Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-29

Relating in substantially the same
terms as the story she gave to rep
resentative of The Capital OF the cir
cumstances connected with the trag
edy at Eastport on The night OF Jan
uary 90 last when she shot and NOR
tally wounded her father. Charles
jefferson. As years old, painter.
Miss Ruth Jefferson, Is years old
testified before the coroners inques
that completed a further probe of the
case. at the Court House this after
noon
The jury, Of which Asa 4 Joyce. IS
foreman. began it's sessions al I30
O'Clock
States AttVney James NJ. Munroe
conducted the examination Of the sew,
eral witnesses as they were called to
the stand, with police Justice John Il
Sullivan, acting as coroner in the al
sence of DR. William S. Weleh. who
is indisposed al his residence on
Gloucester street He is suffering OF
a severe cold. There were present in
the Court room when the nvestiga-
zion began, a number of residents of
Easiport and Annapolis, besides the
several Witnesses.
Although Miss Jefferson was, OF
course, the chief witness in coHnec-
zion with the hearing. the wife OF
the dead man was first called to the
stand, and answering a question put
by States Attorney Munroe. she gave
"A complete narrative OF events on the
night Of the tragic affair The gra
vender Of her testimony was TO the
effect that her husband had remained
at home throughout the night of the
occurrence and was apparently in the
best of spirits until shortly before
midnight. when. after she had retired
TO her room upstairs. he went into a
raving condition and declared his in
tention of killing himself. and how
the daughter Ruth. seeking to pro-
tect her, hid her in a cupboard. She
told OF her high state OF nervousness
under the circumstances. and also, in
/ spite of it all she rendered all pos
sible assistance to her husband after
he was wounded by the shot fired by
! the daughter. She also testified that
/ she visited the husband regularly at
4 at hospital until the night OF bis
death which was on Sunday last and
I of the statement made 10 her by hial
/ that he had forgiven his daughter. as
he realized that she shot him to save
I her. (the wife,
/ Miss Ruth, the daughter. who has
suffered of extreme nervousness
since the unfortunate affair, was dpll-
ed as the next witness Clad In deco
mourning, with heavy veil. pale o
! face, and her body trembling percept
/ bly,, she advanced slowly to the wit
ness chair. At the instance of State
Attorney Munroe, she began her mar
rative, and as stated above, it did no
wayer from the statements made -
la representative Of the Capital Oh the
day following the tragedy. That she
has suffered intensely as the resal
of the ordeal through which she hes
passed, was plainly evident -
i trenors. The weighty party Of her
she was about TO turn out the light
downstairs, and retire TO her room on
the second floor, the father renarke-i,
mo. daughter, better not turn out all
ythe lights. as something terrible is 81
I ing TO happen; | am going TO Kill your
mother and then myself, and you will
i find both of US stiff in bed in the morn
ing Miss Jefferson said she was
Z thoroughly frightened at these words
of her parent and went upstairs, de-
termined that she would take some
steps. to protect her mother, where
upon, she decided to hide her mother
In the closet OF her bedroom. "A few
minutes later" she said, my father
came upstairs and upon finding me in
the bedroom demanded to know where