Show fIRED UPON T WOMANS WOMAN'S PISTOL AND SHOOTS lift HER DEAD II jl I NORFOLK l Va Sept Sept- 10 Mrs tr Mary I O I Lawless Rorschach wife Ue of Leut- Leut Frank no chach U. U S. S X N. and sister Ister of ot JosephI Joseph I I T. T La Lawless s. s former secretary of or the com corn of Virginia ir lnla was as murdered In InI I her home No o. o Park avenue a Parkview j Portsmouth b by an nn unknown burglar ear I i today She Sho was WiS shot through the heart with j i j her o own n pistol taken from her hand b byS bythe by S the burglar after aCter she he had fired tired twice upon i i t him through an nn open door leading leading- Into I th the kitchen where he was WAR cornered Whether the tho murderer was a a. negro I or white man tuna is not known Ho e es escaped dropping the pistol as he be fled from the house Calls to Her Boy Bloodhounds brought from from Portsmouth Portsmouth Ports Ports- mouth secured a scent but soon lost it Mrs r Rorschach's husband is on the cruiser Tennessee with Admiral Evans Evns Ev Es' ans ns ans' fleet off Pro Mass The Tho shots hots awakened the oldest boy Frank Jr and the mother cried to the bo boy bOr upstairs up stairs Frank somebody has taken my roy pistol pistol pistol pis pis- tol and shot me Go quickly for h help lp The bo boy rushed for help but hut when he returned with nei neighbors his mother was dead I The Rorschach horn home is immediately in the rear of the naval hospital woods in Portsmouth and near a lumber mill to and from front which negroes frequently pass pass A newsboy who lives near the tho home saw a ne negro ro shortly after th the tragedy y running rapidly by his hia home bome towards the small footbridge where the bloodhounds went v when thc they cau caught ht the scent Her Aim Was Vas Bad While Mrs had bad a t lamp Limp n jn n h her r band hand the burglar was in the kitchen in the dark Sho She evidently heard beard the tho man and fired in his 5 three three- ti hon tion n. n Both bullets fired by the woman were ere found in the wall wan of nr the tho kitchen Mrs Rorschach with her money tied in a 3 ron roll and hanging around her rie neck rieck- k had ran down the tho back steps ite tep s. s She was as found with th her head lying on oh the second see sec and ond stop step The pistol had been fired close to her ber left ft breast Three cb W were re Of thes two w were re fired b bv by bIrs Mrs Irs R Rorschach andone one b by the bur bur- glar Heir Het- money mOMY a and d jow jewelry lr were untouched Mrs rl W was a a. handsome woman about 00 36 years Pars oJ old and ono one of the tho most niost accomplished musicians in Virginia Lieutenant R was 3 formerly of Kat Kansas but was appointed to the navy from front Virginia |