The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-07
LIVED WITH
HERFOR 3
YEARS

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naght he was graduated from col.
Iege.
Fell In Love With Her.
''I met Catherine in Charleston,
Q little over three years ago, ut
a graduation party. She was only
twenty-one years old and told me
she and a baby girl had been de
serted by her husband. I was very
sympathetic and we became very
good friends. We fell in love
with each other"
Took Poison Twice.
"EUsn then she was very jeGE
Ous," he said, "and on tlDo occa
siOns she took poison. sGUeo
her life both times, due 20 the
fact that Pns a pharmacist ana
kept UoriOus Gnfidotes an the
house, fearing that she D0ul0
carry out her. threats to eOmnlit
suicide.
After that her RACES became so
violent that was forced to leave
her. I left Charleston and came to
Washington, where I obtained a
position as a pharmacist. / did
not tell her or anyone else where
/ had gone. Despite that fact, /
had been heer very short time
when she walked into the drug
store one day and said:
Well, stOeethe0Yt, you'll never
get 0SCdy from me again
Refused to Wed Him.
"She then promised to control her
temper IL would take her back. So
/ did. We have been living to-
gether here for about three years.
1 suggested several times that we
get married, but she always re.
fused. She said she didn't want to
be owned by any man.
She was wonderful girl most
Of the time but the minute she took
one drink Of this bootleg stuff she
became a demon" Aimar said.
why only Saturday morning,
when ] left, asked her to take my
shirts to the laundry. There were
seventeen of them, and she said,
No. honey, I'll wash and iron them
myself, and well save that money
he said, his eyes filling with tears.
81 noticed yesterday that she had
washed and ironed every one Of
them
Mrs. Thomas Also Held.
A searching investigation into the
circumstances surrounding the death
Of Mrs. Stevens will be conducted
BY Coroner j. Ramsay NEWT this
afternoon. when hes Will Question
Aimar. Nike Thomas, and his wife,
lola Thomas, who also resided with
A-mar. In addition to Aimar, Mrs
Thomas is also being held by the
police for the. coroner's investigation
Stories Conflicting
Coroner NeOitt has expressed
kis disqualification vifh the ex.
plantation eiOsn him Of the shoot
ing particularly in Oiew Of The
unusual position Of The buusl
Mound, which lpGs located in the
stOnaach Just 0bOOe the center Of
the body.
Conflicting, stories Of the shoot
Ing have been given to the police
by Mrs. lola Thomas, in whose room
Mrs.. Stevens Is said to have stag.
gered after inflicting the death
Mrs.. ThOnsas' first Oevsion,
police say, GDifhheld the fact that
Mira. Stevens had oGid that she
had shot herself.
Later Mrs. Thomas told the coro.
ner that Mrs. Stevens made known
her condition Immediately and that
the former secured the neighbor-
hood for a telephone in order to
call a doctor.
According to the police, the
shooting fOLioEOed q violent guar
rel between Mrs. SteVens and
AiH1dr, whOn1 she Is said to haze
gsprim0ndsd for coming home
I4fe.
The shooting 81 said to have
taken place at about o'clock in
the morning, an hour after Aimar
told the police he left the Massa-
chusetts avenue house.
Smoked Up Courage.
Facts brought out so far in the
case tend to show that after smok.
ing q number Of cigarets in order
to bolster up her courage and
steady her nerves, Mrs. Stevens
pulled the trigger of a revolver
gwen TO her as a souvenir by q
marine officer. The weapon was
said to have been loaded with
poisoned bullets.
ExcIaiming that she had shot he'll
self and that she wanted to die,
Thomas, threw herself across the
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