Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-18
Party Who Shot Ehr-
mantraut Unknown
Says Jury
FIVE TESTIFY
Case of Mrs. Elizabeth COnde
Now Will be Presented to the
Next Grand Jury That Meets
In Corporation Court.

After hearing the testimony
Of five witnesses regarding the
fatal shooting of Bernard A. Ehr-
mantraut, of 3l2 Tenth street,
Sc, Washington, 4 eoroner's jury
which met yesterday afternoon at
Wheatley's mortuary. chapel gave
verdict as follows:
"That Bernard Thrman5 IS
came to his death from
fects of a gunshot wound
left hip on December 81, be.
/ and ; p. M, at Sl5 Oronvc.
street, Alexandria, Va, by some
one unknown to the jury and
died January l6, 1928, at Provi-
dence Hospital, Washington, D.
c., due to blood poison caused by
his wound"
The hearing was double bar
relied affair, Coroner T. Marshall
Jones, presiding and Police JUS
tice Frederick G. Duvall, sitting
with him.
The bond of Mrs. Elizabeth
Condo, at whose home the shoot
ing took place. was fixed at S5,-
600. She furnished the required
bond today and was released for
her appearance before the next
grand jury.
AT the inquest Mrs. Conde was
represented by Attorney w. S.
Snow and the state was repre-
scented by Commemorative At
torney William p. Woolls.
Mrs. Conde on the advice of
her attorney did not take the wit
ness stand. However, after the
public inquest hearing was dis
posed of several members Of the
jury requested her attorney to
haye her appear, which she con-
Sentod to do, and Mrs. Conde, it
was afterward stated, told of
visit to her homo the afternoon OF
December 81 by Ehrmantraut and
of her telling him OF the pro-
posed reconciliation with her hus-
band and Of Ehrmantraut COM
ing To her room and after short
conversation with her pulling
pistol that belonged to her hus-
band and from the bureau drawer
firing one shot into the wall and
that struggle for the weapon
followed. and it was then that
the weapon was discharged the
bullet entering the hip of Ehr-
n1pntraUt. ...
Detective Sergt. F.. J. Kelly OF
Washington told Of being assign
ed to the case Yesterday and af-
terward. coming to Alexandria
and with Chief Goods getting
statement from Mrs. Conde re-
garding the affair which was sub
stantially what she is said to
have told the jury behind closed
doors. Detective Kelly also told
the Jury Of an interview he had
with Mrs. Hichew Of Wash
ington. and of her having told
him that Ehrmantraut told her
on Thursday at Providence Hos
pital that he was shot by a wo-
man in house on 0ronOco street
in Alexandria. At first witness
said Ehrmantraut told Mrs. Hi
chew that he was shot by ne
gro in Washington. He also said
that he had obtained a paper al
legged to have been sworn TO by
the dead man in which he is al
legged to have accused the woman
Of shooting him.
According to the detective, Mr..
Conde told him she had E"r
Ehrmantraut for the pas
years and that the dcac
had broken up her home in
inpton and gotten from her
600 Of $4,000 that was bequesth-
ed 70 her by her mother and IN
addition he had obtained diamond
rings and a watch Mrs. Condo
said Ehrmantraut pawned. say
ing he expected TO secure em-
pIoymcnt in Washington, accord
ing to witness. Mrs. Conde said
at the time Ehrmantraut came
TO her house she was iii in bed,
Mrs. Coiide he said also told Of
the struggle for the pistol after
Ehrmantraut pulled it out'aud
fired and Of it's going off during
the struggle. N-7r -s q
lee Outlaw n eoloreds taxi
driver Of Washington, testified
of having brought ,'Ehrmantfaut
to Alexandria from Washington
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