Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-09-05

Wurtzbarger steadfastly refused
to answer as she sat quietly in Jail
today. Dark-complexioned. inns
peccably dressed, attractive, Mrs.
Wurtzbarger's reply to many ques.
tions was simply a shake OF the
head. Occasionally she interposeds
please don't ask me any more" 5
Interest Is Shown.
Only once did her large brown
eyes show flash of interest. The
correspondent had been toid
earlier In the day by Reginald
Chapman, an Indian boy, who fire.
quently visited at the Wurtzbarger
home, that the name of Gallagher
had furnished the material for
many verbal and several physical
clashes between the husband and
wife. Mrs. Wurtzbarger-s interest
was awakened by a question put
after she had stated that her hus-
band was violently jealous.
did he have any reason to dis
like Gallagher?" she was asked.
The name of Gallagher had not
previously been mentioned in. the
in view. The accused woman look
ed up quickly.
NO." she answered with some
warmth. "But he wasn't the only
one that Wurtzbarger suspected.
There were several" Suddenly she
closed her mouth tightly. In her
expression that was something
that indicated that she believed
she already had said too much.
This was substantiated when she
added: please don't ask me any
more questions. | won't answer
any more"
Self Defense Is Plea.
you will plead lself-defense?"
Il certainly will"
Only one statement credited to
Mrs. Wurtzbarger tended to indi- i
cate how, considering her earlier
statement to officers in which she |
said she killed her husband while |
he slept, she expects TO rest her
case on the self-defense plea.
"Wurtzbarger told me Saturday !
night that I'd never be here when |
the sun came up Monday morn
ng," Mrs. Myra Shank, Salem po-
ice matron, said Mrs. Wurtzbar-
ger told her Sunday afternoon. ''If
t had to be somebody, l decided it |
would never be me-" she was said
o have added.
Officers who made their way to
he WuSAbarger home on the edge
# the Chemawa campus, early
sunday morning found both the
ront and rear doors locked. To
inter they were forced to smash i
heir way through a side window.
Jpstairs, in front bedroom, they
ound the body.
The room, compartment about
0 feet square, was clean, except
or the blood stains which smeared
n all four of the walls and even
n the low ceiling, indicated the
orce of the blows which cost
Vurtzbarger his life.
Floor Is Uncarpeted.
The floor, like the stairs. was
Iithout carpet and only two pic
lres, cheap and unattractiNe,
)oked down from the white plas-
cred walls. The hall light was s
ill burning.
The mattress Of the bed, on the {
ltside, where the murdered man |
ad slept, had broken through the |
oor on his side and all of the I
Isheveled bedclothes were stained {
ith blood.
Both the nightdress and kimo-
0. which Mrs. Wurtzbarger had t
orn were covered with blood +
RS. Wurtzbarger dressed in the a
edroom where the crime was COM
lifted and since she necessarily
ould remove the kimono first, in v
etting into her street clothes, Of i
GERS were puzzled to find that O
lie nightdress had been left in an S
loccupied adjoining bedroom t
lille her kimono was in the room v
hich was the scene of the mur- b
,r. h
Quarrels Declared FREQUENT.
Reginald Chapman, the Indian r
W who had assisted Kurtzbarger d
and who had several S
mes eaten meals at the Wurtz- \
lrger home, said that quarrels F
L ween the man and his wife h