Evening star., 1928-02-10
DEATH THWARTED
BY WOMAN'S HAND
Wife Knocks Gun Upward as
Mate Shoots at Her
Companion.

That Mrs. Elizabeth Sale saved the
life OF Kennon T. Davis when Ernest
| Sale, her husband, fred revolver point
blank at Davis yesterday while he and
Mrs. Sale were seated In an automobile
| on Connecticut avenue across the street
from the Mayfiower Hotel was revealed
today
Dayis' brother, who visited the
wounded man at Emergency Hospital
declared that the former told him that
Mrs. Sale knocked the gun upward As
| her husband pulled the trigger. Pow
der from the explosion burned his race.
but the bullet went through the top OF
| the machine.
With a shattered right arm and an
other bullet wound in the head Davis.
| "a years old. "a Bryant street north
east, was improving today at the hos
pital. where he was taken after being
shot by Sale. 20 years old. 2lil First
| street, who resented Davis association
with his wife.
Sale IL booked at police headquarters
under the technical charge OF "inVeSti-
| CATION" pending the outcome OF Davis
wounds His wife was held likewise un-
| I'll this afternoon. when she was freed,
Detectives indicated that Sale. who
admitted freely his part In the affair.
will be charged with assault with IN
| tent TO XIII while his wife who Is ~
| years old will figure in the case as
| "a material witness.
Arranged for Meeting.
After denying at first his wife's state
| ment that he forced her TO call up
! Davis. who was mutual friend and Is
employed at the Patent Once. and
make the appointment which was ter
minated by the shooting. the husband.
detectives stated, admitted that he had
induced her to arrange the meeting.
| Sale explained TO police. It was stated.
| that he had received an unsigned letter
| telling him to beware Of the man In
| the brown roadster" and had other rea-
| sons to believe that hts wife was meeting
| Davis when he was not present. He
| stated that he encountered the two to-
| gether In an automobile Monday and
| that ne engaged In an argument with
| Davis. making his wife get out OF the
| car On Tuesday he said. he followed
! her but she failed 10 meet Davis,
| Lieut.. Edward j. Kelly, head OF the
| homicide squad revealed that Sale had
| told how he took tnxicab yesterday
| from his place Of employment Mt n mar
ket on North Capitol street. and waited
| for his wife IN front OF grocery at
| Eighteenth and NJ streets. where she Is
employed.
Listened 10 Conversation.
Meeting her when she came out for
| luncheon. he entered n telephone booth
| with her At "A nearby drug store and
| listened To- her conversation rs she,
| at his direction. made All appointment
| to meet Davis. explaining. he told
| police, that her husband wished to talk
| the matter over with him"
Sale told detectives. II was stated,
| that he had planned To confront Davis
| and let his wife take her choice between
| them but that when he appeared In his
car he became so angry that he emptird
| his revolver at him. Ihfe. III the
| flVe shots went wild One bullet fiat "
| tened itself against Davis skull. fail
| ing To cause u fracture. and the other
shattered his arm. Detective Sergt
| q. T.. Wari1eid standing u short dts
tance away. rushed Ia the spot and
arrested Sale as he tossed the gun
In the roadster.