New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
NSHOOTING WOMAN FINED.
FIFTEEN DOLLARS ALL 1T COST HEX IN
MAGISTRATE BRAHMS COURT.
AIRS roHs FIRED FOUR TIMES AT HER HUSBAND
AT CLOSE RANGE But PLoudhED
HENRY BERG's SCALP IN
STORE ACROSS THE STREET

STORE ACROSS THE STRfEi'
MAGISTRATE Hrann took his stand yesterday with
ahe members OF the August Grand Jury ana a..
Others who encourage women TO commit oii". '!
10 too ,en,ent application OF the penalties proVioeo
A. Ill c-m,nals regardless OF their sex or gooo
i,oo.s A woman was brought before him yesterday
who had fired four shots from revolver "a. nc.
husband The bullets missed him, but one Oh 'i'on'
flaw across the street and woundeo neiN"
For this attempt at murder the woman was hheu
80 "a Co. carrv,np a concealed weapon y more.
srhor,,, after the August Grand jury refused 10
sndict one woman for throwing caroohc ac'o "po'
nhe object OF her Jealous rage. thereby caus"s
death another woman threw vitriol upon ponce.
man who may die from his injuries just ""a'
,narticular form OF deadly assault VIII De com
t..oa ~, como woman who reads how lightly
swaeisrate Rrann treats that class OF offenders re-
1nains 10 be seen.
Mrs Samuel Fohs is the woman who escaped
with fines OF SIS. Her husband. Samuel Fohs'
wholesale cothier. Of No go Greene-st ID the
man who escaped with his life. thanks 10 Mrs'
Fohs's bad aim and not to her intentions Inc IN
s,ocent man who did not escape is Henry Berg. OF
s,be wholesale cap firm of Berg Brothers. at NO
500 Creene-st. One of the bullets from Mrs Fohs
revolver ploughed up his scalp and nearly scared
him 10 death
pohs and his wife have been married only three
weeks Their honeymoon seemed TO be full OF pee
et,ngs She came 10 this city from California sew
sraI months ago and established cigar stand IN
n harber shop at No 70 West Fourth-st She won
hany friends and customers. The men hKed her
DOCKS The barber shop was soon doing lana
office business. The pretty cigar dealer IhnaHy NJ
aracted the attention Of NJ. Goldberg. cloak manu-
sfaoturer OF No. 10 West Fourth-st ana ne re-
.ained her as a model at high salary.
Samuel Fohs was another OF her admirers ne
-ras d,sappointed that she should have given up
5be cigar store but continued his attentions 10 the
CLOAK model and three weeks ago won her for his
hot,ep
mo AZ Frst-st Since that time the wedding bells
Rave been 1angng sadly out Of tune. What took
slace az the house yesterday morning Is not known
Fbut Fohs appeared at his place Of business as
usual He sitting In his private once peho-
sng over his desk near q window when Mrs Fohs
arrived. Her black eyes were flashing. and she
was fumbling nervousy with the retcpie she c SsI
Snsban nd and slammed the door shut behind her:
moment If lger within and then eli
still After they recovered their wits me mp {Ss
wife ca4mly talking and they were told to get out
There was a smell Of gunpowder IN me once , anu
Across the street however there was the great
in the wholesale oos DsP noYs sn % s sSrs
wing TIE Sor Of .t si sss oi e b Gs nTs
Tor help before he died Berg naa oefn IN was s in an
S sass U CHAIR 'S ~h his back xlndoE deeply
"a bullet crashed through the glass and hit the top
of his head Berg went to the floor with bang
place GANGS Assistance S was sent though Berg
-ras sure that the top of his head was blown on
surgeon finally persuaded him that the pan had
only plOughed up his scalp and had not en'ereo HIS
skull -, ..ros ,,s couno.urA
nc with several others, went 10 the MeIceII-sst
noiice station and reported the matter 10 Captain
Sbapman Detectives Hull and McGuire accom-
nanied Captain Chapman to the place. Ihey n ma
NO dificulty in finding the direction from Whicn tie
bullet had been fired. In the mean time d Dis
crowd had collected about the place a,.o ~,
The detectives walked into the private omGe oi
--ohs and saw him and his wife chatting Quie,tiy
and apparently on the best Of terms, AZ hrst sne!
denied an knowledge of the shooting Inen ro 9
admitted that his wife had made target on mn
but he refused to make compliant Bers ,ns's she
that the woman be arrested. and she was, 0ile ne
declared that she had a perfect right 10 snoot ~
her husband, and. long as he oldn 0o e
srhonght IL was nobody elses business BERG now
ever had a different notion of the matter ,,,
The woman was taken before sergeant MaILns,
IF the Mercer-st station and sent 70 the Je1erso1l
Market Court Before Magistrate Brann sne saiS
that she had been an actress. and traVeIIeu WIN
The Adler Stock Company playing In the Mest,
she was in the habit of carrying weapons SUN 90
a knife and a revolver. for hereprotectlon. MdsIs
trate Rrann fined her $40 for dsordery cohouct anu
a. for carving a concealed weapon. , 49,.
A who was In court anu hedI ~
sentence pronounced said 10 Tribune reporItei.
,New-York bids fair to become as noLoIlou US
as anv CITY in the Southern States Tor laNIIy IN
snAicting punishment for crimes OF violence DOWN
nnr way a man who IS drunk Is often hneo az
heavily as this woman has been for at.einpS ,
murder and little niger who steals a melon
a