Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

brother. Frank Reeves, had closed the
windows. telling her that Nondermiiler
had tried TO jumn out Nondermiiit:r, sne
saN, wanted to go back to Virginia and
asked her to 20 with him. She. would not
GO, she said, but sent for Walter Reeves.
Walter Reeves, she said. came 10 Inc
house. and Nondermiller willingly re-
turned with him.
John Reeves pulled a knife on his
brother, Frank Reeves. one night while
lo was i'll in bed. said Mrs. Redmond,
ar when she asked John Reeves not TO
make such a disturbance in her apart
ment he threatened her with the knife.
Frank Reeves told Vondermiller about
il. and he asked Mrs. Redmond for the
details. Reeves had been drinking, Mrs.
Redmond said.
Not Sane "by Any Means"
Mrs. Redmond did not think that Won
dermiller was a sane man by any
means the morning of the tragedy.
when he came to her house.
Mrs. Redmond gave her brother, John
Reeves, a good reputa ion when sober.
VIII ch she said. was seldom. She told of
a story John Reeves told another sister
about playing cards with man, stabbing
the man in the back and throwing his
body into the river
Mrs. Redmond said John Reeves who
drank nearly all the time, was always In
diff ultieS. He had guarreled with every
member of the family, she said.
She id not see much of her brother
John, she said, because she was death
ly afraid of him.
Statement to Prosecution.
Il shot him. 1 tried to do it last night.
| snapped a pistol at him three times,
and it wouldn't go off. l spent the night
at a colored mans house. l went down
to the station to give him another chance.
told him to get out of Nirg mia. He
picked up a stone and started to throw
it and ! shot him." Nondermiller said to
her. Mrs. Redmond admitted.
This was the substance OF statement
in the possession of the commemorative
attorney that Mrs. Redmond generally
acknowledged
When Mrs. Redmond told Vondermiller
that her brother was not dead, he re-
piled:
Yes. he is. When he fell on the track
shot him again When a man falls on
the track he's dead ] went up to look
ut him, and he was dead.
This statement. signed By Mrs. Red
lnond was not offered III evidence. She
AZ knowledged the general correctness of
the document as read Dy the common
wealth's attorney.
Told Ferguson OF Killing.
Frank E. Ferguson. 1893 Kenneth street.
assistant director of the bureau of en-
craving and printing. testified that Won
darmiller. who is an employe of the bu-
reau came to his office at about $50
o'clock on the morning of the tragedy
NV God Mr. Ferguson. I've killed
nv brother-in-law. he said 10 Mr. FerSu-
son.
While another einploNe of the bureau,
to whom Vondermiller had already talked,
told Mr. Ferguson of the trouble. Won
dermiller rocked himself. with head in
hands and with hulging eyes. He s.cted
like IA craZN man. though Mr. FerSu-
son said he meant by that that Wonder
miller was more like q man who had no
control of himself.
The witness was examined by Mr..
Cloth. He was turned oven to the state
for cross-examination
Mr.. Ferguson asked Nonderniiiier IL
his brothcr-in-iaw was dead
II was in the army. When | start TO
do a lob like that | make a good job OF
it." Vondermiler replied said NJ. Fer
guSon.
Disturbed at Theater.
William Maple jr.. Il resident OF FAR
fax county and an employee Of the bureau
of engraving ard printing, iona oI Se'e"
or eight years intimate acquaintance
with Eondermiler.
Maple and Nondermiller went To TIE |
Gayety Tneater together on one occa- |
sion 4 comedian on the stage eNclted /
the criticism Of Nondermiler. Wonder i
miller Jumped up in his seat and made /
disturbance that Brought the usher 10 !
tell him to keep quiet or get out Won /
dermiller repeated his actions when the |
comedian was encored. Maple left to !
avoid trouble.
Other strange actions OF Nondermlller I
were told o. by Wapie. Nondermiller was |
a frequent visitor at NAPLES home, |
where he would discuss his family trou- I
bic and cry. Wap!c- was certain that |
Eondormillcr was not in his right mind. !
he said. owed money to 1
los n companies.
Wapie MED that he was companion /
of Vondermiller in his visits to saloons.
This was under cross examination.