The Washington times., 1914-07-11

on her there on several occasions.
About three weeks ago, he told YER
million. Wilkins and himself rented the
Twining City house, he paying half the
rent. He left his home IN Fifteenth
street southeast and went to live at
the Twining City residence. He said,
according to VermiIli on. that he and
Mrs. Naylor had been living as man
and wife since that time
Poland's Statement To Detective.
On the night OF the shooting. Poland,
according to his story told to the Cen
trail Office man. met Mrs. Naylor on
the boat, and accompanied her to Mar
shall Hall. They returned together to
the Twining City house about midnight
After getting something to eat. Poland
said he retired, and about twenty min
utes later heard sor1e shots. He roll
ed over on his left side, he said, and
found blood flowing from a wound in
his chest. He told the detectives that
the room was bright from lights in the
street, that he saw no one else in the
room, and that ne was unable to ac-
count for the shooting.
Questioned about the revolver, Detec-
tive Vermillion said that Poland told
him that the .SS-califer weapon found
on the bed with four empty shells in
it, had been purchased by him two
weeks before. He told the detective
that he had bought two revolvers, one
of which he gave to wilkins. He kept
the other for himself, he said. Up to
the time of the shooting. Poland's re-
rolver had been kept on a small table
near the head Of the bed. and he was
sure it was there when he retired after
midnight Thursday.
Assistant United States District At
torney S. McComas Eawken questioned
the detective at length regarding the
finding of two bullets, one in the floor
and the other in the ceiling of the
Mrs. MAYORS back, the detective said,
went through the mattress, and i'm
bedded itself in the floor beneath the
bed. The other bullet which was found
in the house, shattered a transom over
the door leading 10 the room occupied
by the wilkins, and was found i'm
bedded in the ceiling of their room.
Pictures of the interior of the Will
kins home and the room in which the
tragedy occurred. taken by Fred San
berg, photographer Of the Police De-
partment, were submitted to the jury
in order that they might have a clear
understanding of the position of furni-
ture and other objects in the room,
and the positions in which Poland and
Mrs. Naylor were found following the
shooting.
Lieut. A L. Plemmons, of the Elev-
enth precinct. was next called to the
stand He testified that Poland had
made a statement to him while lying
on a cot at Casualty Hospital Plem-
ons testified that Poland told him that
he had met Mrs. Naylor on tho street
on the afternoon of the Tenth and
made an appointment to see her that
evening on the Marshall Hall boat.
Poland also told Lieutenant Plemons
that they arrived home about u o clock.
undressed and were lying on the bed
when he heard a shot and Mrs Naylor
cried He's killed me-"
Poland said that he then turned over
to see what had happened and II was
then. he stated. that he was shot, the
lieutenant testified.
PatrOlman James r. Narrower. of the
Eleventh precinct, who was the first
policeman on the scene after the crime
was the next witness called. He told
of being on his beat on Pennsylvania
avenue when MI. wilkins rushed up
TO him, in A state OF wild excitement
and said that a man. in his house, had
shot a woman and himself