The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-19
WOUNDED WOMAN
ADMITS IDENTITY
Chicago Tragedy Victim Is
from Washington.
TRIED TO SHIELD HER SISTER
Col. j. Hamilton Lewis Retained as
Counsel for Herself and Her Sister.
Formerly Connected with the Nor
wegian Diplomatic Service.
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Special 10 The Washington Herald
Chicago. July 1S.-Jealousy caused
Charles ". Rigdon to shoot the woman
he loved and then XIII himself last FRI
day in the real estate offices OF John C.
Fetzer. according 10 a statement made
this evening TO the police by the victim
of his rage. known since the shooting as
Mrs Emma Refeux. but in reality Mrs.
Emma Young. of Evanston. recently OF
Washington. D. c.
In the statement the woman also said
that Rigdon, insanely jealous. had thrust
a revolver in the face OF Mr.. Fetzer and
had threatened to kin him. Fearful that
Rigdon would attempt murder the wo-
man said that Mr.. Fetzer had arranged
the meeting Of last Friday which ended
In the tragedy.
Feared for Lives of Both.
In her story 10 Police Inspector Lawn,
Mrs. Young declared that she feared that
Rigdon's original intention was to get
her and Fetzer together and kin them
both. She said that she feared to meet
the man alone. and for that reason took
her half-sister with her TO Fetzers Of
fee. The sister was MARY Wilson. -
whose identity baff1ed the police until
to-day. when they learned through her
self and sister that she is Miss Theresa
Trojman, and lives with her mother,
Mrs. TTojman, and younger brother and
sister at Git Foster avenue, Evanston, a
North Side suburb.
Mrs. Young's recital TO Inspector LAWN
and the coupling of Mr.. Fetzers name as
one OF the principal actors in the tragedy
caused the police investigation to be
turned into new angles of the case this
evening, and conflicting statements made
by friends of the woman lent new mys-
terry to the affair, which will be probed
tomorrow.
The woman only consented TO talk to
the police officials after Col. James Ham
ilton Lewis had been retained as counsel
for herself and sister and after the at
torney had conferred with the two
women. Her extreme Illness prevented
the inspector from subjecting her TO a
detailed cross-examination. She said
that she was thirty years old, had
been married, and wassthe sole support
of her mother, two half-sisters and a
half-brother. She said the family moved
to Evanston from Washington, D. c.,
several weeks ago. The sisters attended
a convent in the Capital
Inspector LAWN believes that the
younger woman knows little Of the events
leading up 10 the tragedy, and probably
little or nothing of the relations OF her
half-sister. Mrs. Young. and Rigdon
'rrom what 1 can gather" said the
Inspector. Mrs. Troiman. the mother. is
an invalid and it was to shield her thai
the two young women. after the tragedy
concealed their identity By giving heti-
tious names and refused to divulge their
place OF residence. Mr.. Trojman. who
was formerly connected with the Nor.
wegian diplomatic service, either at the
legation at Washington or at the New
York consulate has not lived with his
family for number of years, and Mrs
Young has been the only support of hel
mother and the rest OF the family