Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-21
SHOOTING At VEST Agga'lis.
Emuy Resehnsck Shot By Officer curran.
THREATENS TO KILL HIS WIFE

THREATENS TO KILL HIS WIFE.
The quiet suburbs of West Annapolis.
on the line of the Short Line Railroad,
was thrown into intense excitement yes
terday evening between seven and eight
O'Clock, over the shooting of Emory
Reschneck, tailor. employed by VIM
II. Bells & Son, this city by Jail
Warden Robert Curran The particu-
lars of the affair are as follows; Resch
neck went home between six and seven
O'Clock in an intoxicated condition and
finding his wife lying down. he began
abusing her. and breaking up the furni-
ture in the house generally. Mrs. Resch-
neck. becoming alarmed ran up stairs to
escape the threatened injury of her hus-
band, when he seized q shot gun, and
fired II at her, the load taking effect in
the wall near her feet A young man
named Richard Ford. who assists Resch-
neck, seized the Infatuated man and sue
ceeded in getting the gun from him. AT
ter which Mrs. Reschneck. escaped
from the house TO that OF neighbor 8
near by Word was sent TO the city for
an officer 10 come TO the scene at once
and arrest the man. In the meantime
train dispatcher Upton of the A. " b..
Short Line, in whose house Mrs. Resch-
neck took refuge. dispatched an engine
with several men to the place BY this
time Jail Warden Robert Curran had ar
rived on the scene. When Reschneck
spied the officer, he asked him what he
came there for Curran replied, ito
quiet things here" You come here to
arrest me, you son of b, but you
can't do it, he replied, and suiting his
action TO his words he went into his
house. The officer anticipating that
Reschneck had gone into his house for q
firearm, he remarked TO Judge Magruder,
who was standing near by, that il Resch-
neck came out with a gun he would
shoot him The judge told the officer
that he had right to defend himself. In
a few minutes Reschneck appeared at
his front door with a raised repeating
rifle In his hand. No sooner had he rails
| ed the weapon when Officer Curran lev
eled his revolver at the man and fired
four shots In succession. two of which
took effect-one bullet passing through
his left arm and the other in his right
hand. The officer then rushed upon the
man who had dropped his rifle and took
him into custody. He was put upon the
engine and brought to Annapolis about
o'clock and lodged in Jail. DR.. j. NJ
| Worthington, physician to the Jail, who
| dressed the wounds. does not consider
the injuries very serious.
Reschneck was visited this afternoon
In jail by a representative of the CAPT
tai He said he was suffering a good
deal of pain from the wound in his
hand, but not much from the one in his
arm. He is unable to use either OF his
arms and is perfectly helpless and has to
be fed bv an attendant. "What was all
this trouble about ?" the reporter asked.
"Why, tell you, my wife sent to town
for an officer to come out there and ar
rest me- that made me mad, and when
this man (pointing to Warden CurranI
tried to take me he shot me. / didn't
shoot my wife that's not So"
A representative of the CAPITAL also
visited the house this afternoon, where
he found everything in confusion and q
perfect wreck, not whole chair
even the porch and lattice work of the
neat little cottage on the hill," bore
evidence of obstruction. Mrs Reschneck
said when her husband came home last
evening about seven o'clock, she had
prepared the supper, and asked him If
he would not put the things on the table
as she was not feeling well He then
commenced to abuse her, and upset the
table breaking everything on 1t. She
became alarmed and ran up stairs when
he picked up the shot gun AMI fired at
her AS soon as she could she made her
escape from the house to Mr.. Tpton's.
She said her husband had threatened her
life on a number occasions, and showed
bullet holes In the ceiling and wall of
the house where he had shot at her. On
June Goth, she said she laid out under
the hedge nearly all night in a pouring
rain to escape his fury.
On this accession he fired at her from
the yard through a window. the ball
barely escaping her head. Mrs. Resch-
neck says she will not prosecute her hus
band, but, never wants TO see him again
and will go to her people in Frederick
county.