Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-13
Myrtle Smith HystericaI at
Slain Brothers Grave.
SHE IS TAKEN TO ASYLUM
Declares She Will Kill Accused
Italian Tony Melano.
SHOEMAKER IN DISTRICT JAIL
Wife and Three Children Destitute.
Photos of His Shop Taken.
Has Police Record.

DStoullIS IySIcIiCdI dS the DOOy OF neT
brother was lowered into a grave at
Mount Olivet cemetery today Myrtle
Smith, sister Of tue boy who was brutal
ly murdered in the shop of Tony Milano.
the cobbler, was taken to Washington
Asylum Hospital this morning
Physicians at the hospital this after
noon admitted that the condition of the
frail, darkeyed girl is serious. Her hys-
terra came in violent form as the after
math of the sorrow and mental anguish
she has suffered since the discovery that
her brother had been murdered. and it
was decided to take her to the hospital.
The physicians this afternoon said she
was doing we'll and would probably leave
tonight or tomorrow.
God permitted 1t to happen. so we
must know that some good will come
out Of It, This child, so brutally,
foully slain. will not be called back to
| world Of sin, as was Lazarus. and we
should not expect 1t. 1t is our part to
pray for him. SO that any stain on his
childish soul may be washed clean"
hO ooDS VI Tie ulOLI1cI dHu lhC W.
sisters of little Harry Smith, victim
Of the tragedy of last Saturday in the
| shoe repair shop kept by Tony Melano.
shoemaker by trade" at 4th and II
streets, were mournfully echoed
| through aisles and transepts from the
stone walls of st. PauIs Catholic
Church, 18th and V streets, as Mgr.
James F. Mackin pronounced the eu-
logy over the casket containing the
mutilated and charred body of the
fourteen-year-old boy.
Requiem mass was celebrated with
the solemn rites Of the Church of
Rome. beginning at 8 o'clock this
morning. The boys choir voiced the
promise of future life in sacred hymns.
The chant OF the celebrants, pronounc-
ing the latin ceremony for the dead,
was accompanied by the means OF the
| stricken family.
On Verge of Collapse.
| So broken by woe that a number of
physicians accompanied them to the
church to safeguard their lives. their
trembling footsteps supported by
| friends. all apparently on the verge of
collapse, shaken by painful sobs. the
mother of the dead boy. Mrs. Henry E.
Smith and her two daughters, Myrtle
and May Smith, were led In and out
of the church before and after the
ceremony. The mother and eldest
daughter were in deep black. the
younger daughter costumed in absolute
white-dress, hat and shoes.
The little white casket, covered with
floral offerings from friends and
sympathizers. reposed before the chan
Gel. The news OccnDieQ bv a
large congregation.
After the mass the casket was car
| ried out and deposited In the white
plume-topped hearse, which led the
funeral cortege to Mount Olivet ceme-
terry. Here the body was inferred with
| the last rites at the grave.
The father of the boy. Henry E.
Smith. a life guard at Atlantic City.
who is reported in dispatches from
| that seaside resort as having taken
| the train for Washington yesterday
afternoon, was not in evidence at the
| funeral services. He has not yet made
! known his presence in Washington.
Breaking UP of Family.
The funeral marks the breaking up
of the family. Mrs. Smith proposes to
proceed Immediately to Tennessee,
where she has a brother with whom
she will make her home. Her daugh-
tiers, both wage-earners in Washington,
will continue to live here. The family
has no means beyond the proceeds of
it's labors
Myrtle Smith. the girl who yesterday, at
the inquest, made the sudden attempt to
reach the throat of Tony Melano. to
avenge the killing Of her brother, which
she lays at his door: who tore the sheet
from the body of her dead brother as 1t
lay on q slab in the morgue when she
went to identify his remains, and who
afterward gave five men all they could
do to prevent her from throwing herself
into the river, hugs to her hatred of the
defendant.
If the law fails to mete out what She
considers justice, a life for life, she Is
intent upon serving herself the instru-
ment of retribution She VOWS she will
kill him If he escapes Justice
Il would have been able to endure the
torture of listening to the story of how
Harry came To his DEATH she says. ex-
planning her attempt upon the prisoner
Yesterday, .if this terrible man had not
been so confident Of gaining his freedom.
He sat so near me, with smile on his
lips, and held half-smoked cigar in his
fingers that he must have enjoyed-it
was too much for me.