Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-14
Shot Her Husband.

About $50 P. NJ. yesterday pistol shoI
was heard in the residence of J. d. Smith,
which is located on the south side OF the
alley between ] and X, Third and Fourth
streets A few moments later Smith visited
the station-house with bullet III the
muscle of his lower right arm and swore
out a warrant against his wife, charging
her with an attempt to commit MURDER.
Smith had been gone from the ponce sIa-
ton but few moments when his VIE APP
peared there, asking for Judge Henry say
ing she wanted to swear ont warrant
against her husband, who, she Salu' slle
was afraid would do her great bodily harih'
She was very much excited, her face was
bleeding, and she led by the hand swear
old child. She was asked to step INTO the
chiefs private office, and while there
officer Sullivan served the warrant upon
her, which had been sworn to a lew
moments before by her husband. one
asked for an officer to go home with her
and get her infant. The request
was complied with, and soon after
wards the mother and two little
ones were made comfortable IN
the chiefs office. She asked Tor
Judge Holl, her attorney in divorce case
now pending, and he was sent for. hen
asked where the pistol was with which she
did the shooting, she said 1t was at nome
on the sofa under tidy. An officer was
dispatched to find it, but before his return
the shooting-iron was found in her small
leather satchel, which she carried with her.
She expressed much surprise at IFS dlsc0E-
cry, and said she did not know she had 1t
with her. She was very much aSitateq ana
excited. When Judge HOl arrived she
70 10 or
past Smith came into the house and COM
menced abusing her They quarrelled, and
he grasped her by the throat, threw her on
the sofa and choked her. Afterwards he
threw her on the floor and struck her IN
the face. She managed to get away from
him. and ran into her room, and took the
pistol from the bureau. Smith started to
follow her but when he saw the pistol he
retreated to his own room closed and
locked the door, She was very much ex-
cited, and, thinking to intimidate him,
pointed the pistol toward his bedroom door
and fired. The bullet, after passing through
the door, wounded him as above stated.
Judge Henry, after hearing the above
statement, ordered her admitted to bail in
the sum of $500 which was soon afterwards
given.
Mrs Smith is suing her husband for di-
vorce on the ground of adultery. The Judge
of the Superior Court made an order some
time since allowing her to live in her pres
ent home until the 1st day of August, or
until the case is disposed of
Mr. Smiths statement of the affair was
that Mrs Smith wanted some coal Oil,
and was apparently disposed to take
all there was in the can. He interpesed,
saying that he needed portion to fill some
lamps. They had dispute, and she drew
a pistol. He put her in her room, and
held the knob from the outside so that she
could not get out, at the same time keeping
his body well back. She snapped the pis-
tol three Or four times, the cartridge failing
to explode but finally the weapon was dis
charged and he received a wound in his |
arm. An examination of the pistol at the |
station-house showed that several of the |
cartridges had been struck by the hammer
but missed fire