Murdered Woman's Husband Is Defiant Prisoner in Camden

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Philadelphia Inquirer, February 13, 1920 -- Murdered Woman's Husband Is Defiant Prisoner in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 13, 1920
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MURDERED WOMAN'S HUSBAND IS DEFIANT PRISONER IN CAMDEN. Mrs. Louise Giles Shot Dead in Son's Home in Woodlynne. D. Charles Giles Refuses to Explain Slight Wounds He Bears. Mrs. Louise Giles, 53 years of age, was shot and killed yesterday at a son's home in Woodlynne, a Camden suburb, and her husband who is under arrest on suspicion of being the murderer, is a defiant prisoner in the Camden City Hall. The husband, D. Charles Giles, 57 years of age, while admitting that the revolver with which the shooting was done, belongs to him, has refused to answer questions of Captain of Detectives Schregler and Assistant Prosecutor Straw. He asserts he will say nothing until given opportunity to consult with counsel. Mrs. Giles was shot twice in the neck. She was dead when brought to Cooper Hospital. Her husband has slight wounds or scratches on his neck and chest, which he refuses to explain. Police believe they were self-inflicted. Son Locked Up Father. Mrs. Giles, her husband and son Layton, 19 years old, were visiting her son, Charles Giles, at 306 Laurel avenue, Woodlynne. Charles, who is employed at the New York Shipbuilding yards, was not at home when the shooting occurred. According to Layton Giles, his father and mother were in the bathroom when he heard two shots. He ran to the room and found his mother lying face down upon the floor, while his father was seated upon one side of the bathtub with a smoking revolver in his right hand. He told the police that his father resisted vigorously when he attempted to take the revolver from him. The young man looked his father in a rear room while he telephoned to Camden for the police. A patrol wagon and crew carried Mrs. Giles and her husband to Cooper Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Giles was locked up at the City Hall. "I Won't Admit Anything". Captain Schregler at once attempted to question Giles. The prisoner, after stating he had had words with his wife because she had complained that he was not providing properly for her support, became sullen and said: "I won't admit anything. I will answer no more questions until I have had opportunity to consult a lawyer. I am too nervous to talk about anything now." He maintained the same attitude later when taken to the office of the assistant prosecutor. At one time he lived on Chambers avenue, Camden, near Washington street. He has a summer home at Pitman and is regarded as well to do. During the last three years he has not been working, but, together with his wife, has spent much time visiting his children. He had been in Woodlynne about three weeks. Giles has three other children besides his sons, Charles and Layton. There are two daughters, Mrs. Ada Bell, 25 Glenwood avenue, Bloomfield, N. J., and Mrs. Blanche Januria, of Sixth and Elm streets, Camden, and a son, Harold L. Giles, of 95 Ellis street, Bloomfield, N.J.

Mrs. Louise Giles Shot Dead in Son's Home in Woodlynne

D. Charles Giles Refuses to Explain Slight Wounds He Bears

Mrs. Louise Giles, 53 years of age, was shot and killed yesterday at a son's home in Woodlynne, a Camden suburb, and her husband who is under arrest on suspicion of being the murderer, is a defiant prisoner in the Camden City Hall.

The husband, D. Charles Giles, 57 years of age, while admitting that the revolver with which the shooting was done, belongs to him, has refused to answer questions of Captain of Detectives Schregler and Assistant Prosecutor Straw. He asserts he will say nothing until given opportunity to consult with counsel.

Mrs. Giles was shot twice in the neck. She was dead when brought to Cooper Hospital. Her husband has slight wounds or scratches on his neck and chest, which he refuses to explain. Police believe they were self-inflicted.

Son Locked Up Father

Mrs. Giles, her husband and son Layton, 19 years old, were visiting her son, Charles Giles, at 306 Laurel avenue, Woodlynne. Charles, who is employed at the New York Shipbuilding yards, was not at home when the shooting occurred.

According to Layton Giles, his father and mother were in the bathroom when he heard two shots. He ran to the room and found his mother lying face down upon the floor, while his father was seated upon one side of the bathtub with a smoking revolver in his right hand. He told the police that his father resisted vigorously when he attempted to take the revolver from him.

The young man looked his father in a rear room while he telephoned to Camden for the police. A patrol wagon and crew carried Mrs. Giles and her husband to Cooper Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Giles was locked up at the City Hall.

"I Won't Admit Anything"

Captain Schregler at once attempted to question Giles. The prisoner, after stating he had had words with his wife because she had complained that he was not providing properly for her support, became sullen and said:

I won't admit anything. I will answer no more questions until I have had opportunity to consult a lawyer. I am too nervous to talk about anything now.

He maintained the same attitude later when taken to the office of the assistant prosecutor.

At one time he lived on Chambers avenue, Camden, near Washington street. He has a summer home at Pitman and is regarded as well to do. During the last three years he has not been working, but, together with his wife, has spent much time visiting his children. He had been in Woodlynne about three weeks.

Giles has three other children besides his sons, Charles and Layton. There are two daughters, Mrs. Ada Bell, 25 Glenwood avenue, Bloomfield, N. J., and Mrs. Blanche Januria, of Sixth and Elm streets, Camden, and a son, Harold L. Giles, of 95 Ellis street, Bloomfield, N.J.

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