Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-29
VICTIM OF BULLET
TAKES ALL BLAME
Says Woman Shot Him on
Dare-AbsoIves Officer of
Drinking With Them.
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son said. and she drove to a place desig-
mated by the policeman.
After buying a pint Of liquor. Mrs.
Wilson went on, the policeman dire cted
parked the machine. The two sat
there for some time, she said, drinking
and talking.
Later, Mrs. Wilson said, she got out
of the machine and walked into a
patch Of woods nearby. The policeman
and Hoffman followed her. she said
Mrs. Wilson asked her two compan-
ions to return to the automobile. she
continued. but only Kimbell did so.
Unable to induce Hoffman to return,
she said, she returned to the automo-
bile, in which the policeman was sit
ting. reached in and picked up his pis-
toll, which was laying on the floor. She
whirled she added, and fired at Hoff-
man, who went down with bullet
wound in the left side Of his chest.
KimbeIl Gives His Version.
An altogether different tale was told
by Kimbell, however. Kimbell said he
found them parked in a field near
Rhode Island avenue and Fourteenth
street northeast Both Hoffman, who
is the owner of the car, and Mrs. Will
son were under the influence Of liquor
he said.
Noticing the parked machine as he
passed nearby, Kimbell says he walked
up behind 1t and peered inside. Mrs.
Wilson was at the steering wheel, he
said, and Hoffman was beside her.
After questioning the couple briefly,
Kimbell decided to take them to the
police station. He seated himself at
the steering wheel and resumed his in
terrogation Of Hoffman.
Suddenly a pistol cleaned in Mrs.
wilson's hand, and a shot rang out.
Hoffman slumped forward in his seat
After receiving treatment at the office
Of a physician living in the neighboP
hood, Hoffman was taken to the hos
pital in an ambulance.
Kimbell was unable to explain how
Mrs. Wilson obtained possession of the
gun. He said he thought 1t must have
fallen from his holster to the floor of
the automobile.
Mrs. Wilson is employed as a mani
cur1st in a barber shop at Eighteenth
street and Columbia road.
Came Here From Richmond. -
Mrs. Edna Hart, with whom she
boards, said she came to Washington
from Richmond about two months ago.
Mrs. Hart also is from the Virginia
City, where she said she met Mrs. Will
son.
Mrs. Wilson's husband. Joseph, is
in North Carolina. Mrs. Wilson's son,
Joseph, jr., is living at the home of a
friend, Mrs. Viola Saunders, in Rich
mond.
Hoffman's wife was reported in a
highly nervous" condition at her home,
at 1921 Belmont street, after receiving
Of the house explained that she was
unable to talk to reporters.
A short time later, however, Mrs. Hoff-
man was said to have visited her hus-
band at the hospital, spending some
time at his bedside. She left the insti-
tuition, 1t was said when physicians de-
cided to make an X-ray examination of
her husbands wound. She did not say
where she was going.
A friend of the wounded man, who
is said to be an amateur boxer, also
visited the hospital and made arrange
ments for his transfer to a private
room. Doctors did not learn his
identity
Mrs. Hoffman is from Hamlet, N. c.,
and her husband from New London,
Wis. Their son, Loyce, is in the North
Carolina town.
Met Hoffman Few Days Ago.
According to Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Wilson
met Hoffman only a few days ago.
i've never met him." Mrs. Hart said,
but Tillie spoke Of him several times"
When Mrs. Wilson went out last night,
Mrs. Hart continued, she explained that
she had date" with "a fellow named
Tony" who works in a nearby barber
shop.
According to twelfth precinct police,
Mrs. Wilson was under the influence Of
liquor when she was booked at the sta
tion. before being taken to the House
of Detention.
At the station it was said that
Kimbel was SO nervous as the re-
suit of the shooting that he was ex-
cused from duty. Capt. Canay Plem-
mons, precinct commander, said that
Kimbell has not been suspended and
will not be. He repeated the story told
by the policeman.
The shooting is being investigated
by Sergt. Thomas Sweeney of the homi-
eide squad. Meanwhile, Kimbell is being
detained at the twelfth precinct police
station, pending the outcome OF
Sweeney's probe The policeman is not
under arrest, however, according to
Capt. Edward j. Kelly, who explained
he was being detained merely as q
matter Of form.