Evening star., 1921-04-15
WIFE DETAINED IN
HUSBANDS DEATH
Mrs: MoIaW Says Abdul Shot
I: Himself After They y
QuarreIed. /.

| Abdul Hosseirn Moiavi, Persian,
! itwenty-siX years old. who conducted
an antique shop in New York city up
to several months ago. was shot TO
death in his room in the house OF
Miss l.. NJ. Chapman. 1914 Rhode IS
land avenue. last night about il4o
o'clock. He died before physician
| reached the room.
| Coroner hewitt declared today, the
wound from which he died coulo not
have been self-inflicted.
Mrs lydia Gertrude Kanode MoiaVl
| his wife. twenty-five years OLD, whose
| uarents reside at $40 l2th stree.
| northeast, was the only person ~ .ne
room when the shooting occurred. Sne
did not hear the report OF the sho''
| she told the police.
| The wife declares that her husband
| committed suicide. coroner NeEite
conducted d careful investigation OF
! the affair with Detective rleas.n
NJ Cornwell however, and the latlef
placed the wife under arrest. She was
taken to the house of detention at
| o'clock this morning. ..
Police Investigators we're unaple 70
| find any person who heard tne rsppl.
Of the pistol shot, and it Is prooaple
that the investigation will be con
tinued a day or two before an IN
quest is held for the purpose OF hav-
| ing jury attempting to nix the re
sponsibility for Molavis death.
Roomer Called In.
Patrick Rossiter. who occupies
Island avenue house. opposite the
| room in which the shooting occurred
SAYS he was asleep and did not near
| the report of a pistol. He was the
first person summoned to the Molavl
room, Mrs Molavi requesting him to
1 20 nj
Going to the lower moor. Rossiter
was unable to find the telephone and
Mrs. Molavi, becoming impatient over
the delay, hurried there to do the
telephoning. She was in the booth
sobbing and trying to get quick action
over the telephone, whep Miss Chap
man, who was in basement room
reading, heard her and went to her
| assistance. DR.. Grant 8. Barnhart re-
| sponded to the call and pronounced
| life extinct
DR.. Barnhart summoned Coroner
hewitt to the house and Detective
| Cornweli and police of the second
precinct assisted in an investigation
| Mrs. Molavi, distressed and nervous
was seated in room on the nrst
floor when Detective cornwell reach
de the house. She went into lengthy
explanation of the affair and several
| times repeated the statement that she
did not hear the report of the pistol
| shot.
! Mrs. Molavi said her husband had
| been brought here when he was a
boy possibly not more than twelve
years Old, and was known as Abdul
Hosseirn Khan.
| Educated in a school at Valparaiso,
| Ind, the young man returned to this
city and in October. 1919. Miss Kanode
went to New York, where the hus-
band was in business until several
months ago, when they returned to
this city.
Couple Had Disagreed.
| Mrs. Molavi said she and her hus-
hand had had a disagreement about
a prospective real estate and business
| transaction and that her husband
| had refused to speak to her. and all
| manned in their room. About S o'clock
\ in the afternoon he went out and did
! not return until about IL, o'clock. a
A few minutes before his return,
she said to Detective Cornwell. she
went to a closet, procured a bottle
| band did not speak to her when he
~turned. she stated, but he undressed
and went to the bathroom. He re-
turned to the room and lay on the
bed reading copy of The Star.
said, she smelled burned powder. and
turning. she said. she saw blood.
Then she hurried to get water and a
towel The time the shot must have
been fired. Mrs. Molavi stated, she
was standing in front of the dresser
pretending she was getting her cloth
ing together preparatory to leaving.
The copy of The Star that Molavi
| was reading is being safeguarded by
the police as an important piece of
Testimony. 1t is thought by the po-
| lice that he was looking at the Mutt
and JEFF cartoon when the shot was
fired. the bullet passing through the
paper. striking him in the left side.
passing through his body and a pill
| low and being found on the mattress
| by Detective Cornwell.