The Washington times., 1921-10-06
"
WILL SEEK.
To BLOCK
AUTOPSY
Denies He Beat Woman, Declar-
ing He Had to Seize Her
During Fits" l


the exhumation Of my wife's body
for purposes Of dissection" today
declared Elmer e. Dwyer. George
town plasterer. against whom
charges Of assault. some weeks pre-
vious to her death. have been made.
Charges that I ever assaulted
my wife are all bunk. This will, be
proved when I am brought to court.
Not that / fear an autopsy may
show that my wife had been NAL
treated. but / do not want her body
to be removed from its sacred
grave"
Critcises Relatives.
Dwyer, in making this statement
to The Times. severely criticised
relatives Of his wife, who on sep
tember 8, Is sa,d to have commit.
ted suicide by hanging herself TO a
rafter in the cellar Of her home at
2slS n street northwest.
He was particularly vehement
against Arthur w. May. grocer. or
zss Seventh street southwest, who
announced that he was not
SATISFIED with the certifieate Of sui
eide given by Or: ]. Ramsay Eey-
III. District coroner, and intended to
sister, exhnmed.
Il was legally married to my wife
and permission must first 5. rot
ten from me before her boiv caf,
oe exhumed. OF course, the DIS.
trict Attorney has authority to dis
lnIer the body, but I doubt ff he
VIII go back on Or. Eevftt's ces
eiifcate OF suicide" said Dvyer.
Dwyer also announced that throuxi,
ms attorney, G. Chester Caywood. OF
the woodward building, he WIN fiie q
damage suit for 10000 ton,orroc
against Arthur May and Charles MAJ
.ne iatter or Park Lane, Mackay sta
uon, MS brothers!in-law, claiming tina :
tney assaulted him and broke hts jaw
Win an iron pipe without Just cause
Beat with Iron Bar.
They charged me with nesiectinx
my wife, their sister," said Dw,ver
Ihey also charged that I was run
ning around with Julia Coyie. who
since my former wife's death. has, be
come my bride. I had tust left q
moving picture when they waylaid r1e
ana beat me Up with the iron bar: !
uio not return the attack, believing
'ns .naI Ine law would protect Ine-that',
why l am suing them.
Tho whole trouble hetu,as,, ,,,,.
wife and me was that there ei,-,sS., 80.
was TOO much family interference, V,.
Wte was OF a hysterical nature ana
when she would have one OF he,
spells 1 generally seized her and
neid her on my lap to quiet her
Neignbors believed I was attaching her
ana frequently sent for the police. Hui
they Gid not understand. NV Wiz.
loved me and loved her. I ALWAYS
treated her with every consideration
"hat about the charges that You
were running around with Miss Coyie,
present wife?" Dwyer was asked
that I was friendly with Miss soy:s
Why. II was a regular thing for M,
wife to awaken me at 1870 o'cIocj.
every night. so could drive down 70
tne Eagle Restaurant, where MIS-
Coyle was employed, and take her
home. True, Miss Coyle was much
younger than I, but she preferred bav
ing me to some younger man. taxe
her home by automobile. She fc't
safer with me.
May Have Been Jealous.
1T Is possible that toward the las,
my wife became Jealous. But she
had no occasion for being so, and al
ways welcomed Julia. She may have
thought that I had gone away with
Julia on the day that she committed
suicide. True. did go out OF the
city with Julia, but her father ac.
companied US. We went to visit
JuHa's brother, who has a little farlr
near Bonnesboro, several miles from
Frederick" '..
who had you shadowed by Miss
Shank, a policewoman?" Dwyer was
asked
II do not know. But I am aware
that Mis- Shank did follow Miss Coyie
and me when we made several trips
to Glen Echo and other places. Miss
Shank admitted TO nv that she had
never observed any improper conduct
between Miss Coyle and me. sup
pose that was some more Of the
relatives stuff. -
THE Mays did not like me. and
my former wife told them frequently
that she did not want them TO intci-
fere with our home. But they did
intrude. Why, two months before
my wife committed suicide, she tried
to end her life BY inhaling gas. Ny
son, Harry, and ] were trying to g.