Evening star., 1926-05-10
GIRL SHOT BY MAN
FIGHTING FOR LIFE
Has Chance to Recover, Says
Report-Coroner's Jury
Gives Suicide Verdict.

While Miss Gail T.. Nelson, IA 7
| street northeast, was making valiant
| fight in the Alexandria Hospital to
recover from the wounds inflicted on
her Saturday by Edward j. Barron,
! real estate salesman, n coroner's jury
at the Arlington County Courthouse
| today declared that Barron met his
| death by suicide.
The semi.conscious Miss Nelson and
! the body of Barron were discovered
| Saturday afternoon on the Carter
! farm in Arlington County near the
| Mount Vernon boulevard about six
miles from Washington. by Lieut..
| Comdr. n. II. Frost. who was horse
| back riding near. Miss Nelson was
rushed to the hospital in what was
| believed to be a dying condition and
| from the story told by her. Barron had
attempted To Kill her before firing a
| fatal bullet into his head.
Chances for Recovery.
| The only obstacle that presented 1t
| self today to Miss Nelson's complete
recovery is blood-poisonng. If this
| condition does not set in by tomorrow
| evening, she will have won her nght
! for life.
Physicians at the hospital are cen
tering their attention on the wound
| in the left lung, made by the brass
! ramrod which was fired into MISS
! Nelson's body, according to her story.
! AS coherentlv told 10 her sister, Miss
| EStclle Nelson. the young woman de
clared the ramrod of the gun was
| fired into her body after Barron, with
! a large ugly knife" had inflicted
wounds about her head. There are
| ~ L., cit tat "
cutting off her hair for treatment:
the pupil of the left eye was cut;
! deep wound was made in the nose
| and both ears were Slashed. Although
slight injury was done to the rlght
eye, the vision is unimpared. but
| physicians are doubtful over the re
covery of the left one.
No explanation whatever was ad'
! vanced by Miss Nelson for the attack.
She had known Barron since 1924.
when she met him en- route TO the
Kansas city Shrine convention. Al
though she knew he was married, hut
had been separated from Mrs. Barron.
she consented to act as friend. her
sister said. out of sympathy for his
! depressed" state of mind Barron.
ii is learned authoritatiVely, had main
tanned a warm affection for Miss
Nelson and on at least one occasion.
publicly showed MS dlSpleaSure Wnen
she divided her attentions with an
other person in conversation.
Agreed to Shopping Trip.
The manned young woman told her
sister she agreed to accompany Bar
ron on a downtown shopping tour
Saturday. He drove her into Virginia
and stopping the car with the eX-
planatiOn that something had gone
wrong, got out of the machine. She
related that he produced the knife or
dagger and flourished ii near her face.
She demonstrated and the struggle
ensued, during which she received the
gashes and gunshot wound.
Barron's body was taken to the
undertaking establishment of c. J.
Ives. in Clarendon, and was claimed
by Mrs. Fannie A. Barron. the wife,
and Charles f.. Wenger. her father,
Saturday night. 1t was transferred
yesterday to Wheatley's undertaking
chapel in Alexa ndria, where funeral
services will bee onducted tomorrow.
Interment will be in Ivy Hill Gene
terry, Alexandria.