Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-06
HE'S ABROAD IN THE LAND The Injured Husband and His
 Sure-Shot Pistol. TRAGEDY AT NEW ORLEANS That PafaIIeIs t~'oepIorabIe Affair in Louis
 lie Last Week. BOTH SHE MEN WERE PHYSICIANS AnS 7 (h Shot to Kill, But Isrtuno Was / <. th the Aggrieved-A Remarkable Coincidence in the Bloody and
 Shameful Affair.
TRAGEDY AT NEW ORLEANS
BOTH / .sofHE MEN WERE PHYSICIANS

New Orleans, May 5--A tragedy, sim liar in most respects to the recent Cor don-Brown tragedy in Louisville, Ky, was enacted here today at 11.3O o'clock. There were three persons concerned in the terrible affair. An injured husband caught his erring wife with an- other man. Simultaneously the men drew pistols, a number of shots were ex- changed and in one minute one man lay on the bed gasping from mortal wounds, and the other was on his way to the po- lice station in charge of an officer. The woman in the case was not hurt. and lives as an example of perfidy.
 The names of the three actors in the tragedy are: pr. Samuel P. Swain and wife, and pr. Emile IIllart, all of Pla- quemne, La,
 Dr. Hiriart and Mrs Swain arrived here on Friday and registered at house on the corner of Canal and Liberty streets as c. J. Smith and wife, and they were given the best room in the house.
 They remained in their room. scarcely leaving it for longer than half ari hour. This morning Dr. Swain. who had followed his wife and her lover from Plaquemine. entered ths place by a side door and made hissway 10 the room occu- pied by the pair. He drew his pistol and lTcu i've SnotS, WIlie lHe man WnO was killed fired six shots, none of them hit ting Dr. swain. The latter immediately ran out of the house, right into the arms of a policeman. who was attracted by the noise. The doctor was placed under ar- rest and carried to the police station. The police sergeant then quickly went to the scene Of the shooting to ascertain the extent of the wounded mans injuries. When the sergeant reached the place the man was still alive He was lying on the bed fully dressed, and q physician who had been called fi as soon as possible was attending 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 Sergeant Boyle took the woman to one side and asked her name She said it was S T. swain, but would not state whether or not the man who did the killing was her husband and emphat- ically 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 at once. She was taken there, but resolutely refused to say any thing except that she would speak in court only. She was held as material witness.
 From pr. Swain it was learned that the intimacy between Mrs. Swain and the dead man is of long standing. and he told an interesting story of his trou- bles on that account He said that about two months ago, in Iberville par ish, he and Dr. Hiriart met on the pub He road and had a shooting affray In which neither was hurt Dr Swain ex- pressed pleasure when informed his man was dead. The woman in the case is perhaps 25 years of age, and by no means attractive looking 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."