Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-13

DAUGHTER IS HELD.
w. r. Cuthbert, of Lynchburg, Va,
Passenger on the Trai mis- Also Held
at Trenton.

Trenton, n. D., Nov. 13.-Mrs.
Elizabeth Myers is dead in st. Fran
els Hospital and her daughter, Miss
Gladys Myers, is being detained by the
local police authorities as the result
of tragic shooting early this morn
ing on a Pennsylvania railroad train
near this city.
Miss Myers and w. R. Cuthbert, Of
Lvnchburg, Va, the latter also pass
enger on the train, are now being
held at police headquarters pending
an investigation. The Myers home
is at Greensburg, Penna., and the
moth. and daughter were enroutc
to New York to purchase wedding
gown for the daughter and gifts Tor
her brother. The young man and girl
had planned to have double wedding
next June in Salem, Va, his home.
The two women were cnroute from
the Pennsylvania city to New York
ard occupied berths in a sleeping car.
After the train had passed Bristol.
Pennsylvania, Miss Myers, according
to her own story, as told to the police,
was awakened from deep slumber
and mistook her mother for burglar.
She fired her revolver, the bullet en-
tering the older woman's breast. When
the train reached this city the woman
was rushed to q. hospital, but died
soon afterward without regaining con-
sciousness. The daughter was hystc-
ricai.
When asked about the shooting the
girl could only say that it was hor-
rible mistake. 81 was asleep and
awakened suddenly and thought somc-
body was roDbing me. grasped my
revolver and fired and mother was
struck"
Later the daughter was able to tell
more of the tragedy. She said she
awoke Just as her mother was return
ing from the woman'S apartment In
the end Of the car and her impressions
on being suddenly aroused was that
some one was trying to rob
her. She fired. The bullet
81 cilibre. entered the right
lung of Mrs Myers. In an instant
everything was confusion and almost
panic resulted. The shot and screams
of the girl aroused other passengers
and brought the train crew 20 the
scene. Cuthbert ran in from an adj
Joining car and offered his services.
This involved him in the case to the
extent of causing the police to hold
him as witness. The dead woman
was 80 years of age. The daughter
is eighteen and very pretty.
J. Rappe Myers, Jr.. the son, was
with his mother and sister in Pitts
burg yesterday. Mrs. Myers, who
wore much jewelrly, was afraid TO
travel unprotected, and, at her sollci-
tation, the revolver was purchased.
| Last night she and her daughter put
il beneath the pillow. When his moth
er and sister left for New York, My
ers returned to his home in Virginia.
Greensburg, Pa, Nov. 12.--Mrs.
Elizabeth Myers who was accidentally
shot to death by her daughter in a
sleeping car near Bristol, Pa, early
today, was the wife of J. Rappe My
ers, proprietor Of the Ralph Hotel
here and well-known throughout the
western end Of the state.
Mother and daughter were on their
way to New York to buy wedding
presents for the marriage of the son,
J. Rappc Myers, jr., to Miss Eliza
} beth Hood in Salem, Va, where the
Young man is engaged in the lumber
business.
Father and son were expected here
early today, being enroute from Pitts
burgh and supposedly ignorant OF the
tragedy.
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