The Washington herald., 1912-08-26
WIFE NO. Z Still
TRUE TO HERL0VE
Second Mrs. Raymond Killers Back
at neasoness Home Following
Honeymoon"
81, TOO, HAVE SUFFERED"
SAYS ABANDONED WOMAN
And All the Time Killers Remains
in Police Station
"Wifeless."

verging on a nervous collapse which
may result seriously, pretty Miss Mary
Dolpha.. q years old, last night hysteric-
ally declared that she still loves Ray
mond Killers. Is years old. who is ac-
cused of wedding the girl without goins
through the formality of procuring a
divorce from the Mrs. Killers whom he
married seven years ago.
Miss Dolpha is under the care OF
physicians at the Methodist Deaconess
Home, s17 o Street Northwest, and the
nervous shock she suffered when Killers
was arrested in Norfolk while they
were on their honeymoon was SO
serious that 1t is feared she will not re-
cover for weeks. probably months.
II cannot believe ne deceived me-" said
the girl. with tears in her eyes. 1T
seems that my whole life has been
wrecked / am heartbroken. ] was so
happy, and he was so good and kind and
gentle to me / could not help but love
him. / don't see how 1 can ever believe
what they say he has done. 1t is too
great a wrong. believe in him now and
I'm praying that I can always believe
in him."
1t was a sad end to the honeymoon"
that the pretty young woman experienced.
At the age of seven she landed in Amer
lea with her parents. and went with them
from New York to the mining fields of
Pennsylvania. Her father was killed by
the premature explosion of a blast. Her
mother died shartly after.
The child. bright. pretty, and attrac-
tive, was found by a deaconess and
taken under the wing of the Methodist
Church. She was educated by the
church in New York City. and at the
age of eighteen came to Washington to
live at the Deaconess Home. She
gained her livelihood by sewing. A
year ago Raymond Killers came into
her life. Without relatives and only
few friends, the girl had never
known the attentions of a lover.
She learned to love Killers. At the
Deaconess Home it is said he seemed
an ideal husband for the girl. He was
polite, quiet, attentive. and very kind
to her, and his calls were not objec-
tionable. 1t is said that Killers mar
ried the girl on August in the parlor
of the Home among her friends in the
church.
But it is alleged the wedding ceremony
was performed in its entirety and the
happy couple left for Norfolk on their
honeymoon" Killers said he intended
to procure a situation in Norfolk as a
craftsman He was arrested there
Saturday morning by Detective Pratt, OF
the Central Office. At the home 1t Is
said Killers pretended to Miss Dolpha
that he had been divorced. but 1t is
claimed that he told her little about his
married life.
Killers returned to Washington yester-
day morning in the custody of Detect
i've Pratt. Miss Dolpha returned on the
same boat, and was met at the wharf
by officials of the home.
Mrs. Killers, whom Killers is alleged
to have married seven years ago, is
stopping at the family home at 5o2 Maine
Avenue, where her parents have lived
for half a century. Il feel awfully sorry
for the girl" said Mrs. Killers. II know
the heartache and grief she must be
suffering
Mrs. Killers is unusually attractive.
She has two children, a girl of six and
a boy of three years.
Three years ago Mrs. Killers was ar
rested on a charge of failing to support
me and the children. He came back to
me after that and we were happy again.
He left me in April, and has not aided
me since"
Killers, in his cell at the First Pre-
cinct Station, seemed nervous when seen
by newspapermen. IT guess / had bet
ter not talk about this yet awhile.
had better keep quiet and see how
things turn out"
Killers will be arraigned in Police
Court this morning.