The Washington times., 1915-12-12
res That His Statement viii snake Etcsons Hair Stand Up

charging himself and Price with the
killing OF Mrs. Price, Etchison pleaded
mot guilty" Soon afterward Mrs.
Etchlson said 20 Minneapolis friends:
Whatever the verdict In the case ]
am going TO stand by my husband. /
said would do that when / married
him and l meant ~ He has made
ne has told the truth. II the court re-
fuses him mercy and III everyone else
turns against him IN this trouble; Will
stu love him and wait for his RETURN
to me. He is a good man who made =
mistake, and who Is trying 20 right it,
Until the confession was made Etcbl-
son ana Price were the closest friendg.
but Price turned against his alleged ac-
complete In lash when he was told
tnat Htchsoni In written confession,
had declared that Price hurled his wife
over the east river bank and then went
down to the bottom VI the cliff and beat
the woman on the head with a stone
=, Etchison has made his statement,apd
u may look black for me, hut Il VIII
make a statement I'm the next day On
two that will make Etchison's hair
stand up said Price. at win be true.
too, and not fabrication like the story
he has told at every opportunity since
he has been arrested. ~ 80
Price intlmated the statement would
deal with Etchison's past. t't ~
I'VE viii sec whether the public is
going to believe Mr.. EtcIiison 10
saint" he said. II don't claim to be a
saint just an ordinary fellow. but
EtchtSon Is laying II on pretty thicl;
under the circumstances. / Win soon
show just how much of q saint he IA
and every statement that I make viii
be verified" -,
/ A few cells away, Etcnison. preparing
to 60 before the court to be arraigned,
smiled slightly when he heard what
| Price had said. .L 30
land II Price can tell anything that will
' cause me more trouble than he has al
] ready gotten me into. why let him 60
1 ahead." he declared. b.
Etchison, too. was defiant and assert
| ed that he had told everything and
! would stand by the story.
4 few minutes later Etchison was
called from his cell to plead to an in
dictment charging him jointly with
Price of Intentionally killing Mrs. Price
, In manner unknown TO the grand Jury
| which voted the indictment. .
In the courtroom no had to wait he
1 fore the indictment was read. When his
name was called by the deputy clerk OF
the criminal branch Of the court, he
! stepped to the clerks desk alone.
| As the clerk read the part of the in
dictment which specifically charged him
with causing the woman's death, Etchi-
sons eyes moistened and he bowed his
head while the remainder Of the indict-
ment was read. A..
He did not break down, but was deep
ly moved by the reading Of the charge,
Not guilty" he said calmly, but in
strong voice when he was asked for his
! plea
| ST have not obtained counsel yet, but
expect to have an attorney, soon" he
tained anyone to represent him.
|
Charles d. Etchison was arrested in
his apartments in washington on De-
cember 2. He lived at the Cavendisn,
Columbia road and Mozart streets. but
| had lived there only few weeks. MI.
and Mrs. Etchison took up their reSle
dence in the Cavendish when he came
to Washington to begin work as a
travelling salesman for a local manu-
featuring concern. ...
The prisoner gave his age as thirty
| three and agreed to return to Minne-
apolis at once TO stand trial for alleged
completely In Mrs. Prices. death. He
was arrested bv Central Office Detec-
tiYes Springman and EIughlett.
When the detectives arrived At tho
EtchiSon apartment, they were at first
refused admittance. Mrs. Etchison. n
pretty and attractive woman of about
detectives are here about that old
case" Etchson subsequently invited
the officers in and they waited for him
to dress. He was taken to police head
quarters and later placed in a cell at
the First precinct pending his removal
to MINNEAPOLIS. go
To the few acquaintances Mrs. Etchi-
son made during her brief residence
dence in her husbands innocence, de-
claring that she was positive he was
the victim of a scheme concocted by
enemies in Minneapolis.
Etchison himself told the Washington
authorities that Mrs Price died as the
result OF an accident. lie said that he
with Mrs. Price and the latter's htIs-
band went for an automobile ride on
November %, 1914 While he and Mr..
Price were repairing the car near the
East Side Parkway. the woman went
for stroll and fell over, a cliff, her
injuries proving fatal. he declared.
Etchison left here In custody of q rep
resentative OF the Minneapolis police
department last Sunday. His wife ac-
companied him, treating the matter of
ms a tt Win some iSoity' ana deeisr
! the prisoners early vindication. y