The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-20
Lehman SHOOTS HIS wife
A Wilkes Barre TOugh's Unsuccessful
Attempt at Murder.
THE FUGITIVE HALTS A CROWD
With Revolver lie Keeps Five Hundred
People at n safe Distance Peculiar
Proceedings OF Burgess Fen.
ncr or Ashley.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.


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O'Clock TINS afternoon Samuel Lehman,
man 30 years OF age, residing at l9o |
Parrish street, shot his wife three times
WIN intent TO XIII ana Is now IN the jan
WIN this serious charSe against hin'
ne Is wen known character with the
ponce, ana mas frequently been ar
rested Tor Vagrahcy, ms last appearance
peihg on Iuesday morning. when ne
was dlscharSed by the mayor with
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The Drstardiy Attack.
Yesterday. about noon,, he passed the
house and saw his wife standing in the
yard He stepped to the gate and SAID:
II want to see you, Carrie" and as she
stepped out on the sidewalk to meet
him, Lehman took revolver from his
pocket. HIS wife saw 1t. ana turning,
ran away with Lehman in close pur-
suit. She had not gone twenty steps
when he fired, and she fell, the shot TAX
ing effect in her right leg. Then,
standing over the PROSTATE body OF his
wife. the brute fired two more shots,
both of which took effect in her side.
Lehman then turned and ran down
Parrish street with n crowd in close
pursuit, for there were at least fifty
witnesses of the murder The man had
nearly reached Halle street. and three
of his pursuers had outstripped the
rest ana were nearly on hlnh' Wheh ne
Wheeieu ABOUT anu Warheu thein OH
ly halted on seeing this. Lehman con-
t1nued his fight down Halle street.
At the Newtown bridge John Flannery
attempted to halt him, but again the
revolver was produced and again Leh-
man was permitted to go on his way.
The crowd in the rear had increased to
nearly 500 people, but with the revolver
in his hand, he seemed master of the
situation until he rushed into Ashley.
There he met p. NJ. Gilligan's. delivery
wagon, the driver of which p. Francis
,Mohan, sprang to the ground, and as
sisted by Dave Kennedy, grasped Ldh-
man, threw him. snatched the revolver
and then conducted him to the office of
Squire Fenner, where he was held until
the patrol wagon arrived.
In the meantime Mrs. Lehman had
been carried into a neighboring drug
store and physician summoned He
made a careful examination and said
that if no complication set in, the
wounded woman had a good show of
recovering.
In this city word of the murder had
been sent to police HEADQUARTERS and
the patrol wagon, containing Officers
Ruddy, Jones. Gaynor, Drake and
Blaine. was on its way to the scene.
They went to Ashley. and Lehman was
turned over to them and brought to
the city lookup A warrant had been