New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-25
SHOOTING HIS WIFE IN THE EYE.

Mrs. Ross. who lives on the second floor of No
400 East Eighty-scventh-st, heard the report OF
pistol shortly before oGlook kor last occg gyfn
by Joseph Blangcy, a letter carrier, ana
his wife, The pistol shot was followed
by loud and continuous screams; and Mrs. hoss iLl
down to the first floor. At the entrance to the
apartments Of the letter carrier she saw MIS-
Blangey standing, holding her hands to ner Iane,
and crying out: 81 am shot! am shot" WIN
the assistance OF Mrs. Ross the wounded
woman went to the bedroom, where
she lay down. She said that her lus-
band had shot her, and pointed to small bql It
hole under the right eyebrow. The wound hlel
very little. Mrs. Ross got some water and bathed
the wound paying no attention 10 the husband,
who sat meantime in chair III inc hoHt
room. never offering once, TO come TO tne
Mrs Ross said " bewildement and unconccrn
The screams Of the woman had attracted tno at
tcntion of johnny" the httlS nephew co,o Il
and bears their nalnc. He was dispatched llnmedl-
ately to the police station, distant about nifty ydrls
from the house In East Eighty-eighth-st, where n,
Informed C9ptaIn Sanders that - Mamma Is shot"
"Wbo shot herp asked the captain. Papa" re-
piled the boy. IL,
The Canaan and Roundsnan Vail were quickly
in the house and demanded IN explanation OF ihe
affair. A irst Mrs Blaneey said, speaking to her
husband: "EOu know You pointed me pistol al
mo y then she seemed instantly sorry for what she
bad said. and declared That the shooting was acct
dental and said her husband was good TO her. Inc
husband had by this time reused from MS stupoT
indifference ana Sdlu llldt inc ShoOtIhs vas "D
cldental also. lie stated that no was examining
the pistol as is his habit very often in the bed
ROOM and his wife standing III the door OF tle
adjoining room, when 1t suddenly went oil Not
outstanding this explanation, the police on
the strength of Mrs. Blangey's remark
relative to his pointing the pistol at her.
placed the letter-carrler under arrest
Dr. Roswell ID. Smith OF No. Al East Eighty-
ffth-st was called IN to eXaWine the wound: lie
discovered that the ball had entered the right eye
just above the pupil, but had not penetrated the
BRAIN The wound was pronounced dangerous, but
not necessarily fatal. The husband kissed his wife
rs she lay on The bed and was then taAen by the
police TO the station of the twenty
Ihrd Precinct and locked up. Mrs
Blangcy was conveyed IN an ambulance
to the Presbyterian Hospital, where Doctor McCar-
roll the house surgeon deemed 1t unsafe to attempt
to extract the ball She persisted that the shot was
accidental
Bangey is attached to Post Office Station H. at
Eight,-siXth-st and Thrd-aye., aud bears good
reputation. The people who i've III the same house;
which Is "a large Hat. assert that the couple lved
happily, and were never known to have a
quarrel. 1hoy have been married hiteeh
years and have no children. The husband Is iorty-
two years Old and the wife iOrty-three. lie III
dulges III drink occasionally, 80 say the neghDOrS,
and had been dTnkIng some Yesterday, but never
gets intoxicated The weapon is a small seven
chamhered revolver of twenty-five calbrc. IL hid
only one chamber empty when the police got posses