The Washington times., 1919-11-29
I'm THROUGH WITH
GORDON 'SHfSYs
6'rI-Wife Declares She Hopes
AssaiIant Will Get What's
Coming to Him..
Continued from First pase.

Ano, have ] not tried to exp.~t<3
crime by giving up pint. of my
TO help save her hfe-"
want her to live-she is m,
hshcsd We were TO be marrt
soon as she obtained q d&~vrc~
her husband. We have been et.
Tor months-since her husband
| away
| Then Gordon told OF the trsanxi.
love AFFAIR which culminsted in tbs
tragedy yesterday. =
1 Met In Re.sasrsss.
Il met Robinson and his wlf< .~v..
or eight months ago 1T q restaurant A.
los Pennsyisanis avenue northwest
eomducted by Mrs. Mamie L. HuotIey.
where they ate their meals and Aad
rooms. j found Mrs. Robinaon agree.
able TO my advances and We kept up
our friendship until she moved to
street i went there to live aftsr
Florence and her husband beca m :
tranged- and he went away.
Since that time I have courte<
On three occasions she promis<
marry me as soon she succ(
IN divorcing her husband We
sidered ourselves engaged
| again my wishes. she went to
at The Bureau OF Printing and In
Il
paying undue attention to hes,
| sidering she had promised 70
me, and We had several quarrel
considered she had tlted me-sp
further courtship from me.
"A week ago ! got OF on leavl
since that time hung around the
track at Bowie. I Lost most
savings. and on Thanksgiving
went to her and told her was D
and intended to return 10 my hol
Wheeling, w. Va She urged n
to leave, to come back the next
friday, aud talk IL over.
1 Il told her that she would have
either to give me or the other fellow
the printer-up. said to her:
: Florence. i love you. and we are en-
gagged to get married. Now fhie
PRINTER seems to have come into your
life, What ore you going to do, You
viii either have to give me or hin
up-that's all there is to t-SShe re
rited. j love no one better than you.
dear. / could not live without you.
Come back and see me tomorrow
| But the next day. Friday. felt
jealousy controlling me. ] had de-
termineo to leave her and go home
to forget the past But ] meant 70
say good-by to her and the baby. I
got two half pints of whiskey from .
bootlegger-s Greek / know. He 'did
: not charge me anything for the
whiskey. / drank a half pint of the
whiskey and then went TO Florence's
home. ] had not lived there for a
week. sleeping at 1he Terminal Young
Men Christian Association.
when j went into the house I saw
Florence and the bsby-Merriile Ger
aldine Robinson three years old
and Perry Moomaw and Claude Splits
/ er. roomers there. / talked about go
ing away and pulled the other half
pint flask OF whiskey from my
pocket. took a drink and offered one
to Florence. She took q drink-she
Killed the bottle. The baby was on
my lap. she was calling me dad. But
suddenly i seemed TO lose control ef
myself i don't remember what hap
pened after that until ] wandered
into the shops at the Washington
Terminal and read in newspspGn|
that i was being sought for sboc-11
Florence W. J. Osborne. 1126 Nbl>
Capitol street, foreman of the sAoa
told me the police wanted me q
shooting Mrs Robinson. A short
later the detectives came along
took me to the police station
Blaaes Crime On WhSskey.
"I didn't mean to shoot FIorene
loved her too much. IL was the
leg whiskey that must have Cd
my brain and caused me TO commx
rash act"
During the period of this state pn63E
made TO Inspector clifford l. Grant
chief OF detectives and Detectives
Kelly. Sweeney, and Wright. of the
Sixth precinct. Gordon gradually re-
gained his composure. He lighted
several cigarettes as he talked. He at
tempted TO impress upon his listeners
the fact that he did not know he had
shot the woman until told. But he
explained that IL he did shoot her. he
did so while insane from Jealousy and
drink
As soon a(a a report of the shooting
reached Inspector Clifford l. Grant
chief of detectives. he dispatched De-
tective Sergts. Edward j. Kelly and
A b. Scrivener TO the scene In the
meantime. Mrs. Robinson had been
sent to the Casualty Hospital by
Precinct Detectives Wright. walsh
and Thompson.
Policemen secured the District for
the assailant of the woman. but IL
was not until late last night that he
was taken into custody at the me-
chapical shops OF the Washington
Terminal Company by Terminal Po-
liceman James ]. Segrue.
short time later physicians at
tending Mrs. Robinson at the hos
pital realized her condition was criti-
cal-that probably the only way to
save her life was to transfuse blood
into her veins She had lost more
than a quart Of blood before the SUR
geons were able TO stanch the flow.
They telephoned TO the Sixth precinct
station. Gordon had just been brought
in. trembling and fearful. The physi-
clans stated that Mrs. Robinson's nfe
was hanging in the balsnce-that
blood was needed.
do you know anyone who will sac
rifice a pint OF blood asked DR. W
c. Gardner of the desk sergeant on
duty.
I'VE have the man who shot her.
said Clerk Davis. He is locked up
here now. How about him.
send him over" rejoined the physi-
clan.
Would Die for Her.
After q moments thought Gordon
said:
Certainly. I will give all my blood