The record-union., 1891-06-19
THE OTHER Side.
Mrs. ingalls, Has a Very Different
Story to Tell.
Her Husband Takes a Shot at Their
Landlord for an Alleged Grim
inaI Assault.

In reference to the item which appeared
In the RECoRD-UNIoN yesterday con-
corning difficulty between the proprie-
tor of shooting gallery on X street, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth, and his wife,
on the one side, and their landlord on the
other, there appears to be another side to
the story. The item referred to-and
which was made on the statements OF a
Constable, his deputy and another official
stated that rumor connected the occur
renee with an attempt at blackmail
Mrs. Edward C. Ingalls,, the wife of the
proprietor of the shooting gallery, called
at this office yesterday to make state
ment, and it was sufficiently plausible to
throw very different light on the affair.
To be brief, she said that she on last
Sunday evening, accepted an invitation
to ride with c. SCHNEIDER, their landlord;
that during the ride she partook of glass
of beer with him, and that she soon be-
came helpless, and believes she was
drugged. SCHNEIDER, she says, drove
back to his premises and dragged her
from the buggy into his own room III the
basement Of the building occupied by
herself and husband.
A short time afterWard she managed to
find Ter way out, and in ascending the
stairway to her own rooms she met her
husband, who in searching for her had
seen her lying on Schindler's bed and
had gone for his pistol to shoot the latter.
Instead, however, he assisted her back to
their own rooms and put her TO bed. HC
did not pursue SCHNEIDER that night, as he
knew the latter was armed and feared he
Qngalls) would get the worst Of it.
On Monday morning, according to M RS.
Ingalls, statement, her husband told her
his conduct. When the latter presented
himself, which he did soon after being
requested by a Chinese servant, he and
Ingalls, had some words, and then the
latter drew his pistol and shot at Schind-
Ter. The bullet missed Schindler's head
and buried itself in the wall. and he es-
capped.
"Ifwewere trying to blackmail Schind-
ler," said Mrs. Ingalls,, 'Why didn't he
have my husband arrested for shooting at
him? He knows for what he was shot
at'
Continuing, Mrs. ingalls, said that
Schindler had then sued them for the full
amount of rent, a portion of which they
had paid, but they took no receipt there
for, as at that time their relations were
very cordial. Having no proof Of having
paid him the money, they realized that
he had the best of them, and decided not
to contest the attachment suit. but tC
leave the place.
Mrs. ingalls, says she and her husband
consulted a lawyer about prosecuting
SCHNEIDER for his assault upon her. but
found that he was Schindler's own attor-
ney. They-then called upon the District
Attorney, and he concluded that the proof
would be insufficient to convict Schind-
Ter. Being without means to pay attor-
ney's fees and court costs, and likely tC
have to remove TO some other place in
which to do business, Mrs. Ingalls, says
she and her husband concluded to let the
matter drop.
She, however, bitterly denounced the
alleged conduct of Schindler toward her,
and said she could get scores of good peo-
pie in this city and elsewhere TO testify tC
her good character. She seemed to feel
keenly the mortifying position in which
they were placed-that, in order TO set
herself straight before the public and her
friends and relatives, she was obliged TO
make public the circumstances that gave
rise to the attachment suit brought against
herself and husband. She says that
SCHNEIDER made a proposition, before hel
husband shot at him, TO compromise the
trouble for a sum of money. but that il
was rejected.