Arizona republican., 1911-06-09
MAYBE NORMALLY WOUNDED
Her Victim Forgave Her and Declared That She Was Insane Her Previ- ous Arrest on Charge Motive for Shooting.

san Francisco. June S-Dr Frad- erick Kohl, a millionaire physician and prominent society man, was shot and probably fatally wounded today bv Adele Verge, a French maid untiI re- ently in his wife's employ The shooting took place in the entrance or the Grant building. in which the superior courts are located and where Dr- Kohl had gone as a witness III suit recently brought by Miss verge against him and Frank Miller. d hotel manager of Riverside for S0V'VVV Tor malicious prosecution.
 Iqe suit which led to today's trag- edy was the outgrOwth of an incident at the hotel in Riverside where Miss Verge quarreled with d chauffeur. The maid was dismissed from Mrs. kohIs service and arrested at the in stance of Mrs. Richardson, hOusekeep- CT of the hotel. on d charge of in sanity After being imprisoned four days the maid was discharged by the insanity commission.
 Then she came to this city and filed suit against Kohl and Miller for malicious persecution, alleging in her complaint that they had pre- vented her from keeping several po- sitiOns which she had secured by bounding her with private detectives who told her employers she was in- sane.
 Yesterday the suit was called and a motion on behalf of Kohl for non suit was granted. Judge Gosford, who tried the case, ordered that the charge of illegal arrest preferred against Miller should be heard. and it was as a witness in this case that Kohl was present in court today.
 Miller testified in his own be- half that he had ordered Mrs Rich ardson to swear to an insanity com plaint against Miss Verge on ac- count of complaints from the guests of the hotel that she had given indi- cations of an unsound mind. The jury in the case disagreed after be- ing out three hours.
 At the conclusion of the case Kohl and Miss Verge departed from the building in the same elevator. Kohl stopped at a cigar stand in the en- trance to light cigar and Miss Verge left the building. Suddenly drawing revolver from the fold of her dress she turned and fired at Kohl at d distance of a few feet
 The physician staggered into the arms of bystanders and the woman fled up Market street James Leon hardt, the owner of the cigar store. and Frank Graham, KOhrs chauffeur. overlook her and after taking her pistol away turned her over to de- tectives
 At the emergency hospital the wounded man was confronted by Miss Verge and he identified her as his asSaiIant In his statement the physi- elan forgave Miss Verge and declared that he believed her to be insane.
 Miss Verge was taken from the emergency hospital to the city prison. where she was held on the detinue book pending the outcome of kOhls wounds. She is in highly hysterical state tonight. declaring she did not know why she had shot her former employer.
 The wounded physician is the son of Mrs. William C. Kohl herself a very wealthy woman. and his wife was Miss Elizabeth GOdey of Wash iugton. D. C. An examination made bv a number of physicians brought the announcement that on account of his rugged constitution there is slight chance of his recovery.