New-York tribune., 1884-11-29
cOOLLY SHOT BY HIS WIFE
,o,,ur WITH A BULLET IN HIS BACK.

uv "a A swINpIRR-UsING HER AS
DECoY-THklR SCHEMES
A m,ddle-aged man with iron gray mar ;.ahti anu
rather commanding appearance which was ns'sua ~
Hr~d nv neat, wel-httcd clothing, entered tho
Yorkyilie Court yesterday, -. ~ w;f.
She shot me-" he said to Justice Murray ....,.; ~
You have been shotP Querled tho Jus''o' ]"
rather q surprised manner. ,o,oa .not
hi. vie had shot him. She shot me in the back
yesterday and the bullet is there st,ii ~ M aes
He gave his name as john Haoa' a. ;s.oa, for the
arrest OF Minnie Macdutf of the same address
She was brought to the court IN the afternoon.
She ia young probably not moIe than thirty years
old, and was sfyishly dressed in dark clothing
Gloves covered her hands and diamond earrings
sttered her ears Her husband sPGsa gave ,V his his
Yesterday morning my wife qnarrclled with me me
~..ntcd $500 q month and can't afford to give it
60 her. l told her that il she was not satIsned we
had better part and she answered that she Was Was
quite willing to do so. We took breakfast. AiteT
81 abe resumed the quarrel. l told her that I
would leave her and packed up my my th,ngs soid aId
procured trnekman She said tnaI Is sio IN aS.;n
three TIRES. The last time she came IN notioed
that she held something under her cloak she came ne
into the paror and when my back was turned shot
me from behind. The bnllct struck me III the right
side of the back just below the lung That Is all
mr.. yacd1if began by saving that hers was long
storv and that she would have to tell it all to lie
,,uccrstood She said: ,,
fte married me thirteen months ago anu n.s "Sgu
me evc~ since to further his swinding schemes. Hs
eild the same thing before was married 10 nm ana
he ,eye he only married me because was usciul
10 hun He is constantly advertising TO me ehee.
that lady has valuable jcwelry pledged whicn she
wishes to redeem and will pay a good bonus 10 an!
one who III redeem it or that money is wanted Ior
q few mouths on good security. was arrested 81 \
mouths ago for obtaining money IN TINS way from
AR Schnck and was held in $500 bail by Justice
,,r,iy 10 answer but the never came up again;
bclicvc it was dropped because my huspahC hAen
ii with the District Attorneys clerks l told my
husband that would rather live in one room than
live I'm this way got very little of the money. My
husband abused and threatened me and once stru'
me so that was sick several DAYS and am III fear
c lfs On Thanksgiving day my m mU,srr nraraSsS SsT
saw hn, load his revolver and he VIII SHOOT you II
be gets the chance So shot bm; .,, -
Mr. Marlui's counsel asked her: lhen you
waikel deliberately mp behind his back and shot
Yes did it in selfdefcnce. You don't suppose
bir man like him would let me shoot him from III
Iier ,nnther. Mrs. Bolas corroborated her story
as 10 the rnmpainant's loading his revolver aud
what sle said to her daughter Justice murray
asLrJ the accused woman II she could procure bai,
Nj II ~ too late" she was locked ~ ~ default
,t . DIN, ali neudina further examination After
wati ia yun, etsatibn shc said that Fy2Qu had hpei
ohiaip ~ nnn time from BENJAMIN ~ liliety AM
That 80 sunday last t"nt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~
mn osL nv tuv Altni anuih her fiiT5, another stu
sW,i hnnthpf rof ~ 40 ope to address n Ia and the
,ihais hsusof khe sail ina, the rlqh tuisun' was
lot hes ~ rttsnhate w1iiiah ~ ietviyt y, y
s,ej nno,ua hui ~ nepd ~ money inihplfint,
1iet husband nptisinhte,l The man who hNl' wv
j,wals tlnad dlnmnnds Wrie gwen ~ HrthtiiS n"t
thnif inil value Was tphtihllY un'a,hp' Nn'' "
ro,epi always taken sattnl l0rth what boi,ns hose
IA ho advanced Iunes ueeted o. receive when Mfs,
Maoduh MAS ready Ia reienn The ieMeln ,Ma,''ul'
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