The Detroit times., 1917-01-05
Bernard w. Lewis Fires
Bullet Into Brain
AS Net Closes
SON OF WEALTHY
PITTSBURGH MAN
Was Last Man Known
To Have Seen Girl
Alive

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. s-Bern-
ard Wesley Lewis, Yale graduate.
scion % wealthy Pittsburgh fam.
ily reached the end OF the prim-
rose path today Ills body, disfig
ured by hulleihole thru the cen
ser of his forehead self-innicted
VAS brought back here today from
Atlantic city
she vhG RCD INC same primrose
path with Lewis. Maize Colbert. 2s.
of humble birth and beautiful until
frenzied slayer struck her down,
was n "A -imple grave in Philadel-
pha
MAIZE Cnlber- was slain And
BERNARD Lewis all bat confessed
killing bis beautiful paramour when
ne committed suicide Last night IN
an Atlantic City hotel Just as de-
tectives were about 10 seize him
Th. primrose path Tod the rich
man 10 death as il led the poor girl
there
In Pittsburgh today wife. faith
Or and mother were waiting for
final word from Philadelphia's po.
lirc 20 render nnal verdict whethe-
or not Lewis was actually the man
Who hendishly killed the pretty
model Their verdict admittedly
must ne based on circumstantiAl
evidence alone
Bu' Il was Iewis who took taxi.
cab TO the Wilton apartment. whore
Maize Colbert lived. who WAS the
last W7u known "a have seru the
girl alive and who ran away seek.
inr 10 lose himself when police
fastened upon his trail
Last night. In Atlantic Ctys
morgun the taxi driver who carried
a man TO The Wilton on the night
Maize Colbert was cruelty beaten
20 death identified as his fare the
man whose body was then in thr
morgue n bullet thru The head
Lewis must have fol, tho ne
Tightening about him Ills room at
the Allan H. CITY hotel had hebn
prepared as death chamber
Lewis had stuffed towel over tn
transom o. hts room and cut OF tho
bathrOom IN somewhat similar
fashion Cracks around me window
had bcon stuffed with paper Key
holes had been stopped up--as u
LOWE cinred before tho eye Of
rho law that he knew was constant
" seeking him
His belongings were In disorder.
The rife with which he later sought
death was newly purchased News.
papers shrinking the ehastly details
OF The beautiful models dSsth and
The relentless police pursuit Of the
then unknown slayer. Uttered the
floor But Lewis did not add the
final touch 20 tho tragedy Of the
primrose path until he heard the
long feared knock OF police detec-
tiyes at his door Then he put tho
mnzzle of the rife 20 his forehead
and fred
Detectives who burst the door
open found his limp body In tho
bathtub. found scratches on his
fingers. and found handkerchief
stained with what looked like blood
in HE bureau drawer
Practically without money and
driven 20 frenzy by tho suspicion
conferred on him. Lewis apparently
was In a hopeless condition. His
clothes were uukempt. and nc wore
shirt OF cheap material--a direct
contrast TO the neat society man OF
several years ago.
While detectives say they believe
-l.eMls-kIlled- the cafe butterfly.
friends are emphatic in their belief
that he is the victim Of mistake
and his own conscience
Miss Mabel Kyle. ono OF the WON.
on who aided the police in identify
ing the man In tho taxi. said
II believe Mr. Lewis IL the vic.
tim OF a chastity blunder know
he was an honorable man and siill
believe him innocent lie read that
he had been drawn into the mys-
tory and had no hope Of cxtrica,.
ing himself
Lewis called Miss May Kyle. an
other sister. on the telephone just
before no left FOR Atlantic City yes
terday
what shall do."/he asked after
explaining he had heen implicated
Miss Kyle told him 20 give himself
up. which she declared he promised
20 do Immediately.
Two headquarters detectives were
on tho wire the entire time LOWS
was talking. For several DAYS the