The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-28
according to all reports, the circum-

| according to all reports, the circum-
stances were as follows:
Clarence objected to his wife using
profanity, and has constantly remon-
strated with her over this habit Yes
terday. While he was home to dinner.
| she did some very emphatic swearing,
and he told her she must not swear in
that house. threatening to slap her if
| she did She did, and he slapped. Then
he caught up some newspapers and
started back I'D to the club without his
dinner. The wife went to a bureau.
| took out a pistol and followed him. He
was about at the gate when She from
the porch. fired the first shot This
clipped a chip from one of the pickets
Clarence stopped, and another bullet
tipped through the newspapers which
were under his arm. He turned back to
take the pistol away from her, and got
bullet through the Aeshy part of the
right forearm. It narrowly missed the
big artery. and went through his skin,
striking him in the right side, just be-
low the short ribs. Its force was spent.
however. and no damage was done ex-
cept to break the skin.
Clarence continued the struggle and
got the pistol away from her. Deputy
Sheriff Fred Chambers arrived about
this time and arrested the woman. She
at once proceeded to get ready to ac-
company him. brushing her hair and
donning her best hat and dress. Her
little girl, about years Of age. she sent
to neighbours. The couple were mar
ried only last November. Once she en-
tered the room where her husband was.
and he proceeded to swear little him
self. AID threw the scissors at her.
This was when his arm was giving him
circulating pain.
On the way to the court house the
woman was cool and self possessed.
you did not mean to shoot him ex-
cep't in the arm. did vou?" asked re-
-Ga~ter
Il did not mean to shoot him at all
only TO Scare him she said.
IN the first firshfof her excitement
she appeared glad of what she had done
and referred to> the wounded mans
outcries with evident relish.
u guess it did hurt him" she said.
"but SO did histtloWs 4lur. me. I guess
I got the best of it this time. Ny father
never struck me. and [ always said
he should not
She is a rather slender colored wom-
an with regular features and quite
good looking Her father is said to be
quite an influential man in Carbon
county. Wvo.
At the jail she waited quietly in the
sheriff's private office until q Justice
could be summoned.
The mans account of the trouble was
practically the same as that of the
woman
DR.. Powers dressed the wounded
mans arm. and pronounced the hurt
not serious. The pistol in the case was
a SS-caliber of derringer pattern, called
Terror" 1t had been given to Clar-
ence, he stated, by Mayne Spencer, a
member of the Weber club. at time
when the steward had some money to
carry and was afraid to carry it with
out a revolver. 1t was quite fortunate
that the mans arm caught the bullet
first. otherwise it must have penetrated
his breast.
Mrs. Ernest spent the night in the
county jail. She has engaged J. H.
Mcmillan to conduct her defense.
An examination of the wounded man
showed that his watch DETECTED the
c urse Of the bullet and doubtless saved
his life.
owing to the close proximity of Dep
uties Harrot and Chambers, the arrest
was almost Immediately made after
the shooting.