Show HOT tsUi ARl Attempt at Mur Murder der in Indianapolis MASON OF THE DEED Story Discredited and Belief In Intimated He Shot Himself Indianapolis Dec 27 William WilliamH H Smythe secretary of the grand Masonic lodge of the was shot In the head In office In the Masonic building shortly after today Mr Smythe says a did the shooting but the police have been so unable to locate her It is thought he cannot live Lewe A Coleman an attorney Mr Smythe shortly after he was Shot He went to Mr Smythes office In th Masonic building shortly after afternoon noon for the purpose of transacting business and found Mr Smythe lying In a pool of blood on the floor Mr Coleman said he detected the s mell of gunpowder the moment he stepped into the room The wounded man was in a condition and was able at intervals to utter a few coherent words The police asked Mr Smythe to tell who did the shooting and he told them his son would give them the Information He was able to say how however ever that he was seated at his desk when a blonde woman entered his of office fice and asked to use the telephone He said she had been in several times be before fore and that the last call irritated him and he refused her request He claimed that after he refused her the use of the telephone she drew a re revolver volver from the bosom of her dress and Shortly after the tragedy Dr Elmer Smythe the son referred to came In He Insisted that he knew nothing of the woman or the shooting A surgeon was called immediately after the shooting and when he arrived he immediately began probing for the bullet The wound was directly behind the right ear and in a short time pieces of the bullet ere found and extracted on after tha shooting Mr Smythe asked for his son Elmer and requested that all leave the room for a few min minutes utes which was done Later he said his son would give them the name of the woman and all about her The son persisted in his statement that he knew nothing of her herAn An attempt was made to locate the woman at the Lorraine but inquiry developed the fact that there was or had been no woman connected with the hotel who could have done the shooting When a search for the woman who Is said to have done the shooting failed to reveal any trace of her the theory was advanced that Mr Smythe had attempted to take his own liff The persons who advanced the theory say It is strengthened by the fact that within the last year Mr Smythe had threatened to take his life His son said that while his father would be bevery very despondent at limes during the past year he was unwilling to believe that had attempted his own life At the home of it was impossible to find any clue to the wo woman man whom he said did the shooting Mr Smythe is widely known In In Indianapolis He came to this city twenty years ago from tl to take the position of secretary of the Masonic grand lodge of Indianapolis lis a position which he filled to the present time He is one of the best known Masons in the state and is highly esteemed Early in the s Smythe re received a sunstroke which incapacitated him for work In fact he has never recovered |