Richmond planet., 1910-06-18

and went NoNnsJdlES 70 the Kitchen
20 prepare the bread she had made
up the night before for cooking. IL
was found afterwards ready 10 so
into the stove.
FIRST THOUGHT FOR CHILD.
She returned TO her room, where
her husband was still lying in bel.
Then she went into Leslie's room and
found the little fellow dressed and
with his light burning. He had not
slept a wink during The whole night.
and had kept his clothes on because
he was afraid that something would
happen aud he would have 20 fee
for his life. There was n noise in the
adjoining room. IL was Paul ripping
his nightEown TO pieces. In "A mo-
ment he appeared. disheveled. aflame
with anger and a 32-calibre revolver
in his right hand.
With curse he caught his wife
by the wrist. ana swung her round.
with her back toward him. She
screamed and sprang forward so as
20 be between her maniacal husband
and ,ne boy. Paul fired the bullet
penetrating her left arm and going
into her lung.
run. Leslie" she screamed. and
feI 90 the floor. Standing over her
body. Paul shot her again. the second
bullet entering her left breast. She
called 90 her boy again 90 run, and
as ne said afterwards. be ran as fast
as he could down the stairs. and
around the corner 60 the home OF
Charles NJ. Lyle, 2O02 Grove Avenue.
NElGHBORS HEARD SCREAMS.
Neighbors heard another shot and
q scream OF terror Claude Hooker.
who was passing by. ran into the
house as he heard the third shot, and
called to Paul, My God. man. look
what you've done"
Yes, and I haven't finished yet"
the man shouted. running upstairs
10 kill himself. There was another
shot and the house became silent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle and others IN
their household had heard the shots
and cries of terror. and were up
when Leslie. barefoOted, ran TO their
door. They did not wait 10 question
him, guessing what had happened.
Mrs. Lyle telephoned 20 the Second
Police Station and Mr.. Lyle went
TO the house OF death. The front
door was closed and locked, having
caught as the boy shut il behind
him. Within a few minutes Police
men Mattern and Flournoy arrived
on the scene. They broke open the
door.
Mrs. Paul was crumpled up on the
floor. close TO the wall. gasping for
breath. She died just as they stopped
down 10 examine her Following the
trail OF blood on the stairway and on
the wall. they went up to the second
floor. and there, on his bed, with
blood pouring from a hole in his
forehead and with the sheets drip
ping red. they found Paul stark and
still. His hands were crossed on his
body, and in the right hand the pis-
tol was firmly clasped. The officers
stated IL was the most fearsome sight
they had ever seen.
Drsh Armistead Wexford and Dr.
W. T. Oppenhimer were called. but
IL as only in response to the needs
of formality. The man and woman
had been dead some time before they
arrived.
LEFT LETTER TO FATHER.
ENlueltlNs aILer the Inlrd SnOLs
Mrs. Paul ran downstairs ia an eff
fort to escape. The stairway and the
wall were covered with blood. But
the door was locked and she fell
IL a heap, breathing her last just
as the two officers broke in. Blood
was also found in the room where
she was shot, and in their bedroom
there seemed to be nothing but
blood. On a dresser a letter, written
in pencil and addressed to Pauls
father, was found. II was rambling
and incoherent, a wild complaint
about not having had HIS supper in
time and about mismanaged domes-
tic affairs. Coroner Taylor glanced
at IL, and seeing that IL contained
nothing bearing on the murder and
suicide, and was relatively unim-
portant except as showing the state
OF the mans mind, handed IL over
TO Lawrence Paul. the dead mans
father. The latter had little to say.