Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-11
MRS. HOSIE'S FATHER
THINKS HER INNOCENT
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81 would like to know the names of
permen information to the effect that
my daughter was giving Keys money.
In my personal talk to my daughter
at the hospital last night after return
ing from Philadelphia where l spent
the day on business, she told me that
on her road to market she saw nobody
until this man, Keys, grabbed her
by the arm, pulled her around and
shot her without any exchange OF
words. She didn't know where he
came from, she told me, Gs she hadn't
seen anybody in the streets. She said
she did not know who her assailant
was until told. by people who rushed
to her aid. Then she recalled that
Keys at one time was chauffeur for
her father"
Thinks Keys NIistook Victim
Mr.. Yost said that his daughter pos
sibly learned TO know Keys during the
strike of the Brotherhood of Federated
Railway Employees. At that time his
daughter lived at 1888 North Sixth
street, which was next door to the
headquarters OF the striking brother
hood. Keys was one OF the strikers.
having been in the employ of the
Pennsylvania railroad as shopman.
Mr.. Yost thinks that through Keys
coming to the strike headquarters, he
might have picked up an acquaintance
with his daughter.
Mr.. Yost said, however. that he
doesn't believe his daughter knew
| Keys at all intimately and it is his
| opinion that Keys Ihistook Mrs. Hosie
for another woman, and having dis
covered his mistake after shooting her
in the cheek, killed himself.
Mrs. Hosie's father said that the
report that his daughter was walking
L. 4.
Keys was nothing but neighborhood
gossip. He declared further that re-
ports that his daughter was with Keys
| frequently was false, as he lives with
/ his daughter and she was always with
her husband in the evenings and sell
dom left the house during the day ex-
cept on shopping trips.
Woman Will Recover
At the hospital this morning it was
said Mrs. Hosie would recover. Mrs.
Hosie was in good spirits, but is still
obliged to do her talking on paper.
The surgeons say the bullet which en-
tered the right cheek, broke the jaw
bone. knocked out several teeth. and
splintered the left jaw slightly Mr..
Hosie had been with his wife since yes
terday afternoon. He refuses to make
a statement.
| Mrs. HoSie to-day wrote the follow
ing for her father:
II was coming down Reilly street
and ! turned down Wyeth. | saw a
man coming up Reilly street, but |
didn't pay any attention. Then he
came up and grabbed me around the
waist, and said: I have you now.'
and shot me. That is the first / knew
of this man that morning I only
knew him when they said his name
was Keys, by having hired a car last
summer which he drove. | knew him
only by sight He was around the
hall last summer next door to where
| used to live. 1888 North Sixth street.
during the railroad strike.
! (Signed) MRS. NORA HOSIE."
Police Stick to Their Statement
Captain of Police Joseph p. Thomp-
son who was on the scene of the trag-
edy early yesterday, repeated his state
ment to-day that Keys was seen with
! the woman before the shooting
While / have no personal knowledge
that Mrs. Hosie met Keys frequently
said the captain, information given
this department is to the effect that
Keys knew Mrs. Hosie before yester-
| day."
The police department is not doing
anything on the case. Colonel Joseph
b. Hutchison shortly after the shoot
ing yesterday went to the Harrisburg
hospital and tried to interview Mrs
Hosie. Not being able to talk, Mrs
| Hosie wrote the name of Keys on two
pieces of paper and her own name
and address.
"If Keys was a stranger to her, how
did she know where he lived and
how was she able to give his name?"
mused Colonel Hutchison this morn
| ing.
! Coroner Jacob Eckinger ordered the
| body of Keys to be turned over to Mrs.
Keys last night and it is now at the
1 - 1,
| funeral arrangements were completed
| late this afternoon. 1t is probable the
funeral will take place Saturday, and
burial will be made in Enola Gene
terry.
Coroner Eckinger to-day said he,
| too, was informed by acquaintances of
| Keys that he met Mrs. Hosie before
the shooting. The coroner said he
has information to the effect that Mrs.
/ Hosie and Keys met recently in Mar
| Iet street, near Fourth. Coroner
Eckinger said:
Perhaps her folks did not know of
these meetings, and | cannot make an
affidavit to the truth of the informa-
! ton given me, but | believe that they
knew each other before yesterday. I
do not think Mrs. Keys knew her hus-
band was going with any other wom-
| an. She is entirely innocent in this
matter. There will be no inquest
| Mrs. keyS Ill
Mrs. Keys was confined to her bed
to-day as a result of yesterdays ira
gedy. She continues to express her
| love for her husband. adding, He
| always looked after me when he had
work, and did the best he could.
| knew nothing of his acquaintance
with other women, except that l knew
that he met them while he was in the
taxi business"
Neighbors and friends are doing
| everything possible for the stricken
woman. Mrs. Keys was unable to give
the time of the funeral until after she
had consulted Undertaken c. NJ. Mus
selman, of Lemoyne. Besides his
widow and 5-year-old son Elmer,
Keys is survived by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Keys, two sisters, Mrs.
| Mary L. Snyder. of Lebanon, and Mrs.
! Blanche Darbrow. of Harrisburg, and
/ three brothers, Howard, Alfred and
! Martin l.. Keys. of Harrisburg.
The aged father of Keys. who re-
sides at 220 South River street. had
not been told of his sons death up
to noon to-day. He has been critically
| i'll for some time and it is feared the
news may result fatally. The father
| is former nail worker and has been
! i'll for some time with tubercular
trouble. The mother was also i'll to-
day.