The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-15
SHOOTS At DANCER
But HITS HIMSELF
Wild Night in Paris Cafe Re
vcals Shooter as Charles
Drummond.
"WANTED" FOR BIGAMy
Posed as Lee" Then as Dun
bar"-Woman Who Says She's
Wife Nurses Him.

Paris, March 14--Thc mystery or Inc
two marry midnight Americans" VINO
both registered III the fashionable RITZ
Hotcl under The name OF Lee. several
weeks ago ana who have been spend.
ing $4,000 day in the gay hours be.
fore the dawn, was partially pcnc-
trated after ono Of then, had tried
to shoot dancing girl. Lllet,c, and her
male partner in the Cafe dc Paris and
shot himself
Tho young man only succeeded H.
planting a bullet In his own log ana
In attaching to himself the apparently
convincing suspicion that he IL none
otherC than the spectacular young
Charles II Drummond rnillonaira
realty man Of ST Louis. so, OF tbe
late tobacco Crocsus hero or fon,
Opponents, and wanted In ST Louis
Tor breaking parole while under son.
tcncc for bigamy.
When Drummond disappeared from
the Western city he was accolupaujnd
by his friend. Wiinam y. Logan. ono
OF the pair who registered at the :i,2
received mail addressed to ..Villiam.
Logan Lee" Tie two wen, to Mon
trcal from 81 Louis. ANA after i Ii,,Jo
@.
one OF them fred at the other in that
blithe spirit OF camaraderie which good
lciio"shlp invokes, they went TO New
York and sailed for Paris.
aIasquerndcd ar Two Lee.
Mystery cloakcd them from tho a.,
Of their arrival here. The nom d
plume OF Lee" became q SYNONYM ~,
lavish entertainment gay parties and
JOY rldes-for they had magnificent
high-powercd car which awaited then,
at the entrance OF tho RITZ every
The Cafe dc Paris was one Of thcj,
farorite haunts. and SUNDAY night ther
were accompa nicd ,hither BY the dash
Ing Lilette
At 2 o'clock In the morning storiss
the male dancer OF tho cafe. presented
himself and invited Lilette 10 dance
For some reason ono Of the Lees
the one supposed 10 bc Drummond--
lev into a violent rage, Jumped MP and
Grew revolver on the dancing girl
ana NOTES The sound OF the shot
threw the cafe into confusion. but q
waiter had struck UP the mans arm
and the bullet went Wild
The cnragcd American hurled tho
walter aside. however, and was aiming
again when Moriss struck ha arm,
down. and the second bullet went IN
10 Tho Americans leg. above the knee
Now Says He's "Chnrlcs Dunbar
The police took both the Lees" to a
station house. but they released tho
one who hadn't had a hand in the
trouble and let tho wounded man be
taken 10 tho Ritz after he had given
What he said was his RICH, name.
Charles Dunbar. OF Alton III Now. IT
was under the name Of G. II. Dunbar
that young Drummond sailed from
Ncw Yorl.
The wounded man said lie had given
the name OF Lee At tho hotel because
Lee was associated with him In bust
ness Iic refused 10 tell who his com
panion was. but referred the police to
the Ritz, There i, was found that the
other Lee had made n hurried de-
parture az Q o'clock In the morning
The police established surveillance
over Dnnbar's. or Drummond's. apart
ments In the Ritz, and about II o'clock
at night woman, who said she was
the only Mrs. Dunbar" OF Alton. III.
(the city whence Drummond originally
came and where his father made his
early wealthy. arrived and took charge
OF the wounded man Thcreupon the
doors Of the apartments were locked.
Subtraction mt Great Expcnsc.
Dunbar told the police that he would
stand good financially for everything
done by himself or by William Logan
Lee. IT Is said that he has already
fatfsf1ed the restaurant and hotel cro-
prietors at great cxpcnse and every
ono concerned In the affair. with the
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