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plated using the revolver. Vhich ne
kept on a small table at the head of
! his bed.
The police say that the revolver with
which the shooting was done, and
| which was found with four empty
shells in the chamber on the foot Of
the bed in Poland's room. vas pur-
chased by Poland at store in Ninth
street about two weeks ago. Poland,
they say, purchased two reviewers ct
the same time. wilkins declared Po-
land presented him with the other re-
volver, and also gave him handsome
silver cigarette case a short time ago.
Poland Under Guard.
While Poland is being guarded by a
policeman at the hospital. Policeman
Ogle, of the Eleventh rSecinct. has been
placed in charge of the room where
the shooting occurred. Coroner New
lit, who will hold an inquest at the
ing over the body of Mrs. Naylor. has
given instructions that notht%S in the
room be disturbed.
Captain Anderson, Sergeant Heber
and several of the men from the Ana
costa station are working on the case
tectives Vermillion and Armstrong.
All fthe persons who have any
knowledge of the facts leading up to
the killing of Mrs. Naylor will be sum
lIlOneu as Witnesses DIT luS lHuuesl-
The police say their investigation con-
vinces them that Mrs Naylor and Po-
land were the only persons in the room
at the time of the shooting. Mrs. Nay
lor was shot twice and Poland once.
Both bullets penetrated Mrs. MAYORS
breast, while Poland was shot once. the
bullet entering his left breast, passing
around by the ribs and coming out at
the side. The wound itself is not re-
garded asserious, but the physicians at
- ~IA rl1t~ To Of
is such that there: is grave danger of
blood poisoning.
Fourth Shot Fired.
The police say that the fourth shot,
which shattered a glass in a transom
and lodged in the ceiling OF the room in
which the wilkins were sleeping, indi
cotes that the shots were fired by some
one inside the room The police say
that it would have been impossible for
any one outside the room to have fired
the shot.
Poland had been married. but lost his
wife about seven years ago. He has
SON, sixteen years old, who lives with
his grandparents in Fifteenth street
southeast.
The shooting occurred in Poland's
room. in the front of the second floor.
Mrs. MAYORS room was a small one
adjoining in the front Of the house. The
Wilkinses slept in the rear room on the
same floor.
Mrs. wilkins Story.
Awakened by the shots, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilkins jumped out of bed and rushed
to the front room. AS they entered,
the police say, Mrs. Naylor screamed,
He shot me-"
A mcs<ent later she lost consciousness
and was unable to make any further
statement
Poland spoke up and asked Mrs. Will
the police report. Mrs Poland said
that at first she refused to comply with
Everything seemed to indicate that
he had done the shooting" said Mrs;
wilkins, according to the police, and
took II for granted he fired the shots.
I told him a man who had done what
he had did not deserve drink Of wa
ter, but he begged so for it that I
went downstairs and got him glass"
Revolver Poland's Police Say.
The police say that the revolver with
which the shooting was done, and which
was found on the foot of the bed. be-
longed to Poland. According to Mr.. and
Mrs wilkins, he Lad kept it on a small
table at the head of the bed for the
last two weeks.
Poland, the police say, has given two
versions of the shooting, duplicating a
third person in both versions. Both of
these stories have been run down, and
there is no foundation for thin.
The first story told by Poland, accord
ing to the police, was that Mrs. Nay
lor's husband, John Naylor, from whom
she was separated, came in the room
and did the shooting. The detectives
learned that Naylor, who lives at 131l3.
c street southwest, retired at 10 o'clock
last night, and did not leave the room
until he was awakened at o clock this
morning to be notified of the killing Of
his wife.
Mrs. Naylor went down the river on
a boat leaving the Seventh street
wharf at Gas o'clock last night. The
police have not been able to learn
returned to Twining City together
about midnight, and. according to the
conductor On the car. Poland seemed to
be Quarrelling with the woman.
Mr. and Mrs. wilkins, according to
the police. say Ms. Naylor repeated sew
eraI times the remark, He shot me, but
soon lost consciousness.
Wilkins picked the woman up in his
arms, be said, and carried her to her
own room and placed her across the bed.
where she was found when the police
arrived.
After taking Mrs. Naylor to her hoom.
Wilkins rushed from the house and
summoned Policeman ]. r. Howell.
Howell said he had heard the shots, but
thought it was some one shooting az
dog.
AS the police entered the room where
the shooting occurred, they say Poland
said, What the h do you WANT"
He made no further statement at the
time, but on the way TO the hospital in
an ambUlarce asserted the shots were
fired by a third party.
Poland, who is a painter. had been
living with the wilkins since they
moved to the house in Twining City,
three weeks ago. The family formerly
lived in Potomac avenue southeast.
Mrs Naylor, who had been separated
from her husband since last December,
had been living with the wilkins since
the first OF the year.