Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-03

Miss Purvis locked herself in the bath
room. Soon after residents of the apart
ment house heard screen from a win
dow In Weible'S apartment clatter to
the alley and moment later a thud
as his body struck the ground.
Other persons who attended the party
at the hotel were James Gordon Gull
lett, Weible's roommate; his girl friend,
a Miss Mildren McGinniS, and Mr. and
Mrs. Martin CARRIER.
The first witnesses called at the in
quest today were DR.. William B. Mar
berry, who treated Weible while he was
at Emergency Hospital, and Maj. T. w.
OBrien, who had charge of the patient
after he was transferred to Walter Reed
Hospital on February 5. They testified
that as q result of the fall Weible suf-
tered q fractured skull, three fractures
OF the jaw, fractures of both legs, arms
and knee caps and a fracture of one
hip.
Harold D. Fiji, who resides in the
apartment under that occupied by
Weible, told the jury he heard the
screen and body fall into the alley.
After I had ascertained that the in
Jured man was Weible, I, accompanied
by the manager of the apartment
house, went to his apartment. As we
entered the door we heard woman's
voice call Jim We went into the
apartment and found it was Miss Pur-
Wis calling. After we had released her
from the bath room she told us that
James Gullett had been in the apart
ment a short while before and that
when she heard us at the door she
thought it was he returning"
Fiji said Miss Purvis appeared to be
dazed and he thought she was going
to faint when they told her that Weible
had fallen from the window.
Miss Purvis, fighting for Self-control,
described her movements during the
early evening and told of going to the
hotel where the boys had already en-
gagged room for our coats and things
and drinking"
Miss Purvis said they stayed in the
room for some time, with all drinking.
1.-TWO strange boys knocked at the
door" she said, land asked for q drink.
Rather than let them in gave them
the high ball I had in my hand. When
Bill learned of this he became angry
and refused to let me come back in the
room. I went back to his apartment,
which ne had vacated for me, and in q
few minutes he followed. had changed
from evening clothes to street clothes
when he came in. He asked me where
was going, and told him that I was
leaving for home. Then he grabbed me
by the arm and started to pull me
around in an angry manner.
AT about that time James Gullett
came in and asked him not to leave,
because was afraid of Bill when he
was IN q temper. Gullett, however,
went out after getting drink Of to-
mato juice. I then locked myself in
the bath room and didn't see Bill again
until he had been taken to the hos
pital."
Gullett told the jury that when he
entered the apartment Miss Purvis was
lying across the bed and Weible was
walking UP and down the floor, clad
only in his underwear.
Third Precinct Detective william F.
Burke testified that he obtained a
statement at the hospital from Weible,
in which he said there had been no
quarrel or fight In the apartment and
that he thought he had fallen from
the window, although he could not re-
member any of the details.
Other witnesses were Detective Sergt.
Joseph F. Waldron, Lieut.. william E.
Holmes, Deputy Coroner Joseph D.
Rogers, all Of whom testified concern
ing statements made to them by wit
nesSeS who later appeared before the
coroner's jury, and several residents
OF the Park Central Apartments, who
testified they heard no quarreling in
Weloies apartment that night.