The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-05
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SHELBY-ST. TRAGEDY
GEORGE NEORR FATALLY SHOOTS
HIS WIFE AND KILLS HIMSELF.
Result of N Quarrel Between n Sa-
loon Keeper and His Wife I'm
the Early Morning.

One life gone and another in the balance
is the result OF a domestic quarrel on Shell
by street last night. George Neorr, pro-
prietor OF the saloon at 1875 Shelby street,
shot and probably fatally wounded his wife
and then killed himself, after quarreling
with his wife.
The attempted murder and suicide hap
pened shortly after midnight. The family
occupied rooms in the rear Of and beside
the saloon. Last night Mrs. Neorr and her
three children retired early. Mr.. and Mrs.
Neorr occupied a room beside the saloon,
while the children slept in a room back of
Ii. Neorr did not retire till after midnight.
shortly after retiring he and his wife be-
came involved in a quarrel. Their quarrels
about domestic affairs had been quite fire.
quent lately. and Mrs. Neorr arose from
bed and said she would not bear
with the fault-fnding Of her husband any
longer, but intended to leave at once and
return to her home, at 227 Lincoln lane.
She began dressing to do as she threat
ened. and said she would take her chill
dren and leave the house. Neorr told her
she should not leave, and when she in
sisted in her determination to go he arose
and went into the saloon. She followed
him, and he took a revolver from a drawer
behind the bar. Walking out from behind
the bar with the revolver in his hand, he
told her IL she tried to leave the place
he would kill her. They became engaged
in a scufie behind the bar, and Neorr
picked his wife up in his arms and carried
her into the bedroom. Here he laid her
across the bed, and while she was strug-
Cling in a frightened frenzy, placed the
revolver at her head and fired. She gave
a scream and sank back upon the bed.
with the blood flowing from a CHASTITY
wound in her face. The screams OF their
mother and noise of her struggling
with her husband had awakened the three
children sleeping in the rear room, and their
screams added to the confusion which
served to rouse the neighborhood. The bull
let had shattered the cheek bone of Mrs.
Neorr. and she lay upon the bed uncon-
scious and grooming. The blood gushing
from the wound smeared the bed clothing
and floor about the bed. till the room pre-
scented a CHASTITY scene when outsiders
rushed in to see what had happened. After
shooting his wife Neorr left the house and.
going GU. a back way, walked a few blocks
10 the residence of his two sons and a
laughter, at 81 Sanders street. He went to
he back door and knocked for admission.
He had difhcultS in arousing the inmates.
"a lllily SuCCCCuCQ III dhdhcIillo HIS
daughter. She did not recognize him. and
would not open the door. One of his sons,
who had been wakened by the continued
knocking of his father. was coming down
the stairs to learn the cause of the pound
ing. when Neorr placed his revolver to his
own right temple and fired. He fell upon
his back. with his feet upon the porch.
When his son reached him he was yet alive.
1ut died within a few minutes without
having spoken a word. He was picked up
and carried into the house. The coroner
and police were at once notified of his
death.
In the meantime there was a scene of the
greatest excitement at the saloon and resi-
dence. The children, the oldest of whom is
twelve and the youngest six years Of age,
aroused by the shooting and screaming of
their mother. rushed into her room only to
find her lying on the b~lood-smeared bed ap-
parently dead They supposed she was
dead and their cries to her were pitiful in
the extreme. Kind-hearted neighbors tried
to comfort the children but they refused
TO believe that their mother was not dead.
Sergeant Laporte and the patrolmen on
the district were at Fountain square when
Neorr fired the bullet into his wife's face.
They rushed Immediately to the saloon
and were among the first to enter the
house. They succeeded in tracing Neorr to
the home Of his children on Sanders street,
but not till after he aad killed himself.
The wound Of Mrs. Neorr is a very serious
one and the physicians expressed grave
doubts as to her recovery.
Neorr was about sixty years of age and
had been married but about one year. The
three young children who were in the house
were his stepchildren-