Evening star., 1931-03-10
Mother of Four Small Chill
dren BIames Self for Trag-
edy Following Love Affair.
W0MAN'S PARENTS AID
ACCUSED CONDUCTOR
Mate Calls Policeman Before Going
Into Apartment When He Sees
Rival Entering.

The backwash Of tragedy today was
claiming its toll of remorse from Mrs.
Mary Dulaney, q, mother Of four
small children, whose husband last night
surprised and shot to death william
Huff, aged IS, found with her in their
modest little apartment, 1917 H street
northeast.
White-faced, and eyes red from weep.
ing, Mrs. Dulaney, now being held at
the House of Detention as a material
witness in the case, takes entire blame
upon herself for the tragedy and is ex-
pected to testify for her husband,
Hurtha Ira Dulaney, "a years old,
street car conductor, held on q charge
of murder.
Takes Blame on Self.
1T is all my fault" she declared.
MY husband is not to be blamed In
any way. He had known for some
time that some one was coming to see
me, but he did not know the name of
the man. In fact, when he came TO
the apartment last night, he did not
know who was with me.
II think what hurt my husband more
than anything else was the fact that
he had always trusted me. He was
good provider always and a better
father could not be found anywhere
He made $5.65 a day and he always
gave me SIS day for myself and the
children.
"I don't know how he got the gun
that shot Mr. HUI. 1t all happened so
quickly. Mr.. Dulaney kept the pistol
under our bed-between the spring and
the mattress. saw the gun there
Sunday when made the bed. Yester-
day did not turn the mattress when
made the bed. so do not know wheth-
er or not it was there.
Admits Frequent Meetings.
SCI did not realize before what all
this would mean TO my babies, hut
do now. Yes" she continued, 81 think
Mr.. Dulaney had enough provocation
to- do what he did. 1t Is every bit my
preyed on his mind for the past week
or so-the fact that he thought some
one was coming to see me.
II know that II my husband Is
cleared Of this charge that he win
make a home for the babies and con-
tinue to take care of them. The chill
dren adore him-1e Is such good Ia
ther to them"
Mrs. Dulaney admitted that ever since
she had met HUFF two months ago
through mutual friend, that she had
seen him at least two or three times q
week. He always came to see her wfen
Dulaney, a street car conductor, was at
work In the evening.
Returned Unexpectedly.
About 10 days ago., Mrs. Dulanes
said that her husband had returned
unexpectedly one evening when Huf1
was calling upon her. She let him out
the back door and Dulaney, discovering
cigarette ashes, inquired who had been
there. She told him no one. He then
said that it had come to the point
where one of them must leave.
] told him guessed it had better be
me-" Mrs. Dulaney said "as he could
care for the babies and could not"
Mrs. Dulaney'S father, Edward II.
johnson, who with his wife Is now
caring for the four Dulaney babies, vis-
tied his daughter at the House Of
Detention this morning.
He could not speak too highly Of his
II wouldn't want to meet better or
fairer man than Mr.. Dulaney," he said.
He served overseas during the World
War and was expecting to get his bonus
today. He had told me that when he
got 1t he was going to give my daughter
a hundred dollars to buy clothes and
with the rest he was going to start buy
Ing a little home for them. He was
just crazy about my daughter and was
nearly wild when she left him 10 days
ago.
Interrupted Phone Call.
"He heard her talking over the tele-
phone one day and knew she was talk.
ing to- man. He took the receiver
from my daughter and spoke to the
man. He didn't know it was HUFF, but
he begged the man 20 stay away from
his home, telling him he wsS wrecking
the home of four little babies.
MY daughter told me that HUFF had
.old Dulaney he would stay away, but
ne continued seeing my daughter Just
,he same"
MY daughter told me a few days
Ago." continued johnson, that one
evening when she had told HUFF to
cave, as her husband was coming, Huh
replied that he was going to return
some evening and stay and face Du-
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