The evening world., 1894-09-05
WIFE SHOT .
BY MISTAKE.
OHara Was Firing at a Po.
liceman Who Was Try.
ing to Arrest Him,
SUPPOSED TO Be INSANE.
Mrs. 0'Hara Jumped Between
Them and Received a Bullet
in Her Breast.
, HER CONDITION IS CRITICAL.
The maddened Man Finally Over.
: come After a Terrible
7 Struggle.
LHER CONDITION IS CRITICAL

James O'Hara. twenty-eight years old
accidentally shot his wife. Catherine
while blazing away at a policeman VITA
q 3S-calihre revolver in their apartments
ct q Washington street this morning.
The woman received the bullet in her
right breast. and 1t is believed that the
wound is moral.
OHara Is a strappng, big man. who
used to do work along shore before he
married the woman he shot this morn
ing. They had been married two years,
and since the day the pair were made one
O'Hara has not done Il stroke of work
His wife supported him by doing odd
bits of work, and he succeeded In get
ting money enough to keep him in liquor
Mrs. O'Hara stood this sort of thing
until few days ago. when her husband
began to develop symptoms of insanity
He became violent last night and
fourished a 3S-calibre revolver, threat
ening to kill her If she did not give
him more money for drink.
This morning Mrs. O'Hara applied at
the Tombs Police Court for warrant
for her husbands arrest. She stated
that she did not believe him n safe
person to he at large, and upon her
statement the Court issued warrant
giving 1t to Officer O'Connor to serve
The latter learning that he was likely
TO have a hard tussle in arresting
O'Hara, stopped at the Church street
police station and asked for assistance.
Policeman Cornelius j. Sullivan was
detailed to assist him. The policemen
then repaired to u Washington street
The O'Haras lived on the top floor in
the rear of the tenement. O'Connor
krocked on the door. and 1t was opened
few inches.
O'Hara peered out. and seeing that
two policemen were in waiting. shut the
door with a bang and bolted it.
policeman Sullivan then went out upon
the fire-escape and crawled through a
rear window into O'Hora's apartments.
C'Hara was standing by the door lead
ing into the hallway when he caught
sight of Sullivan coming in through the
window.
Like a flash he whipped out a revolver
end opened fire on the policeman.
The first shot did not take effect The
second was fired just as Mrs. o'Hara
jumped up and tried to prevent her hus-
band from doing murder.
she sank to the floor, screaming pitt
fully
O'Connor hearing the shots and the
woman's screams. burst open the door
at this critical juncture and jumped
upon OHara before he could fire anoth-
err shot.
sullivan alto closed on the mailman
and, after a furious struggle. the police
,,,Il ttinu i'm
The nippers were placed on O'Hara. so
that he could do no further harm, and
Policeman O'Connor called an ambulance
to take Mrs O'Hara to the Chambers
Street Hospital O'Hara was locked up
in the Church street station, and Will
be arraigned in the Tombs Court this
a' <. tSe Chambers Street Hospital an
Evening World" reporter who called
at ii, i5 o'clock was told that Mrs. O'Hara
had chance Of recovery.
walked, supported by two. attendants.
from the ambulance to the reception
room. She was able to give her name
age and address to the surgeon
This afternoon O'iara, handcuiied be be.
tween two policeman End followed by
Tomhs Court officer O'Connor entered
the courtroom Just ,h as h Snct,'e T rreat
crowd had followed the prisoner from
the police station +.
The prisoner. his head swatheu IL
with blood, stood calmly by while OffceI
O'Connor charged him with shooting MS
wife. O'Hara made no defense, ana was
remanded until Friday.
Even should Mrs. Ol!ara recover anC
withdraw the charge against her nus
band O'Hara can be sent to state prison
for five years on Policeman sullivan
complaint of attempted felonious as
sault.