The Washington times., 1919-07-09
BLOW KILLED MAN
IN ROW WITH WIFE
Frederick Husband Shot After
Being dubbed, States
Attorney Declares.

FREDERICK. Nd, July s.-Edgar
Wilson. twenty-five years old. was ar
rested yesterday At Union Bridge by
Sheriff Charles H. KIipp and States
Attorney Aaron r. Anders, charged
with being implicated in the murder
81 William H. PittinEer. After close
Questioning the young man was re-
leased. He is a son OF Arthur Wilson.
who with Mrs. PittinEer is in fail
charged with the murder Of the lat
Ler's husband. The Officers and States
attorneys spent the day in the vicin-
Ity Of townsville. summoning wit
nesses for the hearing, which will be
held Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Pittinger and Wilson have re-
tanned Attorneys D. Princeton Buckley
knd Holden FELTON, to defend them.
Both attorneys visited the scene OF
the murder yesterday, and will have
witnesses at the hearing. Mrs. Will
son and her family, who are members
Of the Beaver Dam DUnkard Church.
declare the innocence OF her husband
and Mra. Pittinger, and hold TO the
theory Of suicide. Mrs. Wilson accom-.
panied Mrs. Pittingsr to the latter's
home when the dead body of PittinkAr
was found.
Think Death Game In Fight.
After yesterdays investigation the
sheriff and States attorney believe
that Pittinger was killed in a night
with his wife and Wilson. The theory
how IL that when Pittinger quarreIed
with his wife the latter fed to the
home OF Wilson. PittinEer followed.
IT is thought, and upon reaching the
barn at the Wilson home called for
sa II h.
and after a few words, IL IL believed,
the two engaged in a fight. Wilson,
the authorities believe, ran to her as
Bistance and in the melee Pittinger
was hit on the back Of the head by a
wagon yoke Weighing about ten
pounds, dying instantly from d
rushed skqull.
His body. they think. was carried to
DIS home, about a quarter OF a mile
Instant. placed in bed and q rife ball
bred into the abdomen. The following
hay Mrs. Pittinger notified States At
borney Anders that her husband had
eomitted suicide. Accompanied by
Eheriff Klipp. the States attorney
vent to the Pittinger home and found
he house locked up. The door was
Broken open and Pittinger's body was
bound in bed in q partly decomposed
64te. Mrs. Pittinger then told the
Pnicers that her husband had fol-
oWed her to the Wilson house and
bfter some words declared that he
Bas going home to kill himself.
Was Last She Saw Of Him.
She said that was the last she saw
~ him until she and Mrs. Wilson
eound his dead body. DR.. John H
Gessler, the coroner's physician, who
vas summoned as q witness yester-
nay. stated that Pittinger was killed
By the blow on the back OF his head
and that he was dead when the rife
ball was fred into his body. The
blow, he said, crushed his skull, ana
WAS Of sufficient severity to have pro-
duced instant death. The blow was
not revealed until a second post
morton examination OF the body was
held.
Sentiment in the neighborhood of
louisville is to the effect that Pit
finger was killed during Q quarrel
1T the Wilson home. Mrs. Pittinger
and the wilson's have been friends for
eome time, and the latter, Il is said.
always sided with Mrs. PittInger in |
her domestic troubles. Mrs. PittinRer
and Wilson, who are in Jail, still hold |
that Pittinger killed himself