Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-18
DIES ACCUSING WIFE.
Suicide of william Lyons, A.
legged Handbook Man.
GIVEN UP By B0NDSMAN
Protested Innocence When Placed
Under Arrest.
BR0ODED OVER HIS TROUBLE
Not Charged With Connection With
Any Of Those Appreciated
Saturday on Same Charge.
BRooDED OVER HIS TROUBLE

1T was a Judas kiss you gave" wrote
| William Lyons. alleged handbook man in
q letter to his wife only q short
| while before he ended his life in the
| witness room at the sixth precinct police
station yesterday morning by hanging
| himself with his leather belt.
The letter he wrote to his wife while
| in the CELL and which was found near his
body, reads:
II know this trouble has been insti-
gated by you. This IL what you meant
| by telling me that you were going to
see the clerk Of the court, not to get
the cases settled. but to get me in trouble.
| 1t was Judas kiss you gave me.
81 know you have done this to get rid
of me- Well, have lost everything. even
my wife. May God forgive you as have
| tried to do tonight. Goodbye"
Mrs. Lyons could not be seen by the
police. but her friends declared her hus-
band had done her a gross injustice in
his last missive. o-s
Gross Injustice Claimed.
Persons who are familiar with the cir
cumstances attending the arrest OF Lyons
declare Mrs Lyons had nothing to do
with causing his arrest 1t is stated that
Lyons, who had returned to the city only
short time ago. was seen in the vicinity
Of the Police Court building Saturday
Several persons who saw him. it IS
stated, reported his appearance to the
bondsman and the latter caused the
arrest.
Undertaken J. William Lee last night
took charge of the body, removing 1t
from the morgue to his place of bust
ness to be prepared for burial. Mrs.
Julia A. Lyons, who rooms at 206 Indi-
ana avenue northwest, was made i'll by
the shock of her husbands act.
Charged With Making a Handbook.
Mrs. Lyons was arrested in August of
last year with her husband, both hav
ing been charged with making a hand
book on the races, and later they were
accused Of having tempered with gas
supply pipe.
Husband and wife were put under
81 900 bond in the handbook case, while
the charge of tampering with the gas
pipe was nolle pressed SO far as Mrs.
Lyons was concerned. John j. Nina
han, bondsman for the couple, pro-
cured bailpiece from the Police Court
Saturday morning for Lyons, having
concluded to surrender him and release
himself from the responsibility for his
appearance in court.
Edward Johnson was named as the
person to serve the paper. He found
Lyons on Pennsylvania avenue and
placed him under arrest escorting him
to the sixth precinct police station.
Lyons, who had been working as trav-
cling agent for coffee firm, was sur
prised when told that his bondsman
had surrendered him, alth ough he made
no bitter complaint. He declared he had
made no effort to run away, bond for
his appearance having been given near
iy a year ago. and 1t was not his fault
that the Police Court had not tried the
case.
II was innocent of the charge" he Is
said to have asserted, land that was
probably why my case was not called.
Brooded Over His Trouble.
Lyons did not sleep much Saturday
night. He was held in the police sta
ton merely as an accommodation for
the marshars Office. and would have
been turned over to the deputy marshal
at the Police Court this morning had
he not committed suicide.
He was observed a number of times
during the night, having been seen alive
less than thiSty minutes before his dead
body was found suspended from the graf
ing.
and went to Canada. His idea was tol
work and get money enough to defend
the charges that had been brought against
him. When he returned he found en-
ployment with a coffee firm, and. he told
the police Saturday, he was doing we'll
His message to his wife, however, shows
he thought she had told his bondsman
he was here and that it was her fault he
was arrested. After being locked up he
brooded over his trouble. and about &
O'Clock in the morning his lifeless but
warm body was found suspended from the !
grating. Lyons was not alleged to have |
had any connection with the several
others who were arrested Saturday.