Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
Doctor Says
AbdusheIiW Was
Kindly Man

aug uOctOf OF the VOICE OF
America translator slain in a
Memorial Day shooting at the
Woodner Hotel yesterday de-
Tended the reputation Of his
dead patient.
The physician. who declined
to be quoted by name. said the
descriptions of Zurab Abdul
shells actions given by Edith
Louise Hough were completely
out Of character with the man
as he knew him.
Miss Hough faces grand jury
action tomorrow in the shooting
of her former flance.
Not Man He Had Known
In statements given to police.
she said Mr.. Abdusheli insisted,
over her objections. in coming
to her apartment to offer con-
dolences on the death Of her
father and = once there - he
made advances and lunged
at her.
Mr.. Abdusheli's doctor volun-
teered to give his impressions Of
his patient because he said the
stories that have appeared dc
not reflect the man he had
known through more than a
dozen visits to his Office.
Mr.. Abdusheli has acquired a
rather base reputation in pub
lished reports the doctor said
Il don't think it's justified.
He described the 44-year-old
Haturalized Russian as a very
gentles person, one Of natures
kind people"
1t was wholly in character for
Mr.. Abdusheli to insist on pay
ing a coincidence call. he said
but it was wholly out of charac.
ter for him to bull his way ir
and make advances against the
wishes Of the person involved"
The physician said that Mr.
Abdusheli had come to him be-
fore his May marriage for q
pre-martial blood test.
HE told me, I'm getting alone
in life to the point where need
a little companionship. I've
found somebody / really cart
for" the doctor said.
when he returned from hi.
honeymoon, he called me to give
his new address on @ street anc
to tell me that he was very
happy"
1t was about two weeks later
that Miss Hough's father dice
in Florida and Mr.. Abdushel
called to say he wanted to visit
her to offer his condolences
Both his bride and Miss Hougf
said the latter had told him moi
to come but he insisted on pay
ing the visit early in the morn
ing Of Memorial Day. The shoot
ing followed.
every C0nsiderate"
"He was very considerate. thu
doctor said. when he had II
see me. he was not one to de-
mand an immediate appoint
ment. He asked for a time thai
would be most convenient to me
His manner was gentle. He wa
soft-spoken and very apprecia'
tive Of anything that was dom
for him. He was the soul o.
humility. He was a person on
instinctively liked-a very nicl
person"
Miss Hough, jailed withou
bond since the shooting, ha
been undergoing psychiatric ex
aminations by doctors for botl
the defense and the prosecution
Both psychiatrists have com
pleted their reports and sen
them in but there was no i'm
mediate indication when tn
reports would be made public.
The defense indicated the,
were waiting to see the psychi
artists report TO the prosecu
ton before revealing what tn
psychiatrist employed by tn,
defense reported. United State
Attorney Oliver Gasch said h
wanted to study the report mad
at prosecution request in grea
detail before deciding whethe
1t should be made public.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Gasch an
nounced that Assistant Unite,
States Attorney Thomas A
Flannery has been assigned tn
Governments case.