Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19
GIRL NEAR DEATH
FROM SHOT FIRED
BY JEALOUS WIFE
Mrs. Lula Gamble, Mother of
Ten, SurrenderS in Early
Morning Tragedy.
ELSIE DAVIS, BULLET
IN HEAD, IN HOSPITAL
Farmer Tells of Surprise Attack
in Auto in Front of Home.
Woman Alleges Abuse.
BY ARMISTEAD w. GILLIAN,
stan Correspondent Of The Star.


BY ARMISTEAD w. GILLIAN,
staff Correspondent of The Star.
LA PLATA, Md, September 49,
Wrong is wrong and right is right, 81
I shot her"
So spoke Lulu May Gamble. mothe
of 10 children, as she explained Il
! Justice Walter. H. Gray, in the Il
Plata Court House this morning, how
she came to put a bullet through thu
head of Mrs. Elsie Davis, %, of 224!
Shannon place southeast, who, sht
claims. she found in an automobile
with her husband, Joseph Gamble, a
2 o'clock this morning.
I'D warned him against that woman
and had warned her to keep away from
him, but he was always going over there
so last night I waited for him anc
caught him. I didn't mean to shoot
anybody. didn't aim at anybody, but
shot her all right" Mrs. Gamble TOLD
the court.
Held in La Plata Jail.
La Plata Jail on an assault charge
while Mrs. Davis fights for her life in
Providence Hospital in Washington, @
bullet wound in her forehead.
The short bobbed- haired farmers wife
readily admitted that she lay in wait
for her husband last night and made
no attempt to deny that she shot Mrs
Davis. She sought justification, how
ever, in the preliminary hearing before
Judge Gray, declaring that her nus
band has frequently beaten her and has
paid attention to other women.
After her hearing on the assault
charge, she testified in a wife-beatine
case against her husband. Her husband
was held for the Charles County grand
jury, following a hearing on that charge
According to Mrs. Candles story, the
shooting occurred shortly before
O'Clock this morning. a short distance
from their home, on the outskirts OF
La Plata.
Says Warning Ignored.
Mrs. Gamble said that in spite OF
warnings last night. her husband took
Mrs Davis for a ride, starting about
8 o'clock and not getting back uaath
nearly 2.
she said, but he didn't come Lack. So
1 went and got the pistol, loaded il
and waited some more"
She said she saw Candles car with
its lights on coming up the read anc
went out with two of her sons. Billy
10. and Chester, 10. AS CANDLES cal
drove up a short distance from thc
house. she said, she pulled open the
door and cried. I've got you now,
and shot.
Then, she said, Gamble pulled tho
gun from her hand, pointed it at hel
and tried to fire it. She said Gamble
could not shoot in the struggle because
she managed to put on the safety
Gamble then drove away with the
wounded woman, she said.
Only Aiding, Says Gamble.
Gamble told somewhat different
story. He declared he simply took Mrs
Davis to find his stepson, Raymond
Grim, from whom Mrs. Davis rented
the small cottage she was living in here
and for whom she is reported to have
been keeping house.
Gamble said Raymond had gone out Il
party, leaving Mrs. Davis behind ane
that Mrs. Davis had asked him to take
her to join Raymond. He said he die
not find Raymond and was returning
home when the shooting occurred.
He said he had just driven up to tn,
house Mrs. Davis was occupying whel
Mrs. Gamble d. ,cended upon him. HI
said she flung open the door and fret
point blank into the automobile, SONS
of the powder from the bullet singing
his hair, or either the gun or thu
projected shell hitting him in the face
Gamble denied making any effort Il
secure the gun and said he closed thu
door of the car Immediately after TIT
shooting and started TO town with thu
wounded woman.
Denies Following Wife.
Mrs. Gamble testified that her hus.
band sought TO follow her after thu
shooting with the injured woman ly.
! ing unconscious in his car, but he de-
MED this, saying that he stopped only
| long enough in La Plata to pick W
DR. H. G. Nolan, who accompanied hin
to Washington with the injured woman
Raymond Grim, whose real name
Raymond Desper, a son of Mrs. Gamble
| by former marriage, testified he hat
| rented his home to Mrs. Davis, an,
| said that she was living there ant
! keeping house for him. He said h
heard the shot having arrived in hi
/ step-father's front yard a few minute
| before the shooting He denied know
| ing who did the shooting.
Denies Seeing Gun.
The gun has disappeared Mrs. Gam
! bic told Justice Gray her HUSBAND
| grabbed it from her hand and went of
with it. Gamble denies having seen thu
/ gun.
The hearing this morning in the lit
! tie court room here was attended onl!
| by the members of the Gamble famil!
! and States Attorney Edward j. Edelen
Little Billy Gamble, II years old, who
| his mother said, is my right-hand MAJ
and only help now" acted as sort o
prosecuting attorney while Joseph Gam
Bile was on the stand, frequently inter
! posing questions at his father between
questioning by Justice Gray and State
| Attorney Edelen.
At one point in the hearing, Billy
tears streaming down his face, declared
ooh, daddy, why did you have T.
break up our home?"
Chester. 10 years old, following hi
brothers lead, also roundly accuses
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Mangled Bodies Found on Track
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