Arizona republican., 1917-01-05
SOCIETY SC|0N SUICIDES WIEN
 POL|CE ARRIVE
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ATLANTIC CITY, N l., Jan. 4.- With his feet braced against the head of the bath tub, Bernard Wesley Lewis, scion of d wealthy PittsbuIg, Pa. fam fly, wanted in connection with the mur- der of MaiZie Colbert, the artists mod el in d Philadelphia apartment on Sat urday night last, pulled the trigger of a twenty calihre rifle in the bath room adjoining his bedroom in the ex- elusive States Villa on States avenue tonight at S:25 o'clock as Detectives Farley and Totten of the local head quarters staff rapped for admittanee on the door of his room.
 The shot entered the mans temple and death is believed to have been in- stantaneous That Lewis anticipated arrest ana made preparations to kill himself is indicated by the fact that the rifle was new
 Yesterday Captain of Detectives Nal seed received a communication from Captain of Detectives Tate at Philadel- phia asking him to endeavor to locate Lewis Detectives Farley and Totten were assigned to the case. They suc- ceeded in ascertaning that the father of Lewis, Wenman Lewis. retired coal operator resided in house near the States Villa, about four years ago
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 .ewis was known at States Villa but up to o'clock last night he had not ar rived at the house and there was then no indication that he would do so.
 About o'clock tonight word came over the telephone to Captain Malseed's office that q man answering the de- scription Of Lewis had entered States Villa and was then partaking of his evening meal Farley and Totten were rushed to the house on States avenue Upon inquiry from a maid at the door they learned that Lewis had gone to his room on the third floor They hur- ried up the stairs and rapped at the door of the bedroom
 Who is there ?" Lewis called ont.
 We have message for you," Farley answered. let US in"
 All right was the reply
 moment later the detectives heard door bang inside the room Their first thought was that Lewis was at tempting to make his escape through q window They hurried to an adjoining room from which there was 9 commun- icating door to the bathroom of Lewis apartment As thev tried the door the rifle shot was heard.
 They tried to insert key in the door but found that the keyhole had beer plugged. They then hurried to the door leading to Lewis bedroom. There they effected an entrance They found the door to the bathroom locked and were forced to break it open.
 Lewis was fourd half reclining in the bath tub with his foot hraced against the head The trigger of the twenty two calibre rifle was still clasped in his hand and the end of the barrel rested against his temple. The detectives saw "t once that the man was dead. County hysician L. R. Souder was notified and he arrived a few minutes later. Dr Souder expressed tho onini0r that death was instantaneous. and said that in all probability an inquest would be held
 Lewis had removed his coat Hc was attired in a blue striped shirt. black trousers and black shoes. The bullet had penetrated his temple. His fingers showed several scratches. On the bn- roau were several copies of today's | Philadelphia. Atlantic City and New York newspapers
 One contained the flaring headline 1cross the front page Girl may solve model mystery" Underneath this was | large column cut of Maizie Colbert. Lewis was positively identified by the owners of the hotel. He was a man apparently about 3S years of age. dark complexion and extremely high fore head. rather prcpossessing in appear ance. He had little luggage and only Sf and some change in money According to the people at the hotel he arrived there at 10 o'clock Wednes- day night He appeared rather morose and nncommuricative. He had been absent from the house much of the day but his movements between the time he arrived at the house Wednesday night and the time of the suicide have moi l been traced.
 Lewis had pinned q towel over the (Continued from Page One)