New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-21
A GIRL FIRED THE BULLET.
NEE FORMER SWEETHEART SHOT IN THE
STREET.
rvr VICTIM BELIEVED TO BE DT1NG-Hls AS
GALLANT AT FIRST THOUGHT TO HAVE
DROWNED HERSELF, BUT AFTER
WARD FOUND AND ARRESTED


Carrie Bowers, eighteen years DID, oil NO. %
ar..nuoint.ave, Brooklyn, shot ana mor'ai'y
a.unded William Foster, twenty years olo' Ol NO.
t5S Cayerst., at O'Clock laSV hisn''
-. stroet in that city. The shoot
,rs was the result of Fosters betrayal oil inc
-, woman. When the shot was fired Foster
x,s within block Of his home. and the sno' ma"
.r.r attracted his aged mothers attention, Car
~ p0vrers is pretty girl and the daughter of
-, narents She met Foster two years ago, and
-, r. engaged 70 marry each other. Two months
.ro Foster began to show cool feeling toward
-. h.,ro,hed and at last his visits ceased alto
,.,ber Three weeks ago the young woman had
Sos,er before Justice Goetting, but he was dis
.h.,red She threatened to avenge the wrong done
her.
4, 5:3O o'clock last evening the young woman
srssscd herself. and securing her fathers 4@-cal-
lhre revolver hurriedly left her home She kne"
chat Foster would he returning about that hour
% his home. after his days work, and WONG
oome along Manhattan-avc and turn into CalFer-
~ lie is clerk Foster reached the corner oi
Manhattan-ave. and Calyerst at his usual houi'
me voung woman stood on the corner awal''ns
h,,, and was hidden from view by large Tree
The thoroughfarc WAS crowded with pedestrians
z
,,.up.d out from behind the tree and huiIieu
.arard him A shawl was thrown about hei
.houIders beneath which she carried the pistol
Without a word of warning the young "oi"'"
threw back the shawl. and, raising tne "e"pO"'
fired The bullet missed its aim roster "','
facing her at the time, and seeing INC n"'''
lowed by the report, turned TO run. 4 Se'onO
and third shot quickly rang out anu nei ~ -.
fell to the street. The last shot had '1hen c"U''
and lodged in the right breast pehe'ratIhe Vho
lung When the young woman s'" h-r 'l0'i"'
fall she ran down Calycr-st toward the river
The rcnort of the pistol attracted Policeman
(1ark who WAS in the neighborhOod, and he ran
% the SPOT Where Foster lay gasping for breath.
He was carried into a neighbOring grocery store
ard Ambulance Surgeon Clifford had him removed
70 the Eastern District Hospital Dr. Blaisdell.
the house physician prObcd for the bullet. but
was unable 70 find it. lie declared that roster
could not live through the night At the hoSpl'ai
thc wounded man gained consciousness and gave
a clear account of the shooting in his antc-m"rtem
statement 10 Coroner Lindsey He soon sank
into a comatose condition.
After the shooting. the police went IN Seafch
Of the girls father, instead Of her, believing that
he had prompted her 10 the act, and soon hau
him in custodv. He proved that he knew Moth
ine or thc aHtaN, d'hu ""S P''"''''' ~
freedom In ;hc meantime the girl was max
ing her escape, and all traces Of her were
lost The fcrryhands Of the Grcenpoint ferry 0e'
elared thot no woman answering her description
had passed through the gate fol New-NoTk ana
this TACT led the police at first 10 think that she
had committed suicide on reaching the river front.
Tie fathor Of the girl expressed regret for his
daughters actions ami aided the police In the
seaIOh for hgr. The glrl Is small OF stature anu
punIp When the news Of the shooting reached
The r.other Of young Foster she fell swoonlng to
The floor
The Young woman was found at her home at
midnight and was arrested. Policemen had been
stationed therc in the hope that she might come
hack. She sohbed and refused 10 make any state
ment. She was locked up.