The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-06

Five shots Fired by the WrOnged
husband and Six BY the Lover, But
The Latter's Aim Was Bad and
None of His Bullets Took ERect-NO
Attempt Made TO Kill the Wife.
New Orleans, La. May 5.-A tragedy.
similar in most respects to the recent
Gordon Brown tragedy in Louisville Ky,
was enacted here to-day at 11:3O O'clock
There were three persons concerned in the
terrible affair." An injured husband caught
his erring wife in bed with another man.
simultaneously the men drew pistols,
81 number of shots were exchanged, and in
one minute one man lay on the bed gasp
ing from mortal wounds, and the other
was on his way to the police station in
charge of an officer. The woman in the
case was not hurt and lives as an example
Of perfdy.
The names of the three actors in the
tragedy are DR.. Samuel P. Swain and
wife and DR.. Emile Hirart, all of Pla-
cuamines. la DIR. Hirart and Mrs.
swain arrived here on Friday and regis
tered at a house, corner of Canal and Lib
ertv streets. as c. J. Smith and wife, and
tboy were given the best room in the
house They remained in their room,
scarcely leaving it for longer than half
an hour at a time. This morning DR..
Swain. Who had followed his wife and her
lover from Plaquemine, entered the place
bv a side Coor and made his way to the
room occupied by the pair. He
drew, his pistol and fired five shots,
while the man who was killed fired six
shots, none of them hitting DR.. Swain.
The latter Immediately ran out Of the
house right into the arms of a police
man who was attracted by the noise.
The doctor was placed under arrest and
carried to the police station. The police
sergeant then went to the scene of the
shooting to ascertain the extent OF the
wounded mans injuries. When the ser
geant reached the place the man was still
alive. He was lying on the bed fully
dressed and a physician, who had been
tending him. The physician stated that
the case was hopeless, and while he
was talking the wounded man expired.
The woman who was the cause OF the
trouble was seated by the bed where the
wounded man lay. She, too, was fully
dressed and was remarkably COOL ser
gcant Boyle took the woman to one side
N swain. but would not state whether
or not the man who did the killing was
her husband, and emphatically refused
TO give the name OF the dead man.
All she would say was that he was
doctor and came from one of the parishes.
She demanded to be taken to the station
al once She was taken there but reso-
lutey refused to say anything except
that she would speak in court only. She
was held as a material witness.
From DR.. Swain il was learned that
the intimacy between Mrs. Swain and the
dead man was of long standing, and ne
told an interesting story of his troubles
on that account. He said that about two
months ago in Iberville parish he and DR..
Hrart met on the public road and had
a shooting affair, in which neither was
hurt Dr. Swain expressed pleasure
when informed that his man was dead.
The woman in the case is perhaps 25
years Of age. and by no means attractive
looking 1t is amazing that man should
be shot to death for so plain a female.
A strange coincidence Of this tragic
affair was that at the head of the bed
in which the man was killed was a book,
the title of which was Her Last Lover"