The Washington times., 1914-02-25
JURY DEBATES ON
!. H STREET KILLING
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Testimony at Inquest Over
Body of SiIbersdorff Strong
" Indicates SeIf-DefenSet.
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been attacked by the man she had kill
I'D. Pointing to a small knife on the
floor. she showed the physician several
wounds on her neck which she said had
been inflicted by the dead man. DR..
Newton examined these wounds and said
they were superficial
DR.. Paul H. Zinkhan, inferno at
Emergency Hospital, who went to the
house with the ambulance, was next
called 70 the stand. He told of eXamin-
ing the body and of the conditions in
the room where the shooting occurred
hut said Miss Lewis made no statement
to him.
Revolver In Her Hand.
Lewis P. Webber, one of the roomers.
who was sleeping in room on the floor
above, where Silbersdorff, said that
when he heard the shot, he rushed out
in the hallway and looking down the
stairs saw Miss Lewis, who he knew
rs Mrs. Steward, standing at the door
Of her room with revolver in ner
hand.
She called to me For Gods sake,
set a cop 1 ran down stairs; ne
vas lying on the floor. Mrs. Stewart
still had the revolver in her hand and
begged me 70 get an ambulance. Miss
katherine Stephens came out of her
room just then and told me had better
take the revolver from Mrs. Stewart
because she feared she would harm her
self.
Il asked Mrs. Stewart for the revol-
yer, but she refused to give 1t up, and
7 was obliged TO forcibly take it away
from her. Then went to George Wash
ington Hospital and got DR.. Newton
Had Threatened Her.
Weber said that on Sunday Miss
Lewis came to him and told him Si.bers-
dorff had threatened to kill her. He
said, he told her that he didn't be-
lieve the man meant it, and attempted
to cheer her up. but she was very ner-
vous and, apparently, feared Silbers-
dorff. He said he didn't hear Silbers-
dorff make any threat against the ~ofn-
an, but on Sunday afternoon he con-
tinually walked from one room TO
another in the house and acted ike
wild man
During the recitation of the details
of the tragedy, Miss Lewis, who sat
by the side of her counsel, Alfred ~.
Smith. had great difficulty in control
ling herself. Several times she was
saved from swooning by the klnd.y
hands of a police matron, VINO sat d.
rectly back of her and handed her a
glass of water at frequent intervals
Miss Lewis watched the faces OF the
witnesses intently, and several tIines
leaned over to her counsel and suggest
ed some question for him to ask TO
bring out a point or fact which she be-
lieved had been overlooked
Miss Katherine Stephens, VINO was
one of the first to arrive in the room
after the tragedy, said that Miss Lewis
screamed For Gods sake, Rather. ne, l
have killed him.
Miss Stephens added that she had
heard many quarrels between the slayer
nd had heard SllNerS-
dorf threaten to kill Miss Lewis. On
one occasion, she said, she heard MN
say: Il am going to cut your lace INTO
-iobons." She then told OF going to the
night and getting a policeman to come
to the house to protect Miss Lewis, be-
cause of alleged threats TO kill her
made by Silbersdorff
Said, "In Fix You"
John B. Silengo, another roomer. said
he knew little of the events leading up
10 the shooting. but had heard Silvers-
dorff say: Miss Lewis, I'll fix YOU"
George Bremmaman told of threat he
heard the man make to Miss Lewis. and
said that he had heard him say he was
going to slash her face to ribbons.
Emmanuel Goldberg said that when
ne reached the room moment or two
after the shooting he heard Miss Lewis
say. 10 10 ne lElel u Sul
me with a knife" He also had heard
frequent quarrels between them.
That there were three wounds IN Sill
bersdorff's S body instead of two as at
lirst supposed was the testimony of DR..
Charles s. White. who performed the
post-mortem examination. One wound
vas in the left cheek, two inches be-
low the left eye; another in the left
side OF the neck, and the third entered
the body six inches below the right
arInpit and lodged N the heart. Either
of the TWO latter wounds was fatal.
Or. White said. He also stated Il al
there We're powder marks about the
wound in the neck, indicating that the
pistol had been held three or four inches
from the mans body.
N C. F. Silbersdorff. of SO Pavonis
avenue. Jersey City, father of the dead
man. and Edward Hem, of Jersey City,
a brother-in arrived in Washing
ton this morning, and claimed the body.
They made arrangements to have the
renains taken this afternoon TO Jersey
lily, for burial.