Evening star., 1933-01-08
BURIAL ARRANGED
IN TRIPLE Staying
Rites to Be Held Tomorrow
as Donaldson Awaits
Grand Jury.

Mrs. Agnes T. Donaldson, who saw
her husband shot to death almost at her
feet few moments after her son and
daughter had been slain, will see the
three bodies lowered into graves in
Mount Olivet Cemetery tomorrow morn
ing.
At her side in all probability. will be
her baby" Allen, 8 who escaped death
by scrambling behind a bed as q bullet
from one Of his drink-crazed uncle's
two guns whizZed past his head, and
her second youngest child, Luttrell, II,
who leaped from second-story window
in the midst of the shooting.
The boys accompanied their mother
to the morgue yesterday, following her
to the witness stand to offer testimony
that sent their uncle, Charles c. Don
aldson, 40, to the District Jail to await
grand jury action on three murder
charges.
With Deputy Coroners A. Magruder
Macdonald and Christopher J. Murphy
presiding, Mrs. Donaldson and her sons
described the killing of Silas o. Donald
Donaldson, II.
Testimony Outlined.
The gist of the testimony was that
Charles Donaldson, night fireman at
police headquarters, armed hlmsen
Thursday night and crept into Mary's
bed room, at the front of the second
floor of the family's home, 923 Mary
land avenue southwest.
Mary screamed, jumped from her bed
and ran into the rear bed room, occu-
pied by George, Luttren and Allen. She
locked the door, but her uncle, accord
ing to the testimony, broke it open.
"If you're going to move" he was
quoted as saying, you'd better do 1t
now. As for you"-and he turned to-
ward Mary, who cringed on the bed
you're going to die!"
George stepped toward him and, 1t
was testified, he shot the youth, then
turned the gun on Mary, sending two
bullets into her body. He fired another
shot, the jury was told, as Allen clam
bered behind the bed and LuttrelI
climbed through a window, slid down
the sloping roof of a one-story shed
and dropped to the ground.
After kissing Mary who lay still on
the bed, Donaldson left the room ana
started down the stairs. Mrs. Donald
son, who had been awakened by the
shots, was about half way up. AS ne
passed her, he espied his brother
ascending the stairs Sight of PEN
knife in his brothers hand seemed to
infuriate him, it was said, and he fired
one more shot. His brother crumbled
and tumbled down the steps.
Voice Barely Audible.
Then Allen told the jury in voice
that was barely audible in the crowded
inquest room, Il went downstairs and
saw my father dead"
The testimony of Mrs. Donaldson
and her sons was largely a repetition
of statements made to Detective Sergts.
John c. Dalglish and Richard Cox dur
! ing the homicide squads investiga-
ton Of the case.
After finishing her testimony, Mrs.
| Donaldson took seat near the front
| OF the room, weeping silently as first
! Lutterell, then Allen took the stand.
Upon completion Of their testim ony, they
! went to their mother, standing dry
J eyed and silent on either side of her
chair. Neither they nor their mother
| glanced at their uncle, seated a few
feet from them.
He appeared calm, lingering a half
smoked cigar and turning occasionally
| to speak to the policeman sitting be-
side him. He showed no emotion when
the jury'S verdict was announced.
The three burials will follow requiem
mass in st. Dominic's Church at $3.50
o'clock. Soon afterward as possible, Mrs.
Donaldson's two grown sons, Silas, 26,
and Charles, %, both of whom have
been unemployed for some time, will
resume their quest for work in order
to care for their family.