Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-04

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SEQUEL.0F
SHOOTING
YOUNG WIFE DEAD
Sensational Self Destruction
=. in Atlanta Cemetery on.
Grave of Abbott, Killed BY
Wife l

Without apparent reason, Mrs.
Hal NJ. Gilbert, wife of an Atlanta
garage owner, shot and killed her
self on the new-made grave of john :
ny Abbott, whose killing by his own
wife, was detailed in this newspaper !
last week.
So far as is known, the. Gilbert
woman, who was young, attractive
and noted about Atlanta as daring /,
motor-car driver, had no acquaint-
Her dead body was found lying
on Abbott's grave Sunday morning.
She had shot herself. In one hand
was clutched a new pistol, and IN
the other hand was found her hand
with choloroform.
In the meantime, the police court
Judge in Atlanta has held Mrs.
Louise Abbott without bail for the
shooting of her husband, and Miss /
waitress whose friendifness with
Abbott is said to be the reason why
Mrs. Abbott shot her husband is
charged with being an accessory" I
to the killing of the Atlanta fire de-
partment driver. She was liberated,
however, on small bond.
She was just twenty-five years
cld." said her. husband. Hal Gilbert. !
Monday morning. THAT was the
age at which her mother died. and
she was afraid she was going to ,
die too. All this time she hadi
driven her car in an effort to get,S
well. She had driven it about L.
900 miles year, over every street
in Atlanta, and many roads in Geor-
gia and the Notwithstanding al
ways to escape the thing that took
her mother and her brother.
When she killed herself it Iwas
because she thought she had lost the
bott. Neither of us knew him. She !
had seen him once when he came
to my garage to have CHIEF Cody's
automobile fixed. and that was all.
They tell me Eth, that her fo, picture
must have been just newspaper I
clipping that he cut out and kept
because he was interested in auto
mobiles-was about the best driver;
among the MEN IN Atlalta-and :, she !
'S Theory Of Police
Mrs. Gilberts father, DR.. Frank
Bright, of Dublin, Ga, said the sama !
thing; and others who knew Abbott
never heard Of Mrs: Gilbert
Miss Mary Powers, the waitress.
who telephoned Abbott the night
his wife killed him and who at first
was thought to be the person who
shot herself at Greenwood ceme- !
"
ing of Mrs. Gilbert. 4
Mrs. Stella Abbott, who is being !
held at the Tower for investigation
by the grand jury on the charge of I
day morning, but she is quoted as /
saying that she has never seen Mrs
Gilbert or heard of her. /
John N. Abbott, father of the dead I
fireman, said the same thing; so
did Mrs. Guy Reese, sister Of Mrs. /
Abbott.
on the other hand, II, D. shaw; I
Mrs Gilbert's photograph in John
ny Abbott's locker at fire headquar-
her racing car which she had drtv !
en- so many miles-said Monday (
morning that he believed Mrs. Gill |
bert and Johnny Abbott knew each I
other. tss I
ded over long distance telephone I
from Union City, where he was at !
tending funeral. II am convinced I
they were acquainted"
Chief of Detectives Lamar Poole
said that before Mrs. Gilbert's sui
eide, his office had. heard rumors I
that she and Abbott were friends {
and was investigating these rumors. /
Wants Children to Ride
Chief of Police Beavers declared I
mis- own account could state that an (
acquaintance existed between Mrs. /
Gilbert aid Abbott.
Bearing on the. question OF Wheth- 1
er Mrs Gilbert and Johnny Abbott
knew each other, statements (
made Monday. morning. by Mrs Guy /
Reese and by w. c. Nevis, of IL -j
Alaska avenue. who lives only q
short distance fromMrs. Reese's (
home, G2S Highland avenue. where I
the two little sons Of Mrs. Stella /
Abbott. one twelve years, the other i
fourteen years old, are being cared 4
for. --'-- AZ ,e4-,-. "f E&fg4 st
according to their Statements. s
Mrs. Gilbert drove in her racing car
to Mrs. Reese's home both Friday (
and Saturday to take the two iittlS
Abbott boys automobile riding with !
her. .-,.,. r. ----------.-.--.
"Tha children were there by them
selves Friday" said Mrs. Reese, but Z
I had instructed them not to, go any
where with anyone or to talk to i
any visitors. They 'obeyed my in 4
structions and refused to go with
Mrs Gilbert. They recognized her Z
from having seen her on the street
and at Lakewood where she drove
during the fair"