The Washington times., 1914-07-09
HART SAYS WIFE
SHOT BY ACCIDENT
ERWIN Farmer Sobs Out His
Story From Prison Cell After
Capture.
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bre Sunday morning and I walked all
be way to Berwyn to meet her when
b. got of the car. but she didn't come
al in the afternoon.
Ter mother and brother were with
e. We went to the home of Mrs.
Miller, at Berwyn, and had long talk.
tv wife's mother didn't want her to go
ack with me. She tried to beg her TO
D back TO Washington. but my wife
bio her mother that she knew If she
'hdn't go back to the farm l would kill
byselt
My wife was not going to stay when
be got there. That made me desperate
We've four of the finest children in the
forld. and she was going to take them
way with her. l couldn't stand 1t, so
| got the gun and went back of the
ouse intending to kill myself. My wife
.hTne back TO the place where l was,
nd grasped the gun. She seized the
srrel and the shot struck her. After
pat ! guess I didn't know what hap
cred
Took Poison Bottle.
The prisoner said that he went into
be house later and got a bottle in
Fhich he put a mixture of paris green
nd carbolic acid. He said he decided
. 80 lHAO lIlc "oONS anu NIL IlllilSCil-
IN the label of the bottle he wrote, II
|bok this with me from the house" so
pat the authorities would not think
fiends or relatives had furnished him
/ 18th the poison.
! TIE Hart farm is in one of the most
solated and lonely sections of Prince
fec -se county. Dense woods and
amps surround II on all sides. Armed
nth revolver and the shot gun, with
/ 'Fhich he had wounded his wife, and
|Rr-ying the bottle of poison in his
Iocket. Hart made his way through the
hi ckets.
That was all newspaper talk about
hy going to kill anyone who came near
he Hart declared Il did say they
FoUld never take me alive. and I meant
|, out not in the way the newspaper
hte rpreted it What l meant was that
was going into the woods, drink the
{oison, and end 1t all l had nothing
b live for"
Hart did not take the poison, how
|ver, until just before he crawled into
be barn loft where he was taken by
Deputy Garrison and Capt. o. A.
Ereager and Corporal Olaf c. Hiortdahl,
tationed at Hyattsville. Garrison COW
[red the man with a revolver. but Hart
fnered no resistance, and was taken
|ithout struggle. He told the officers
|e had taken poison. They bundled him
|hto an automobile and hurried to
Washington. where doctors at Emerg-
|ncy Hospital were asked TO examine
he prisoner. The physicians found that
Hart had apparently swallowed but a
|msll quantity of the poison. as the
|nly i'll effect Of the dose was a parched
|hroat. This morning he complained
|hat his throat bothered him greatly.
He was taken to No. / station and
bcked Up for the night.
Mrs. Hart Is still in a serious condi-
ion in Casualty Hospital. but the doc
tors say that unless blood poisoning
should develop she will recover.
Dramatic Man Hunt.
The capture of Hart shortly before
|REt midnight brought to a close a most
ramatic man hunt. Since Sunday night
/ b. county officers. aided by members
IL the Hyattsville militia, had been
|co Iring the woods for the man. The
|hreat made by the fugitive that he
|ould never be taken alive led TO the
|ellef that he had barricaded himself
Ether in the woods or a deserted house
u shanty, and would open fire when
b. officers closed in on him.
The posse under Deputy Garrison vas
HE. Nd, last night when word was
|kceived from Dierkorn that Hart was
| |id ag in q loft Of his barn. The Of
Ecers obtained an automobile aad start
Ia for the scene. William Barry, a
|oung man had ben stationed on the
|hG road by Dierkorn to diragt the
| 4 GERS when they reached the private
gad leading to his farm.
r. lis was in a particularly lonely sec
To- Of the road, and when the officers
be a short distance from the place
Fhere Barry was stationed. Garrison
|c- out of the machine and started
b. king.
AIRY, unable to see who was ap-
fr aching, thought the man was Hart,
! nd covered him with his gun. Garrison
b 0lained that he was ths deputy in
+ rye of a posse. and Barry lowered
|his weapon
Hart denied that he had peen in
kc c-nmUnication with friends or rela-
b. IS since he had Deen in the woods,
Erd that they had been giving him
tuesday night" he said. Y was
b. king in the woods near my home.
card some one coming, and thought
y was the officers and started to run
f. ay. Just then the man came upon
|ne and / recognized my father. The
|re =ting was purely by accidsn-. lie Of
fered TO get me some food. but I told
III didn't want any food or help Of
|sT, kind We talked for few minutes,
er3 then he Went back TO the house
b. 8 l started through the woods again. -
sputy Sheriff Garrison came 70
E' Shington this morning, and took
p Z to Upper Marlboro. where II is
br hs Die arrangements will be made
Fo his release or bond.
fter Hart had surrendered to the Of
b. Ars he handed these two letters to
h an. They appear TO indicate his in
|e ion to take his own life:
Hy dear friend:
Please publish this in the paper.
Tes, / intend to not be caught. and
he place ! have been all this time
just above the stove mill on
H:ddle's Hill. Isee Nj Lovelle go
y 70 work in the morning. and he
the only stranger ! have seen.
The only thing that has worried me
rninldng of my four darling little
mes that loved their papa SO. for
aey were always with me ! trust
4 the good Lord that He will look
zfter them and they may grow up
nd make good men, and IL they
yer do get a wife, they will never
ave trouble TO go through that I
ave had. There is no one knows
out me l had not been married
Ut q few days when We had fall
ng out over the way she had done
nth other men. but for all of this
, forgived her what she had done,
'Or ] loved my wife, and do today.
The Friday evening that she went
way il was over the same -ling.
She was aching again for the town
and company, and ] asked her TO
lease give il up and stay out Of
strange mems company. for If not il
would cause more trouble, and she
p and speaks that she would 90
Nth as many men and do as she