The Washington times., 1915-12-12
Price Declares His Will Etcisons Hair Stand Up

charging himself and Price with the
mot guilty" Soon afterward Mrs.
Etchison said to Minneapolis friends:
Whatever the verdict In the case ]
said would do that when 1 married
him and l meant It. Ho has made a
mistake, but through his love fer me
fuses him inn mercy @ % and Il Z everyone s"S ST' els. M
turns against him in this trouble, ] viii
still love him and wait for his return
to me. He is a good man who made
mistake, and who is trying to right IT,"
Until the confession was made Etchl-
son and Price were the closest friends
compliee in fash when he was told h,
that Etchison, in a written confession,
had declared that Prize, hurled hts wife
Soer So% the n ,Sn east liver bank and i then vent
the woman on the head with stone,
"Etchison has made his statement npd
make, a statement in the next day Or
| two that will make Etchison's hair
| stand up said Price. at win be true,
too and not a fabrication like the story
he has been arrested. -
Price intimated the statement would
'eal w. WIN Wi EtshsSns see %hstbsr Rsst the public Is
going to believe Mr.. Etchison is a
saint" he said. "I don't claim to be I
saint, just an ordinary fellow, but
/
under the circumstances. / viii soon
| show just how much of a saint he Is
and an sry every statement that I make viii
| A few cells away. Etchison. preparing
to 60 before the court to be arraigncd,
smiled slightly when he heard what
| Price had said.
Well, I never posed as a saint, cithcr.
and If Price can tell anything that will
cause me more trouble than he has al
ready gotten me into. why let him 60
n m n.ln ya1
Etcbison. too. was defiant and assert
ed that he had told everything and
would stand by the story.
called from his cell to plead to an in
dictment charging him jointly with
Price of Intentionally killing Mrs. Price
In a manner unknown TO the grand jury
which voted the indictment.
In the courtroom ho had to wait he
fore the Indictment was road. 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.
ly moved by the reading Of the charge.
Not s1lty,' he said calmly. but In
strong voice when he was asked for his
plea.
II have not obtained counsel yet, but
expect TO have an attorney soon" he
said when asked whether he had re-
taired anyone to represent him.
! Charles d. Etchison was arrested in
his apartments in Washington on De-
cember 2. He lived at the Cavendish,
Columbia road and Mozart streets. but
had lived there only a few weeks. Ny.
and Mrs. Etchison took UP their RESI-:
!, dence in the Cavendish when he came
In N N oh I'M Non tn npf,. 40
travelling salesman for a local manu-
featuring concern.
The prisoner gave his age Is thirty,
three and agreed to return to Minpe-
apolis at once to stand trial for alleged
completely in Mrs. Prices, death. He
was arrested bv Central Office Dctcc-
tives SprinGman and IIughlett
When the detectives arrived at tho
=, Etchison apartment, they were at first
refused admittance. Mrs. Etchison,
pretty and attractive woman of about
twenty-six called to her husband that
detectives are here about that old
case" Etchison subsequently invited
( the officers in and they waited for him
to dress. He was taken to police head
. quarters and later placed in cell at
} the First precinct pending his removal
to MINNEAPOLIS.
To the few acquaintances Mrs. Etchi-
son made during her brief residence
here, she expressed the greatest conf
l dence in her husbands innocence. dc
claring that she was positive he was
the victim Of scheme concocted by
! enemies in Minneapolis.
Etchison himself told the Washington
: authorities that Mrs. Price died as the
result Of an accident. fIe said that he
with Mrs. Price and the latter's hus-
, 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 a stroll and fell over, a cliff, her
I Etchison left here in custody of q rep
= resentative Of the Minneapolis police
. department last Sunday. His wife ac-
E companied him, treating the matter of
his arrest with some levity. and declar-
. ing that they would both return after
t the prisoners early vindication.