Evening star., 1935-08-21
H|SEY MUST FACE
JURY IN Staying,
CLAIMED ACCIDENT
Printer Said Woman Shot
in Struggle for Gun, De-
tective Testifies.
TWO BULLETS In BODY,
| TESTIMONY REVEALS
Notes Showing He Planned to
End Own Life Read at
Inquest.

Charles Frederick Hsey, 52-year-old
printer, was ordered held for the
grand jury at an inquest today into
the fatal shooting yesterday Of Miss
Virgie Lyttle, 26, department store
employe. who roomed at the Hisey
home, Ala Rittenhouse street The ?
jury deliberated only about 20 min
utes.
The action came after the jury was
told that Hisey contends the shooting
was accidental and occurred when
Miss Lyttle attempted to take from
him the pistol with which he in
tended to kill himself.
Hisey, acting on advice Of his at
torney, Robert J. Lynch. declined to
testify in his own behalf, but Detec-
tive Sergt. John w. Wise Of the homi-
eide squad related at the inquest
Hsey's story.
Girl Shot Twice.
Results of an autopsy disclosed to-
day that the girl, who was roomer
at Hisey's. home, was wounded by two
bullets, one just above the heart. The
second bullet entered her body Just
below the left collar bone and courscd
downward through the body, striking
the spinal column
BY questions Assistant United States
Attorney Irwin Goldstein stressed the
path of this latter bullet.
Wise testified that Hisey told him
he asked Miss Lyttle into his wife's
room on the second floor Of their
home yesterday shortly after 8 am.
and requested her to give a note to
his wife explaining he intended to
take his own life. She refused, Wise
quoted Hisey as saying, and then
grappled with him when he displayed
the .25-caliber automatic he had pur-
chased Saturday in Rosslyn. Va.
! Sister Breaks Down.
Miss Esther Lyttle, 22-year-old sis
! ter of the dead girl, was called to the
stand Sobbing and hysterical, she
was supported by friend. Smelling
salts were administered, but all efforts
to calm her failed and she was ex-
cused by Coroner A. Magruder Mac
| Donald
Mrs. Eunice Hisey, wife Of the de-
fendant. declined to testify, standing
on her constitutional rights. DR.. Mac
Donald read the notes which Hisey
had written yesterday before the
tragedy.
One stated. Il hereby make my wife,
Eunice r. Hisey, my sole heir and be-
queath everything to her. Am fed up,
so why not? The rest is none of your
- business"
This message was addressed to the
coroner. A second. written on q laun-
dry cardboard, stated:
ITO my wife, Eunice r. Hisey, !
give and bequeath all my earthly pcs-
sessions. She is my sole heir"
Roommate Testifies.
Girlie Mae Garrett, the slain girls
roommate, testified she heard scream
and two shots from the room into
which Hisey had forced Miss Lyttle
to accompany him.
She said the two LyttIe sisters, Mrs.
Hisey and herself were about to leave
for work yesterday morning, when
Hisey stopped them and said: "Virgie,
I want to speak with you privately a
minute"
Miss Lyttle said she did not have
time, Miss Garrett testified.
Tells Of Ignoring Hisey.
Then I went upstairs to leave a
package had received in the morning
mail" Miss Garrett continued. "Virgie
followed me, with Mr.. Hisey right be-
hind her.. We went into our room and
Mr. HiSey said to me, I want to talk
with you privately I did not reply,
so he took Virgie by the arm and
pulled her into Mrs. Hisey's room.
81 heard her say I can't, Mr.. Hisey-
| get away Then he said, Listen,
Virgia'; there was a scream and two
shots"
Miss Garrett said she tried to enter
the room, but Hisey seemed to be
holding the door. She raA downstairs
to tell Mrs. HiSey to call the police. but
she already had done so. AS she re-
turned to the second floor, Hisey
emerged from the room.
| He looked furious" said Miss
Garrett. 81 ran into my room and
locked the door,"
Policeman in Hospital.
Policeman Robert T. Talbert, sixth
precinct, was wounded in the right
forearm when he attempted to arrest
Hisey, who stood, pistol in hand, ut
the top of stairs of his home. Despite
the wound, the officer grappled with
the man and hurled him down the
stairs. Policeman Harold Cheney ar
rived minute later and was forced to
hit Hisey with his fist to subdue him.
Walter Reed Hospital attaches said
today the bullet did not fracture the
bone In Talbert's arm, but that the
officer will be confined to the hospital
for another day to recover from the
shock.
Policeman TaIbert, dispatched to the
home after a call by Mrs. Hisey to the
sixth precinct, arrived almost ut the
same time Hisey came out of the room.
Hisey, who formerly served in the
Navy, had been linotype operator on
a newspaper here for a number Of
years.
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