could bs
! found. either.