The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
SUICIDE POINTS
TO BROKER AS
MODEL SLAYER
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FROM PAGE I

tightening about him HIS room al
tho Atlantic city hotel had been
prepared a. a death chamber. Lewis
had stuffed a towel over the iran.
SON OF his room and cut of the
bathroom In somewhat similar
fashion Cracks around the window
had been stuffed with paper. Key.
holes hal been stopped up-as n
Lceis cringod before the eye Of the
law that he knew was constantly
seeking him.
Scratches on Finger
His belongings we're in disorder
The small calibcr rife. with which
be later sought death. was newly
purchased. Newspapers shricking
the CHASTITY details OF the beautiful
models murder and the relentless
police pursuit Of the unknown muir
derer Uttered tho floor
Hut Lewis did not add the final
touch 10 the tragedy until he heard
the long feared knock OF detectives
at his door Then he put the muZ.
ale % the rife 10 his forehead and
fired
Detectives who burst tho door
open found his limp body in the
bathtub. found suspicious scratches
on his fingers. as II they had been
the ones which In fury beat and
tore the beautiful flesh OF Maize
Colbert. found a handkerchief stain
Cd with what looked like blood in
his bureau drawer.
Was In Frenzy
Practically without money. and
driven 20 frenzy by the suspicion
conferred on him. Lewis apparently
was in hopeless condition. His
clothes were unkempt. and he wore
shirt Of cheap MATERIAL direct
contrast TO the neat society man
OF several years ago
While detectives say they believe
Lewis killed tho cafe butterfly.
friends are emphatic in their belief
that he is the victim OF mistake
and his own conscience.
Miss Mabel Kyle. one OF the WON
en- who aided the police in identify.
Ing the man in the taxi. said:
II believe MIR. Lewis is the vic
tim OF CHASTITY biunder. He was
an honorable man. and ! still be-
lieye him innocent. lie read that
he had been drawn into the mys.
terry. and had no hope OF extricating
himself
Lewis called Miss May Kyle. an.
other sister. on the telephone just
before he left for Atlantic city.
What shall do" he asked. after
explaining he had been implicated
Miss Kyle told him to give himself
up, which she declared he promised
to do Immediately. Two detectives
were on the wire the entire time
Lewis was talking.
Phone Was Tapped
For several days the telephone to
the Kyle home had been tapped. 3"
II is understood Lewis was with
one Of the Kyle sisters as early as
3 o'clock Friday Miss Colbert was
still alive and talking to Police
Magistrate lmbcr on the telephone
at l a. m. that day. Sunday. ac-
cording TO Miss May Kyle. Lewis
spent at their home In German
town. and went to church He
acted the same az usual" the girls
said, referring to Sunday.
Worries Piled Up
Thursday night, she said. the
night before the murder. her two
sisters. Mabel and Ethel. went to a
theatre with Lewis. They had sup.
per at hotel and took taxi home
because II was late
Worries had piled up on Lewis
ono after another ia the past year.
Business ventures had proved fail.
urcs. he was reported to have been
implicated in a. court case in New
York. That, broken in spirit. Lewis
could not stand the additional
weight OF being suspected OF muir.