The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-13

rambling and incoherent, wild COM
ipiaint about not having had his sup
per In time and about mismanaSed ao,
1nestio affairs. Coroner Taylor glanced
AT 1t. and seeing that 10 contained hoth
ing bearing on the murder and suiciue,
and was relatively unimportant EXCEPT
as showing the state of the man
mind, handed 1t over to lawrence faul
tho dead mans father The latter haa
attic to say. He merely told Coroner
Tavlor to 20 ahead with the inNestl-
cation and TO find out all he coula.
poy.s sad, Graphic story.
roroner ravlor got to tho house at 6
O'Clock, and Immediately examined tno
two bodies There was only one VIII
ness TO the shooting--Lesiic Eubank
Half crying and clad in little sailor
suit and in his stocking feet, the
blonde haired. dark-eyed boy, WAS
brought back TO the house and ques-
toned by the coroner. His story was
clear the little fellow remembering all
the details and narrating them with
the finest exactness.
"Thcy were fussing ali night" ne
said, and / was too scared 10 undress'
j lay awake all night and heard them
in the next room. Allen Che calls his
stepfather by his first nance kept put
ting his feet on mother, and she got
up and lay down on the floor J heard
her say she was going to sleep on the
floor, and ! heard her get UP. Allen
kept on fussing with her all night,
and | just couldn't sleep. By and by,
she got UP and went downstairs TO get
the bread ready for breakfast. and
then she came back and came into my
room. and began dressing.
Then Allen came in and caught her
by the wrist and shot her in the arm.
He shot her again when she fell down.
and mother told me to run. and ran
just as hard as | could. got close TO
the fence in the alley because j was
afraid he would shoot me through the
window. The window was OPEN" and
.all he would have TO do would be to-
open the shutters, and l was scared he
would shoot me, too. heard mother
scream again" he. sobped and that
was the last time | heard her scream.
j ran around 10 Mr.. Lyle's, because they
had always told me TO come there III
anything happened. and knew they
wouldn't let him kill me there. They
were all UP when / got there and lot
me in. Mrs. Lyle telephoned to the
police. ! heard her when she tele
pnoned
Paul Mentally Unbalanced.
n Details of the marital unhappiness of
the Pauls were afterwards CLEANED from
the boy. and the story of their married
life of only nine months was gradually
nnfolded Coroner TAYLOR and Others
are of the opinion that Paul was men
tally unbalanced. Last Wednesday heI
ATTEMPTED to commit suicide BY turning
on the gas in the bathroom. But me-
was discovered before he got under
the influence of the gas and was car
ried out. on another occasion he told
Mrs. Paul that he was going down into
the cellar to kill himself. He got his
pistol and went down, but soon re-
turned. saying that he couldn't fire
fhc shot.
Time and again he made threatsso
kill his wife himself and his stepson.
He always exhibited a tremendous dis
like for the little fellow and the latter
eaid that nc was always afraid of him.
Once nc went 30 far as to point a pistol
at Mrs Paul, but forebore TO shoot
ON Saturday afternoon the two went
70 the baseball game, and those wh'
saw them there said they appeared u
be perfectly amicable. But the quarre
was resumed on.their return. The fuss
ing. said the boy, continued throuS
the evening meal and Went on a
night. Paul seems 10 have been lea
Gus of Leslie Eubank. the first hu.
band of Mrs. Paul. and hated the SO
horn of her first union. Her brother
and sisters and friends frequently &C
vised her to leave her husband hi
she would never consent to take III
step one of the brothers said yester
day afternoon that If she had take
his advice she would not have bee
murdered.
First Husband Killed.
Mrs Paul was born Miss Lucy More
cooke Nine wears ago she married
Leslie Eubank. a conductor on tn
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto
fac Railroad. One year later he wa
fatally injured in a wreck and died o
shock resulting from the amputation o
one of his legs. His wife received abou
$4,000 damages, and some believe tina
Paul married her for the money. Whel
1he second marriage took place min
months asnsit wigs with the mutua
understanding that Paul was never t
touch the money, which, on Mrs. Paul
death, was TO revert to her son. Pat
was a candy salesman by trade, but, a
he once told his wife, according TO ne
son. he preferred to be known as
Richmond salesman He was treasure
of the Pine Street Baptist Sunds
school which little Leslie attended.
My birthday was on May u, sa1
the boy last night. and i got pi
,ure postal of our sunday schoc
Mother gave me bicycle, but Alie
didn't give me anythtngs When mot
CIR married him ] asked her not 70
IT, but she loved him and they 8
married. But l don't think she low
him afterwards, for he was alwa
fussing with her. didn't love him
Bit because he was so unkind TO lie
The boy now has neither father I
mother. Tragedy haa followed
long life but his tender years prove
the more acute and more lasting 81
row that would come to those of Ion
err years. He Is very precocious
his age. is able to read and write a
converse better than many older pc
pie.
Remembers Every Detail.
He went over the story of the shoe
ing several times. never varying.
remembers nearly everything that l.
occurred since he was a year old.
had my picture taken he said WI
childish delight, when l was I