New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-08
KILLS HIS WIFE IN DUEL.
Brooklyn Man Says She Shot HIM
First-lSister a Witness.

According 70 the story told py OeuNO4 -
s;ns q dis cutter and steel letter nlaIiuAels -.
hluss 49, .na ttned Jessie Hopkins. his wife IN
,,oa.-ly-n Yesterday morning, her death was Ihs
-asrlt ~ a duel in which she fired the nrst sh0~
: =. t.s q nsstol shot wound in his left hand Wheh
=. - -, ,nto the Adams-st. station with nus own
80, sftlf cl,Itched in the other HAND.
49, Ts1nsa r3ruyn Of Walden. n Y, sister %
- -. ,snnenea to be in the fat when the
.-sss,v took place corroboTates his version %
-. hsd occurred. After married me 1ose'.oA
= .tgr4v-aVe years the couple separateo siA VEGAS
-. Their differences are said to nave aIlsea oee'
-sy matters and because OF the hus0s'iiU va
n ...o,onle jealousy Of his son. who was nus
MOI Ia last night that Hopkins was regarded
-,,-S.,, unbalanced at times. He talked IN
- fashion about his WIFE, declaring Inat ie 4i.N1
.A.ss much q his property to her. ana 'n@1 sle
- +y,ng to set rio Of him. she wanted - toisol
~as go -, one occasion, and 1t was ruInoreo
him. ne go - bis rambling moods he had even
thal II = .. eboot her. Be that as 1t may MIS-
1hIes.e-S - been warned and had purchased tne
-, nth which she IS supposed 10 AAN9 siA0N
-. teband in the hand yesteroaS' A..
her 4us1 -, sister of Hopkins, says that MRS
MS = .-.rt several weeks at her home In Wal
AopAilS - and at times seemed TO be almost
o14i sLe seemed to think that she was not se'-
cta1' ,7cb money from the income OF her aus
- - ,ro7,srty as should rightfully pelohs u ne
1,,,-n tried 20 persuade her that II was Iooi-
3Iler living uepE--s -SA - -
80 srste over money matters, when they pom
= cb more than enough TO keep them COM
E+.bIy the remainder of their lives MIS- flog
-, ssts. however that she did not tElnk she eouAO
- 60 hack 10 her husband.
ever ? eai5 that Hopkins, in addition to talking
- his wife had said many bitter things ABOUT
= W EoDke of No. 81 Greene-aFe-' VINO
- many years was the family physician. III
[Jpla refused 10 talk about it last nlSht' puI ue
MED report that he had brought suit for Sio'VO'
for SANDER against Hopkins his TRENDS say '-al
what Hopkins said about him only showed that me
is-e-s mind was so affected that he did not Kno"
zrlaf he was talking about at times - nc
Honkins is htty-ilve years old, ana ms VIE VIC
,,ysaTrIed man is thirty-two years Old he IS III
The rubber stamp business at 10. - If roller
49, yyas counsel for Mrs. Hopkins but ne Sald
81, irbf maj he would rather not discuss her
last .lls sfsi1+s person in his Office is authority
Ffor the statement that Mrs. Hopkins mad nor Sus-
gesIe9 se ks5rneiy was at the desk the Adams
x station al 10 O'Clock yesterday ii1of5lIh, n,
~ e,afiion house In his right hand was re,
voIver From the other hand stream Oh D40o1
We" VS. have lust been shot by my wife. he said hold
ing up the WOUNDED hso, "a, an, Ia. md am afraid
self-defence. Ny gun Is a bg one tii" a. Tohn
she is badly injured II happened Al ~. 40 IL
telephone TO send IN cans Ior an ir 70 the
sent TO the Johnsonst house ana anoSileI 70 5L9
station house Sergeant Kennedy ana tlIee o.
feefes were sent to The scene of the shooting Win
al N sp Kris Honkinss fiat on the third floor they
found her body at the further end OF the pffvstle
hail An autopsy held IN the afternoon showed
1hat the woman had been shot three tunes, anu
that arv one of the wounds would nave pIoEEeu
fatal One bullet went through the heart ahoILe s
Tierced the left lung and another entered me boo!
On the right side and went through SeIseaLI
Kennedy picked Mrs. Bruyn out OF a croWQ OF Pc
sons who had been attracted by the SOUND OF L4e
shooting Fhen she admitted that she was the o4iy
witness Of the tragedy -
With her husband Mrs. Hopkins was all ready TO
eo out even having her hat on and her shopping
bag in her hand, when ring came al the pen.
Mrs Hopkins went to the door she ulteIeq az
exclamation Of surprise, and then began 10 shoot
with pistol which she had evidently oeen carrying
5r her handbag. Then there was the SOUND or a
vvesDon Of heavier calbTe three more shoIs
we're fired Mrs. Bruyn says she ran AFTER tle
retreatine man and found, as she had suspected
that II was her brother. Then she went back into
he house TO see what she could do for tbs WOUNDED
z[n7nsrl- but a apparently she was dead:
The police say that the story told by HOPKINS
eister He said that he had thoughts Of trouble
when he went 10 the Jolnson-st. house. He had
(alIed 70 give his wife pair Of glasses Inc MN
1Ifs she opened the door, he said she pointed a
nistol al him He raised his left hand TO protect
finlseif and the shot passed through II me
wound is not at all serious. Hopkins sa1o that,
when he saw his wifes revolver. he drew MS own
pyeapon and began to shoot In seif-deIence- he
fr1szT that the first shot took effect, but he had
lost control OF himself by that tlIne, ana nreo TWO
more bullets into his wife's BODY
FTonlZins will be arraigned in the Adans-st court
this morning and held pending the coroner's in