The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-15
BODY OF WOMAN DAUGHTER SLEW
is BEING BROUGHT TO SALEM
Grief-Stricken Girl Is )oinei by
Father, Brother and
FianCe.
FREED FROM ALL BLAME
Bereaved Husband Says lie Can
Understand How Shoot
ing Took Place.
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Philadelphia, Pa, November 4.--It
was a sorrowful family party whicn
Hotel tonight mad was assigned u d
suite on the ninth floor. II was made up
Of Miss Gladys Elizabeth Myers. who
shot and killed her mother, Mrs. ELI
Abeth Myers. OF Greensburg, Pa. on Il
train bound for New York ea:ly yes-
.erday morning: her father. J. Rape
Myers, proprietor OF a hotel at Green's
burg; her brother. j. Rape Arer il.
4 lumber merchant II Salem, Va; f.sr
Aance. r. Blair billiard. = druggist OF
Salem. and the latter's mother, Nj.
IS. b. billiard.
They had been drawn together Dy
he tragedy, which has put a pail over
their lives. Miss Myers came from
Trenton, y. j.. where the police re-
ceased her last night. after making an
AI-day investigation OF the shooting
IN the sleeping car berth. tier broth.,.
dance and his mother had rusE.a
aorthward from Salem. while her be-
<eaved father had travelled eastward
from his home.
A few squares distant from the hotel
tay the body of Miss Myers's motner.
II WAS brought to an undertaking es-
adjustment near Eighteenth and Chest
Aut Streets.
Intesnent IN salem.
None OF the members OF the party
registered at the Bellevue. They were
seeking the closest seclusion and de-
MED themselves to all callers The
entire party left with the body OF
Mrs. Myers from Broad Street station
At 1915 O'Clock tonight for Salem.
tNta x.-fl S,lr Ia
What more 10 there to say? Not the
slightest blame can De attached to my
daughter for her par. in this terrible
affair" said Mr.. Myers tonight. Il
attribute the tragedy solely to the
nervous condition OF both my wife and
daughter. They have been suffering
from nervous disorders for some time.
Two years ago my daughter was In
such an excitablc condition that / sent
her to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Ball
timore, for treatment by a nerve spec
ialist. The fear Of burglars which
possessed my wife and daughter
amounted almost to an obsession. and
can clearly understand how the shoot
ing occurred. had full knowledge
OF the fact that my daughter carried
the revolver. l knew when she pur-
chased II two years ago
VOLS collapse as a result OF her shock
ing experience. She constantly sobs
for her mother, and the most loving
ministrations OF her relatives fail to
comfort her in her grief and self
condemnation.
W. X. Cuthbert. of Lynchburg, Va.
left Trenton this morning and went to
Sayreville. near New Brunswick. n. J.
He was on his way to Sayreville when
the shooting occurred. and he was de-
tanned because he was on the scene i'm
mediately after the shot was fred.
He was In the washroom making prep
arations to leave the train at New
Brunswick. when he was startled by
the shot. and ran In to assist Miss
Myers when he heard her screams.
Has, No COMPLAINT.
Il have no complaint to make against
the police here" Mr.. Cuthber, said. II
can readily understand why they de-
tanned me. They were very kind and
courteous to me, and I am glad that
blame. I'm sure that she did not
know her mother was in the berth
when she pulled the trigger. / can
easily understand. too. the fear OF Mrs.
Myers ana her daughter. and the pre-
caution they were taking to guard
their Jewels"
The Trenton police are inclined TO
place part of The blame on Mrs. Myers.
II she had not uttered continuous
warnings to her daughter to watch
the jewels. and put fear OF burglars
into her mind, they say. the shooting
might not have occurred. II is be-
lieved that Mrs. Myers told her daugh-
ter that while they were going TO sleep
a man passed and saw her put the
two silver bags. in which the jewels
were kept. under the pillow Even II
any one had passed. however. he could
not have seen them putting the Jewels
away, because the curtains were drawn.
But. the police say. the woman was
put into a nervous state by the warn
ings.
The Myers family 10 known IN the