The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-23

keep his promise. Ito turned Il deaf
oar 10 her cntrcatios, and told her to 90
to her other admirers. She :hon o..
tanned warrant i'll the Lee Avcauc, po-
lice court for his arrest Tor betrayal.
The ease was tried three weeks Igo. and
Foster brought forward six witnesses
who gavo testimony which sadly dam
aged the young woman's reputation.
The girl had no evidence to r4iutc the
assertions OF these witnesses and the
case was Dismissed.
THREATENED TO KILL HIN.
A scene ensucd before Justice Goct-
ting when this sEdisposition was an
nounced. Tho girl wcpt bitterly and on
the way out OF court sho declared her
intention Of lillingSFostcr at tho first
opportunity.
into execution Foster dill not 30 out rs
often in the evening as usual, and when
he did go out.hc was accompanied by
friends.
Fosters father is in the, employ Of an
insurance company i'll tn Is city. There
are five moro children besides Walter,
two daughters and three sons. Walter
is clerk in the oil works OF Some &
Fleming. in Kingsland avenue, Green
point. On his way to and from work
morning and night he generally went
through Calyer street.. That thorough
fare near Guernsey street in tho neigh
borhood OF his home is dimly lighted at
night.
While on his way home at o'clock
last night, unconscious OF any danger,
he was shot by the woman.
She was seen lurking around the cor
her for IN hour before she did the
shooting. Several people saw her, but
paid no attention to her. Shortly be-
fore Foster appeared she was seen to go
to lamp post and examine something
which she seemed to have under her
red striped shawl. She walked back
into the darkness and concealed herself
in Il doorway.
When Foster appeared she stole up
behind him and fired the three shots at
him, cyclaiming:-
81 AN HAVING NY REVENGE"
"Now am having my revenge. Take
that, and that, and that"
The first bullet went wide OF the
mark. Foster turned, and the second
bullet struck button OH his coat and
glanced oil. AS he started to run away
the third bullet struck him in the right
breast, an inch and q hall above the nip
pie.
He was paralyZed for moment and
then staggered to Lorimc- street and
went through to Meserolc avenue and
thence to Manhattan avcnUc, whore he
fell senscless on the sidewalk beside Po-
licemNn Clark, OF the Grccnpoint avenue
police station He was carried into Il
grocery store and u doctor was sum.
moned.
Pending his arrival Foster revived
and told who had shot him. Word was
sent 10 the police station, and within
five minutcs Captain George r. Rhodes
had twenty men searching for the wo.
man.
The report OF tho Shooting attracted
the attention OF the people living in the
vicinity OF Guernsey and Calycr streets,
and when several ran out OF their houses
to ascertain the cause they saw the girl
running down Calyer street. She stop
ped ct Franklin street to arrange her
Ia. and then ran through Franklin
street to Noble and disappeared in the
latter thoroughiaro. going in the dircc-
ton OF tho river.
HER FATHER ARRESTED.
Three policemen went 70 her resi-
dencc, OH the third .loor OF mo. 81
GYccnpoint avenue, hut Jailed to find
her. Believing that her father knew
something OF tho shooting, they placed
him under arrest and took him to the
police station. Bowen was much at
icclcd when he was told that his
daughter had shot Foster. He almost
iainlcd, and would have fallen to the
sidewalk but for the assistance OF the
police. At the police station no told
captain Rhodes that Carrie had APP
pcayed melancholy all day and ate
nothing lie asked her what troubled
her. and she replied thaS she felt rs
.i.ou!h she could not bear her shame
any longer aud must do something
Bowers offered to assist the police in
trying to find his daughter. EIe was
not held BY them, and on his return
home he discovered that his revolver
was missing. lie returned to the police
station and reported that his pistol was
missing, and that Carrie had probably
taken it to shoot Foster
.tr. IL WIS llUt llltll tilICS NUuIS ulltTNUri
that Carrie returned to her home. In
the interim, she said, she had been sit
ting OH the pier at the foot OF Noble
street, trying to determine whether or
not to commit suicide. She admitted
the shooting, and said she was sorry
she had not killed Foster.
III the meantime an ambulance was
called to the store into which Foster
was carried and Surgeon Clifford exam
incd the wound. He gavo it AS his
opinion that the bullet had penetrated
tho lung and that Fosters condition
was extremely critical. He removed
him to tho Eastern District Hospital,
! where DR.. Silas Blaisdcll attempted to
extract the bullet but failed.
FOSTERS DENIAL.
The young man WAS conscious, whilo
tho doctor was probing for tho bullet.
Hc denied lie had ever promised to
marry tho girl. Flo said no did not
know he was shot until he reached Man
haitian avenue, when he began to feel
sick.