The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-21
SHE SHOOTS HER BETRAYER.
MISS CARRIE BOWERS LIES IN WAIT
FOR WALTER FOSTER.

when Her Character h sworn Away In
Court Proceedings She Threatens to Use
= Pistol, and Does it-A Mortal wound.
Walter Foster was shot and. 1t is thought.
MORALLY wounded last evening in Calyer street
Greenpoint. by Miss Carrie Bowers. who ac-
cused him Of betraying her under promise OF
marriage.
She had begged him to atone for the wrong.
and when he refused she complained to JUS
tlce Goetting in the Lee Avenue Police Court
in Williamsburgh.
The case was tried before Police Justices
Goetting and Kenna. Several young mon.
members Of u social club with Foster. testified
that the plaintiffs character was not good.
and the complaint was dismissed. This was
four weeks ago.
on the steps leading to the street. complaining
loudly Of the treatment she had received.
When Foster. who had fingered to thank his
counsel. came out. she tried to assault him.
Friends stepped between them. and rs the girl
was led away she shouted:
Let him take care. He hos beaten me this
time with his lying friends. but by Godl I'll
get even before die"
A week latter she visited the court again.
and asked for another warrant. Clerk
scheppaus told her the case had been decided
and that nothing further could be done for her.
She said she did not care: she had something
In hcr pocket that would avenge her just as
we'll rs q warrant. and could not be dismissed.
Fosters friends learned OF the girls Ian
Ruage. and warned him to be careful. He
laughed at the warning and said that he was
not afraid. He ia 20 years old and q clerk at
Sone l. Fleming's oil refinery on Newtown
He lives with his parents and three BROTHERS
and two sisters at 1853 Calyer street. Green
roin The family Is well spoIIken Of in thG
not ngrce in endorsing the decision Of the po-
M Miss Bowers is 1s years old. She lisa pretty
blonde. short and plump. Her father is .
aborsr Lying At $s7 Of "ns b as
ss a%p ysars yonnser The family live He
sas MISS casrs Rad no other Osss than
taken to the hospita! last night. and told
O'clock. and walked il q leisursly way up Man;
hoa to csef ne to
to Ills home. hall a block distant: ,,,.. D..
As he turned tho corner he saw Miss Bowers
around S herr As he approached she threw back
s Shot and fet himssli hit somewhere He aid
and Siddy. Then she fired again and he turned
to run. third shot was firod and he heard
the bullet whiz over his should der. He turned
into Lorimer street and ran into the arms Of
Policeman Clarke OF the Greenpoint avenue
Clarke helped him TO an adjacent grocery
and laid him on the floor while he called for
an ambulance While waiting for the ambu-
Foster could speak in whispers only, and ali
that the POLICEMAN could hear was Bowers
Capt. Rhodes sent two. policemen to arrest
Henry Bowers, the girls father. After Ambu-
was Carrie Bowers. By that time the girl had
had fifteen minutes start
home to look for his pistol. It was not in It's
Was an Old. fashioned American weapon Of
thirty eight calbre. The doctors. who exam
thirty eight calibre bullet.
daughter. and it was said that 81 nee. the girls
shame had become apparent and published by
Foster was taken to the Eastern District Hos
pital Two bullets had struck him: One EVIL
IDENTIFY the first fired. had gone through the
across the shoulder. 1t had not cut the flesh.
Tho second bullet entered his breast about IN
inches directly above the right nipple. and
Drs. BlaisdeI and Orell. who probed ineffectu-
ally for. the bullet. said he had almost no
chance for recovery. One Of his brothers died
Ave weeks ago Of consumption and one Of his
sisters is very H. Mrs. Foster said that Carrie
ago and begged her To- influence Walter to
The girl returned to her house later in the
evening and was arrested there by n detective.
She refused to mako any statement.