Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-18
JEALOUS WIFE
USES A GUN
Attack is Made as Husband Steps
from Street Car

SPOKANE. Wash, Feb. Is.
Filled with jealous rage, Mrs.
George H. Clark fired a number of
shots at her husband, a real estate
and insurance agent, with offices in
the Hyde block. early last evening,
but, although two Of the bullets
struck the lapel Of his coat, he es-
capped uninjured. The bullets
ranged upward and passed out Of
the shoulder of the coat The as
sault occurred on Indiana avenue
and Aston street. Mr.. Clark had
just stepped from car when his
wife drove up in buggy leaped out
and opened fire at close range.
No blood was drawn and Clark
was in a pacific mood when he and
his belligerent wife were brought
into the station by Captain w. s.
Swain and oficer s. B. Layman, who
arrested them at Nora avenue and
Aston street.
II went out to visit Mrs. Minnie
Carraco at 619 Montgomery street
to warn her OF threats made against
her by my wife" said Clark last
night.
"As l was returning and got on
the Aston car at Astor street and In
diana avenue to transfer to an IN
diana car, my wife appeared on the
scene. She and a girl, Sis, drove
up to the transfer point They were
in buggy to which was hitched
Young King Altamont, my fast driv-
ing horse. She got out of the rig
and began firing and talking at me
at the same time.
Threatened Death.
II am not going to say who this
girl is 1 call Sis and it doesn't make
any difference who she is" said
Clark. My wife has been insaneIy
jealous of me for years. She is ieal-
GUS of every woman, and especially
of Mrs. Carraco. She threatened to
kill her on sight, and went out to
her home at 619 Montgomery street
to tell her to be on her. guard.
II do not know how many shots
she fired. ! only know that she shot
me through my coat. This is not
the first time we have had trouble
of this kind. | ran and grabbed her
/ had to throw her down and take
the revolver from her by force. I
thnn lnd hn1. -
and Aston street. where the police
took us in charge. My wife is
good woman. / am ready to 60 her
bail, no matter if it is $4,000. She
is insanely jealous of me and that is
all there is the matter with her"
Mrs. Clark, who is held in the
steel cage, recites different story.
She is pale. fragile woman. with
blue eyes.
This thing has been going on
about four years. she said. MY
husband is unable to resist the temp
tation to go with other women. He
has been following Mrs. Carraco
since three years ago. ! followed
him out to her house and saw him
go In. He saw he was followed and
made his escape out the back way
] saw him go over the fence and get
on the car. I followed him, keeping
up with the street car all the way
to Aston and Indiana. When he go,
on the car he saw me- He knew
had a gun. and he jumped in the
buggy and tried to get 1t from me.
guess the revolver was fired in the
struggle. l don't know how It came
to be discharged. If it had killed
him he would be better on than he
is now. running. as he is continual
ly, after other women
II never shot at my husband be-
fore. Several months ago they said
| shot at him from the ONO build
ing while he was on Sprague avenue.
but only fred in the air. The bull
let must have struck a telegraph
wire and glanced on.
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