The Washington times., 1921-07-13
GOETz'S JEALOUSY
BLAMED BY WIFE
FOR BYRD'S DEATH
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said to me. beg your pardon,
back and wash his face l told him
that 1t was not necessary, but he in
sisted, saying that II was his fault.
We talked on some between that
point and Washington.
',At Washington he passed us on
the train and said Goodbye, kddies,
and passed out. My husband was
at the train to meet the children,
When stepped out almost into his
and said, what are you doing up
here
"I didn't see Mr.. Byrd again un-
til I had been in Washington about
three weeks. One afternoon i was
sitting on the steps OF our porch
with Mr.. GoetZ. i noticed the
baby coming up the walk hand In
said to my husband that l had seen
that young man somewhere. When
he reached the porch he explained
that he was the person who had
given the baby the cake on the
train.
BYRD REVIEWS FRIENDSHIP.
"He had taken rooms, 1t seems, in
the community at the home OF an
army officer. He was then going to
the Catholic University as a vocation
al student. On frequent occasions he
came up to see my son and often
took Mr.. Goetz TO the city In his car.
AS to our acquaintance, 1t was only
passing.
However, it soon came to the point
that Mr.. GoetZ made some remarks
about Albert's visits to our home. One
day I asked my husband to do some
. nd 10 ranltpd oh let
Byrd do II for you l looked him
straight in the face and my son made
him take backwater on his statement
and he passed 1t off by saying that
he made the remark to aggravate
me only, '..
"I believe that this Nashville busi-
ness was a frame up on me. One day
Mr.. Goetz called me into his room and
asked me to deed that farm near
Nashville over to him. told him
that in my opinion II was all right as
1t was, but he said let's be pals like
we used to be and have things. In
common. | then decided the farm to
him with the promise from him thai
he would pay sos 1 owed on my Nash
Vile house. He agreed to this.
"A little later he asked me If
did not want to go to Nashville and
paw OF the last note on the farm OF
s6S5 and sell some timber from the
place. I told him that l would. As
left he started to give me the money
TO pay the note. but changed his mind
and added that he would send 1t to
me at Nashville.
SHADOWED BY DETECTIVE.
When I was on my way found
that a detective was shadowing me on
the train He was a big, fat fellow,
as / found out, wearing cluster OF
diamonds that could be seen almost
before he was visible
"rCn route 10 Nashville / wrote n
letter to Albert Byrd asking him to
stop off in Nashville on his way down
to see his mother. l met him at the
train in Nashville, and / suppose the
same detective saw me there"
Mrs. Goetz said she had been in
Nashville about three or four days
before the arrival of Byrd, having
reached Nashville herself about June
20 The divorce papers were served on
the two in Nashville July 4, she said.
Albert didn't threaten anybody
then" she added. Mr.. Harris, of
Knoxville, and some lawyer shook
hands with us and handed the papers
| over TO us. l read them and handed
them over to Albert, as I could not
get them in my small hand bag. That
! is the reason they were found on him
in Washington. l left Nashville in a
day or so for Knoxville and have been
| here since"
Her sister, Mrs. Iva Lester, who
was sitting in the room, verified Mrs
Goetz statement.
When asked IL she had seen Byrd
while he was in Knoxville last week
she replied.
Yes, saw him two or three times.
He left for Washington early last
Tuesday morning" Byrd is said to
have stopped at the Central Y. NJ,
| c. A. while in Knoxville.
1t is said that while Byrd was here
he tried to negotiate a loan to buy
a ticket back to Washington, saying
that he must be there at a certain
date, but Mrs. Goetz says that Byrd
had money sufficient to get back on.
MAY GO INTO MOVIES.
"And that story about me wanting
to get rid of Goetz in order to get
his insurance Is untrue" she added.
THE insurance was not payable to
me. Mr.. Goetz changed IT sometime
ago.
In answer to the query as to wheth.
er she expected to return to Wash
ington, Mrs. Goetz said that she GER.
tainly would not. What do you in
tend to do?" she was asked. II may
1o into tho pnoyies - she replied