New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14
MRS. CLAPP WITH father
Leaves Home of Husband, Whom
She Is Said to Have Shot.
AN ALLEGED CONFESSION
Quoted as Saying She Fired to
Brighten "Blacking King
Heir-Use of Drugs Alleged.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]


Philadelphia. Dec 13.-According to the
| nolica. Mrs. Herbert Mason Clapp made
statement this afternoon in which she ad-
raitted having shot Fcr husband early yes
| terday morning at their apartments out
declared that she only fired the revolver TO
| brighten the "Blacking Kings heir Mrs
| Clam who was freed on bail late last
night. has moved her effects to her father S
! home.
| In her statement Mrs Clapp is quoted as
| saving that the trouble between her ana
her husband began on Sunday morning
when she went to the Hotel Majestic TO get
! a newspaper.
II was not dressed to suit my husband
| Mrs CIapp is represented having said
He wanted me TO wear my leopard SKINS.
refused 1 told him that when people
saw me coming they would refer to me as
! the tiger lady 1 didn't like that.
Then at night we had a quarrel over
| the windows in the bedroom. Mr. Clapp
wanted them shut. I wanted them open.
! Once according to the alleged statement
| Clam went TO the window and looked out
| declaring that some one IN the street hdu
! been talking to his wife.
| There's no one there Mrs. Clapp is
said to have remarked to her husband
/ EariE IN Jl6 MOI llIiIS- at +1b'H'
| Mrs Clamp is quoted as saying. her nus
hand awoke her and beat her. 1t was
about $50 o'clock, according to the ailegeo
! statement. when Clapp drew a revolver
from a bolster and told his wife that ne
| would like to slap her in the mouth with IL
In the statement Mrs. Clapp Is said TO
have declared that she moved to the other
/ side Of the bed to get away from her NUS
hand and that he walked around TO the
/ far side and caught her. holding the re-
volver in front of him.
| She got hold of his hands and turned the
revolver toward the ceiling. Her husband
pulled the trigger and the weapon was dis
! charged. harming 10 one Then they
! struggled for the frearm.
! Finally. the police say. Mrs. Clapp ad-
mits that she grabbed Clapps hands ana
w-rested the revolver from him. Stepping
back. they say. she fired.
i didn't mean to kill him., Mrs, Clapp
is alleged 10 say in the statement l shot
to save myself and l only wanted TO
brighten my husband.
The surgeons at ST. Joseph's Hospital said
to-day that Clapp would recover He Will
leave the hospital before long if no com
plications occur.
The specific charge now lodged against
Mrs tlapp IS assault anu I'd lttiN VIII III
tent 70 kill" Mrs. Clapp spent the night
in the home of her father. Morton Leakeer,
No 6216 Vine street. where she lived be
fore she married. She is out in $500 bail
Mrs Leakeer. mother Of Mrs Clapp. SAID
that the shooting would be forgotten when
Nj Clapo recovered.
This affair will blow over said Mrs
Iaakeer. and Mr.. Clapp and his wife will
be as loving as ever. 1 believe that he Will
think as much of my daughter after his
recovery as he ever did. He loves his wife
and she is devoted 10 him.
Before her alleged statement 10 the po-
lice. Mrs CIapp told Captain of Detectives
Souder that her husband had Quarrelled
with her constantly during the last two
wears. She averred that he had been ad-
dicted 10 the use Of drugs and that he was
not responsible for his statements or actions
at certain times.
The police think it unlikely that Mrs
Clamp sought the death of her husband,
because. they say, her income said to be
81 4oo a month"; ceases at his death. \
friend of tie wounded man says, however,
that while Clapp's income is covered by
deed Of trust created by relatives, the wife
is a party to it. and could in all probability
break it by court proceedings.