The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-05

with the man, and they are keeping
the facts from him lest 1t have an
| Injurious effect upon him.
Miss Ethel, the eldest sister. stated
that she had met Lewis as late as
last Tuesday afternoon at Broad
street station, and that Lewis had
not yet learned that his name had
been implicated in the story. She
told him to buy a newspaper and read
the story, she said.
Soon after she reached home, she
said, Lewis telephoned to her in great
agitation, and told her he read the
story and wanted her to believe that
he had nothing, to do with the muir
der.
He called up again on Tuesday
AFTERNOON at 4 o'clock, according to
appointment" she said, land that Is
the last believe we heard from him.
L am positive now that the person
OF persons who telephoned to US this
afternoon three times were not Mr..
Lewis. The voices did not sound like
his.
Not Lewis Voice.
"On one of the calls the voice said,
L suppose you know who did this,
don't you? Well, 1t was Kaier.
Everybody knows that Now, Mr.
Lewis had never mentioned this
mans name to me. and I, of course,
had never heard OF him. So 1 said.
why, this Is not Mr.. Lewis speaking.
know his voice too WELL Then the
voice disappeared.
IF Mr.. Lewis led a double life we
never knew 1t. We were introduced to
MIN properly, and as we found he was
OF family OF respectability and
wealth, and conducted himself as a
gentleman, we had no reason to doubt
MIN. We never heard OF him, how
ever from the time We met him, a
year ago, until last Thursday, when
he telephoned from New York and
said he was coming over"
TeIephoned Last Night.
Lewis was in telephone COMMUNE
cation with the Misses Ethel and Ma
bel Kyle as late as o'clock last even
ing. Frequently during the last few
days the sisters had talked to him
over the phone, and urged him. IL he
were innocent of any wrongdoing, as
he asserted, to come forward and tell
everything to the police.
The police took up the hunt for
Lewis when they found that Powell
had taken Lewis and the Kyle sisters
to their Germantown house on Thurs
day night and then had driven Lewis
to the Wilton.
Lewis told one of the sisters yester-
day that he had placed the matter in
the hands of a lawyer, and that he
would soon see the police and prove
an alibi. This information was fur
nished by three Kyle sisters who
made every effort to defend Lewis and
20 haf - Ixv
have had any connection with the
murder They said that he had been
with them every evening after the
murder. and gave an account OF his
movements each night from Thursday
to Sunday, inclusive.
Member. Of Good Family.
The girls are members of a good
family, are refined in their manners,
pretty, and show the best evidences OF
high character. Their ages range
from twenty-one to twenty-six years.
At first they were reluctant to speak
of the affair, but after a while became
eager to tell anything to shield Lewis,
who, they said, they believe to be Of a
character beyond reproach.
81 do not believe, the story Of that
taxicab driver is true" said Ethel, the
eldest sister, 81 do not believe that Mr..
Lewis did not pay his cab bill. know
him too well for that. and he had
plenty of money. And know that II
Mr.. Lewis had had anything to do
with this horrible affair that he could
not have come to see US and taken us
out every night from Thursday to
Sunday without showing some agita-
ton or betraying something suspi |
cious in his manner"
Dramatic Death.
Lewis death was dramatic. Early |
yesterday afternoon a ''flier" was is
sued for him here. on the technical |
charge of beating Powell out of his |
$40 fare. Late last night detectives
trailed him to his fashionable apart |
ment in Atlantic City. AS they en-
tered he ran into the bath room, |
locked the door, and, lying in the
tub. shot himself with a new rifle
the temple. Powell identified |
the body.
Lewis clothes were terribly unused, |
and he wore a shirt OF cheap make
a direct contrast to the neat society |
man of several years ago.
Lewis had removed his coat. He |
was attired in a blue striped shirt, |
DldCk trousers. anu
There was little blood save about
his temple, where the bullet had pene-
trated. His fingers showed several
scratches, as IL he had been in a
struggle with some one. There were
blood marks on nearly all the fingers
Of one hand.
A dried blood-soaked handkerchief
was found in Lewis back pocket,
which the police believe definitely
links him with the murder. Experts
stated that stains were old, and the
odor also convinced the
detectives that 1t had not been used re-
Gently.
Identification Destroyed.
Lewis was careful to destroy all
means of Identification, and it could
be readily seen that the act had been
carefully planned beforehand. There
we're no letters, notes, or papers in
mis- apartment.
On the bureau were several copies
If the days Philadelphia. Atlantic City
and New York newspapers. One con-
tanned the faring headlines across
he front page, Girl May Solve Model
Mystery" Underneath this was a
arge two-column picture OF Grace
Roberts.
That he was in rather straitened