Evening star., 1924-01-06
WOMEN FACE GRILL
|NREALTOR'SDEATH
Rich Man, Shot by Gunman
After Leaving Rendezvous,
Prosecutor Holds.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, January 5:-Edward
w. Dodge. wealthy Mount Vernon
realtor, who died today of gunshot
wounds after reporting he had been
attacked by bandits last night, actu-
any was shot down by gunmen who
followed him from rendezvous with
Mrs. Minnie Pachie. Bronx District
Attorney McGeehan and police OFF,
Gals declared tonight. after examin-
ing two alleged witnesses to the
shooting.
Dodge. whose wife was at his hos
pital bedside when he died. had
known Mrs. Pachie for two years. the
police learned. Instead of being hred
on as he was entering subway sta
ton. according to Dolge's ante
mortem statement, he was lured
from the station and set upon, say
the authorities.
Mrs. Pachie is thirty eight and the
wife of a Brooklyn department store
hoorwalker. She was Quizzed by po-
lice tonight. with Charles ). Nelson.
u former policeman, who now is an
attendant at United States Veterans
Hospital No ST.
Nelson is alleged to have been with
Dodge a few hours before the realtor
WAS attacked and to have spent con-
siderable time with Mrs. Pachie up
to six weeks ago. when Dodge re-
turned from busines. trip to Brazil.
Last Words to Wife.
Dolge's last words. spoken just be-
fore he died. were addressed to his
wife. who hastened from their home
in Mount Vernon to his bedside.
I'm sorry to have caused this in
convenience" he said to her 1t $
too bad for you to get up so early
and come away down here.
Dodge was Il widely known realtor,
as well as manager of the Harlem
River Towing Line and a prominent
figure in lodge circles in New York
and Mount Vernon. PIE was reputed
among his friends to carry large
sums of money often on his person,
besides the valuable ieWelry he usu-
ally wore.
Dolge's account of the shooting,
supplemented by that OF friends who
had seen him before last midnight.
was one of bandits who shot when
f"iled. over. public telephone, he
said. he had aged to meet man
and close Il real estate deal. saying
he would journey to the appointed
nf the New York. Boston and West
chester Railroad. in the Bronx.
lie took a taXicab To this station
and was climbing the stairway when,
armed men. Dodge said he struggled
with them until four pistol shots
d"wned him. His assailants fled in
a touring car. pursued by two police
automobiles, escaping when the ofii-
GERS car collapsed.
When taken to Il hospital Dodge
wore Il three-Carat diamond ring. d
valuable Stickpin and carried sic cash.
The fact that neither Dolge'S S1.10O
diamond ring, a pearl stickpin. a gold
watch nor ii brief case was touched
by his attackers led police to question
him about the truth of his account,
but he stuck to his story. even
though cognizant of his condition and
being conscious until the minute of
death.
Officials indicated that Nelson was
n 10 a,l fn dpf pferp1in.. tht. extent of
an alleged quarrel over Mrs. Pachie
that he had with the realtor short
time before the shooting and to check
up the former policeman's where
abouts when the shots We're fired.
This is not q holdup." Mr.. McGee-
han commented. but he refused to
tell what he had learned from those
questioned
Will Question Women.
Il will spend all night on the case"
he said. Il have six or seven other
women to question" The district at
torney refused to give any informa-
ton about Mrs. Pachie's husband.
Dodge reached the station where he
was killed about 12:05 this morning,
and, after passing few words with
the station agent. William Reilly,
whom he knew, he went to the plat
form TO await his train, scheduled for
1880.
shortly after that, Reilly said, a
man burst in, and, rushing to the
agent > DOOCn, called TO ftcS,
youi Come back here. You've short
changed the taxi driver
Reilly said Dodge and the man
walked past the booth arm in arm to-
ward the stairway to the street, and
a few minutes later he heard a shot
fired. He ran out and met Dodge.
holding his hand over his abdomen.
but ridiculing the agents proposal to
call for an ambulance.
Reilly did call the ambulance. how
ever, and Dodge was taken to the hos
pital, where he died.
Two police automobiles happened
u be passing the station in answer
40 an alarm when they heard the
shot. saw the automobile speed away,
and gave chase. Although one police
automobile got within sevant=-flve
feet of the murder CIR they could
not decipher the license number.
Tells OF Quarrel.
The police learned that Nelson
went to Mrs. Pachie's residence late
Friday afternoon and departed I'm time
to avoid MIR. Pachie, who was due at
$50. having an engagement, however.
10 meet the woman at Il cafe later
i'll the evening. The authorities
quoted Nelson saying:
Imagine my surprise when / saw
Minnie (NIrs. Pachie) come along and
Dodge, of whom she had often told me,
appear. | went out and an argumen+
arose. Minnie laughed and said: It's
all right; don't fight boys She left
and Dodge started toward the subway
station went back into the cafe
Then, according to Nelson, Dodge re-
turned to where he was and asked:
You're not sore, are you?'
II told him l wasn't" Nelson added,
"and we had few drinks"
Afterward. Nelson's story continued,
he and Dodge began to argue.
Dodge, after / told him some things
he said, shouted, I'm through with
her. meaning Minnie. He left and
followed him. Saw him take Il north
bound train and 1 went to get some
sleep. | awoke early in the morning,
went out fer drink and was hoping
10 find Minnie at home this morning
when l was arrested