The Washington times., 1918-07-28

was told last night by Karl shord IN
these words:
"I believe that Henry came to the.
house with the intention OF cleaning
up the whole family. except myself.
He did-not expect to see me at the
| house. as he probably figured that l
had gone to work.
Sitting On Couch.
At was sitting on the edge of my
couch in the rear bed room pulling
on my socks. heard a shot It
sounded as though 1t came from the
front hallway downstairs. went
to the door and saw my daughter
Louisa coming up the stairs. Her
face was pale and she was breathing
fast Right in back OF her / saw
Henry VogeL Without thinking what
was doing. 1 hurled my trousers
into his face. In the meantime he
had fired three or four shots at me
from his revolver. Louisa ran past
me.
at 10 a wonder that she was not
killed or wounded. She went into the
bathroom and locked the door while
1 grappled with Henry at the top of
the stairs. He was about three steps
from the top OF the flight He pushed
me back. and while 1 was struggling
with him he crashed the panel OF the
bathroom door with his gun and hred
at Louisa He then broke loose from
me. and fell back into the doorway
of the middle bedroom.
81 got to my feet. grabbed a heavy
pitcher, and hurried back to prevent
him from going into the front bad
room, where Louisa's three little
children were sleeping. When he
saw the pitcher he backed away
and fred. He only had ono shot
left. don't remember which
shots fired at me took effect. i
did not feel any pain. Henry tAeu
backed down the stairway and 4
threw the pitcher at him. As 1 threw
II he fred the last shot at me and
then turned and ran down the stairs.
The pitcher missed his head He ran
out in front. and ] followed after
him.
Nowhere In sight.
when l got 20 the sidewalk he was
nowhere In sight 1 ran as far as the
gate of the house next door. and call
ed to George Howell. who lives there
with his wife and family. Howell
heard me, and ! asked him to call a
doctor for me and also the police.
then began 20 feel weak, probably
from loss OF blood, and returned to
the house to get some water. As ]
entered the hallway and started to-
ward the kitchen l noticed something
burning on the kitchen floor. l was
feeling weaker and weaker. but sum-
moning all my strength, l went in
the kitchen and saw John Vogel, my
IL Ian 1wrfR "a
the cloth OF his shirt over the right
shoulder slowly burning. showing
he had been shot from behind. He
was still alive, but a second later he
breathed his last.
81 began to feel faint and went into
the hallway toward the front door,
and l meet Louisa coming down.
stairs. / asked her to get me a drink
OF water. and 1 then lay down in
the middle of the hallway. ] was too
weak to stand. When asked her for
drink she said: Poor Ed, poor Ed,
my husband l said Yes, he's dead,
and / am going fast, too. Get me
some water She brought me a glass
the ambulance came and took me to
the hospital
Nearly Three Years
Henry Vogel had been living with
US for nearly three years. For the
past two months he had not been
working. He used to stay at home
all day. ! think this is the reason
John got Jealous and suspicious. But
his suspicious were not right. He
was all wrong as far as his wife was
concerned. Friday night I heard
Louisa remark that the two men had
L. Arr
had said something Tuesday night,
but l was not home and did not know
what was said. This morning John
and Louisa were going to move out
to the country, and they were al
ready packed to go when 1t all hap
pened. l was going to speak TO
Louiaa about what took place on
Tuesday, but / decided to not say
anything. as l thought everything
would be all right. Yesterday John
told me that he would like a little
peace. Now he has peace.
Always Worked Hard.
"My daughter always worked hard.
She would get up early every morning.
about o'clock. and work until
o'clock at night She never went any
where or dressed UP very much. She
is a good home woman, and II John
was suspicious. II was due to his own
jealousy. and his suspicious were
false. AS far as Henry was con-
'erned 1 never liked his manners. l
hink that both John and Henry were
a little queer. like their brother who
committed suicide by drinking car
boIic acid in 1912. 1t is my belief
that Harry came to kill the whole
family before they cOuld move into
the country. II they could have only
Ii AaRz
pened."
Or. G. c. Clark. at the Casualty Hos
pital. made x-ray Photographs OF Shorb's
wounds yesterday afternoon The
photograph showed a bullet lodged in
The left thigh near the abdomen. Ac-