New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
SHOT WIFE WHO LEFT HIN
IN Reception Room of Morningside
apartments.
OUT OF WORK AND DEsPoNDENT.


Angered because his wife had left him and
would not return to his home. Howard B.
Iintner, q bookkeeper of No. l,T90 Amsterdam
ave. attempted 10 kill her last night in the re-
ception room Of the Morningside Apartments at
No. 70 Morningside-ave.. by shooting her in the
right cheek with a revolver. The ball pierced
the cheek. struck the roof Of the mouth and
lodged in the xoman's throat. She was attended
by a private physician. and her condition is not
serious. Lintner was locked up in the West One
hundred-and-twenty- -fifth-st. station a charge
of felopous *ssault.
Mrs. Lintner lived the Morningside Apart
ments with her sister, Mrs. Byron Hostetter.
Her husband called last evening and sent up his
card TO his wife. She came down in the elevator
and went into the reception room. where he was
waiting for her. Arthur Williams. the bellboy,
says he heard the couple quarrelng. The ele-
vator bell rang and he was about TO run it up TO
the fourth floor, when he heard a shot Rush
ing into the reception room, he saw Mrs Lintner
lying on the floor, and saw the husband run
ming toward the door. Williams shouted for
helm and intercepted LintneT He broke away
from Williams and was going through the door
when H. c. Coleman superintendent of the
epartments and several employees went to Will
iams's assistance. Lintner fought desperately to
escape but was held until the arrival of De-
7ectives Smith and Davis, who placed him un-
der arrest. Superintendent Coleman Informed
Police Headquarters of the shooting, and it IN
turn Informed the police of the West One-hun-
rired- d-tyver1t y-ifth-st. station Davis and
Smith went to the apartments on run.
Although Mrs Lintner was painfully injured
she did not lose consciousness. DR.. John A
Fiu. of No 800 West One-hundred-and-
eighteenth-st WIS called in He extracted the
hullet from the wornans throat. She had been
nearly choked by it and the flow of blood from
the wound in the cheek. Mrs. Lintner refused
10 20 10 hospital and was removed to the
apartlnents of her sister the fourth floor
Mrs. Lintner told the detectives that her nus
band had demanded that she return 10 his nome
with him She refused to go and he urged her
again Again she firmly refused, and told him
that he must not bother her He then walked
toward her and placed his left arm around her
neck. As If TO caress her. Then he pulled the
revolver from his pocket and fired at her. She
IS entered on the station blotter complainant
against her husband.
The story of the domestic troubles between
Mr. and Mrs Lintner told last night by the
mans aged mother who lives with him i'm a
poorly furnished apartment the top floor Of a
fathouse at No 1790 Amsterdam-ave- She was
Informed by a reporter Of the shooting ana
burst into tears. She said:
The whole trouble was that Ella Ghe younger
Mrs. Lintnerl did not want TO live with her'
When they were married two years ago my son
had a good place with the New Amsterdam
Gas Company bookkeeper. He lived wei, ana
] lived with them. He gave up his place WIN
the gas company accept one with the Balt-
more and Ohio Railroad. About three months ago
they made a reduction in the Office force ana
Howard lost his place. He could not easliy Hhd
employment and we came TO live in this apart,
snenf Ella about two months ago opJecteu
10 my being in the house. saying that she could
not get along with me. Howard said / had no
plsce 70 go hut she would not listen TO any
reasoning and about six weeks ago went 10 litc
with her sister She had some money OF hiS
n.
there for q little at A time. He often Iieaoeu
with her TO come back TO him. but she refused
Mrs. Lntner said that Howard Weht 1o T
,ou,, earlx, yesterday morning to look for a
place. He failed get IL. and returned IN n5 l
afternoon feeling very despondent he Ioin
me that Ella was the couse of all ms touoae, u
said she, "and said that if she did not stI
10 him he would 90 something desperate ~
not lima CINE that he would try TO sho"I hei'