New-York tribune., 1910-02-04
KILLED BY PERSIAN
GIRL STUDENT DIES.
Rtd'culed 4dmirer Then Takes
HIS O7cn Life.

Baltimore Feb. 3.-Eiitah Baba Badai
thir.y-one years old. a Persian student at
the University of MARYLAND School of Med
ictne, shot and instantly killed Miss Marie
l1ewson. twenty-four years old. Of Port
iano' Me-. student of dentistry at the
same institution. this afternoon. and then
shot himself, dying soon afterward.
Two letters, which were Enclosed IN an
envelope addressed TO the suicides brother.
y. f. Badal of Des Moines. Iowa, were
tound in an inner pocket of Badal's cloth
ing. One of them bore date of January
Is and the other that of January %. They
told of Bsdsl's love for Miss Lewson and
his belief that she reciprocated It fully
until her mind was poisoned against the
Persian by boarding house mistress who
came between them. In one of the letters
Badal told of his intention to commit the
deed. He said he had carried revolver
for some time intending to kill her, but
ne could never summon the nerve TO do IT.
The tragedy occurred at boarding
house IN West Fayette street just after
the pair had finished their midday lunch
con. Badal formerly attended the Harvard
Medical School and Miss Lewson at one
time was a student at a dental school In
Chicago.
Conflicting stories we're told to-day re-
said by some that Badal had known Miss
Lewson for several years and that they
had been sweethearts when both went to
school in Boston. On the other hand
friends Of the woman declared that she
never knew Badal until about two months
ago. He became enamoured of her they
say, but she resented his attentions, al
though, if IS said. their relations were out
vardly pleasant until to-day, when at
breakfast and luncheon a marked cooIness
was observed in their manner toward
each other.
Miss Lewson entered the Dental College
four months ago. Besides having attended
q dental school at Chicago last year. she
was a student at Tufts College. Boston.
two years ago. A girl friend OF the slain
woman said this evening that Badal was
deeply in love with Miss Lewson. but that
she did not care for him and often made
light of him. BadsI spoke imperfect Eng
lish. which amused Miss Jenson, who. it
was said used to anger the man by laugh
ing at his efforts 70 talk English fuently.
Fellow students of Badal knew little
about him save that he was Of serious
disposition and very religious. IT was under
stood that he came from Persia to get an
education IN this country that would fit
him to return to his native land as medi
cal missionary. He was such 2 devout
Christian. It is said, that his zeal sp-
oached fanatteisnl.
Des Moines Iowa. Feb. 3.-That the
murder of Marie I-ewson and the sulcide
of Elijah Rabar Badal, in baltimore, to-
dav had been premeditated for weeks was
revealed tonight by an uncle of the
roy. Neevys z Badal. of Des Moines,
@nI1toT of 2
written to him in Persian by his nephew
After relating the trouble between him
self and the girl. the nephew declared
that he would have 10 kill her He wrote
that his Iandlady had become enamoured
of him. and in her efforts TO interest him
in her, the letter declares that she told
lies TO Bsdals sweetheart about him
He declared that he obtained the ser
vices Of an attorney to prove that the
lendlady was lying and that she finally
did admit that such was the case But
the girl. poisoned by the insinuations, re-
fused to believe him. He stated that at
first he was not interested in the girl,
but that she constantly watched him
through telescope from across the street
and. that he finally fell in love with her.
The uncle is a student in Des Moines
college. and will GO to Persia as n mis-
been in this country three years. while
his nephew has been here six yesrs. .tehe
uncle said tonight he would pay the ex-
penses of his nephew's funeral
Portland, Me. Feb. 3,-hfiss Marie Lew
son has two brothers-R. II. Lewson and
Nicholas Lewson-both of this city. the
former merchant. She was here last
summer departing in the fall to resume
her studieS, presumably at the dental
school she formerly attended in Chicago ]
one of the brothers says he did not knoW
she was in Baltimore Neither had ever
heard of the Persian.
Boston. Feb. 3-Eitsh r Badal Tas-a
enAciaI student at the Harvard Medical
School for few weeks last year. MISS
Marie Lswson's name could not be found
on the lists of students for the year IN
either the Tufts College Medical or Dental
schools and the officials Of those institu-
tionS declared she had never been TUFTS
student.