The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-31
"a II W.
SHOT WOMAN
HE'D PURSUED
And Then Attempted to Kill
Victims Father
LATTER SEIZED THE PISTOL
And With Help of Neighbors Handled
Assailant Roughly-yictim, Who
Is Young Married Woman,
Will Probably Die.
LATTER SEIZED THE PISTOL

Cabe, twenty eight years old, the wifi
of j. W. McCabe, manufacturer Of
bricks, who lives at No. s26 Hewitt
place. Bronx, was shot taree times Sat
urday afternoon and seriously wounded
by Samuel Names, twenty.six years old,
OF No. % West Ninety eighth street
The shooting took place in the apart
mcnt OF Mrs. McCabe's father, DIR. Israel
Leyenthal, of No. 81 Glenmore avenue
East New York.
Mrs McCabc's husband is away on a
business trip and the wife was visiting
her parents. She was seated in the
kitchen OF their fiat talking TO her
mother when the door was suddenly
rown open and Names rushed into the
room with pistol in his hand. lie -four.
ished the revolver and pointed it at
Mrs. McCabe She screamed and ran
into the dining room, closely followed by
her mother with Names at their heels.
In this order they ran through two bed
rooms and into the front room. which
DIR. Leventhal uses for an office. Mrs.
McCabe knew that her father had been
there moment before, and it was to
seek his protection that she fed from
/ the rear. But he was not there when
she arrived and she turned and faced
/ Names
Between her and the man was her
mother Names reached over the moth.
er's head and fired his revolver. His aim
was wild and the bullet lodged in the
wall Mrs. McCabe pulled open the front
door and was about 10 escape out into
the hall when she stumbled and fell.
As she did so Mrs. Leventhal threw her
self upon Names and tried to take the
pistol from him. but he knocked her
down and then fired three bullets into
Mrs NtcCabe's back as she lay in the
doorway.
He was still pointing the pistol at her
when DR.. Ieventhal ran in from the
back and grappled with him. The doc
tor had heard another daughter, Flossie.
seventeen years old, scream for help.
lie and Names entered into hand to-
hand struggle for the pistol. They fell
over the body OF Mrs. McCabe and so
struggled out into the hallway They
rolled down the steps and then. still
lighting. they fell into an areaway about
ten feet deep, the older man on top.
Names head hit the stone tagging
and his skull was fractured.
A big crowd gathered quickly and be-
fore Policeman Charles Gerhardt, of the
Liberty avenue station, could reach the
spot from where he had heard the shoot.
ing number OF men and boys were
swarming about Names and beating the
unconscious man. Someone hit him on
the head with blunt instrument.
A police patrol wagon and an smbu-
lance from st. Mary's hospital were
summoned. and when the surgeon ar
rived he bundled Names into the ambu-
lance and attended to him first, as he
was in q worse condition than his vic.
tim.
At the hospital Saturday night it was
said there was slight chance for Names
recovery, but that Mrs. McCabe would
probably get well, although one Of the
bullets had ranged quite close to her
heart. She was conscious and said she
first met Names in the Catskill noun
tains a couple of weeks ago. He told
her he was well acquainted with her
father. When she came back to the city
he came on the same train. After that
he called several times at her house in
the Bronx, and last Tuesday he begged
her to e!ope with him She told l,im to
leave the house, but he pulled out
revolver and said he would kill her if
she didn't run away with him. She man.
aged to get rid of him, she said and
then went over to her fathers house in
East New York, where she remained.
TO see that Mrs. McCahe's house was
all right, DR.. Leventhal went there last
Thursday and found the place in great
disorder. lie was told by the ianitor
Of the apartment that a young man
had called there after the departure of
Mrs. McCabe, forced an entrance and
tore up Mrs MeCabe's dresses and de-
stroyed all OF her clothing he could
find.