The Detroit times., 1912-12-14
CAST ASIDE,
WOMAN SHOOTS
GAY FRENCHMAN
Among Woman Figures in Trag-
T" edy in Fashionable Dis
trict in Paris
DE MUM, VICTIM. RACING
MAN, AERONAUT. CLUBMAN
Marie Barnes-Creel Flees Paris,
But Probably Will Not
BE Prosecuted

PARIS, Dec. l4.--Friends Of Mrs
Marie Van Rensimer Barnes. or Greet
me beautiful blonde New York a.
yorcee. who shot Walter de Mumm
aeronau:, clubman. racing man anu
connection OF the famous wlnemakers
l today expected her 10 return TO Paris
1t was learned that the young Amer
lean dld not give up her sumptuous
apartment when she ned TO LONDON
out merely locked IT,, retaining thf
key,
IL is doubted very much Ii Mrs
Barnes, as she called herself here
would be prosecuted II she returned
TO france, for the De Mumm family
. IL was known would not relish the
notoriety OF criminal prosecution. Ii
De Mumm, brother OF the wounde
man, today was busy trying 10 hush
up the scandal, and il was believed
that the woman would not be mo.
Tested.
The versions OF the affair in the
cafes. on the bouleyards and in the
newspapers. for all Paris was saIkin2
or little else, varied considerably IA
details, but all OF them agreed that
the wealthy De Mumm paid consid-
cradle attention TO Mrs Barnes. whose
apartments are In the Rue des Bellies
Feuilles, in the fashionable Passy dis
trict
People talked. The talk reached the
ears OF II. De Mumm. and the other
De Mumms, They demonstrated with
Walter De Mumm, and he agreed 70
break OF with the fascinating Amer
ican. That is. he agreed with his rela-
lives and with himself, but apparently
he overlooked the beautiful Mrs.
Barnes, while he was settling the
status OF their future relations
He called on Mrs. Barnes in her
apartments, and told her that their
Citations were broken of. Mrs Barnes
WAS not complacent She did net
kcquiesce. She poured forth a tor.
rent OF protest and denunciation. and
|bunctuated her remarks with two bull
lets from a jeweled revolver that she
took from a chiffonier. De Mumm fell
% the floor with a bullet in his abdo.
men and another in his breast
Mrs. Barnes, hysterical, summoned
n. De Mumm. and a doctor and Inen
led to London De Mumm was placed
n private hospital The bookings
bf his race horses were cancelled and
I was given out that he had been in
ured In an automobile accident
Mrs. Barnes right name Is Mrs.
George II. Creel, Jr She is the
laughter OF Mrs. Edward Van Renslm-
r, OF New York, and recently was di-
'orced here from Creel wealthy
Dung South American. She Is %
ears old, and when Is was married
o David Barnes, OF Baltimore She
ivorced him when she was IS, and
AS a child. who now is eight years
I'D.
Walter De Mumm, q years old. was
America at the time OF the 1910 in
ernational balloon races.
The fascinating Mrs. Barnes was
ways plentifully supplied with
honey, which apparently came from
merica, surmised TO be alimony. The
oncierge at her apartment today said
hat Mrs. Barnes at frequent and reg
lar intervals received registered let
es bearing the return mark OF firm
lawyers OF Buffalo, y. Y.
She was lavish spende, dressed
Rultlessly and magnificently. and won
reputation for lavishness at Max
II dllu OlucI VI Nhab IlNl
partment was luxuriously furnished,
hd her gowns were at once the won
er and despair OF the Franco-Ameri-
AN set. In which she moved.
The authorities apparently were GER
lin that Mrs. Barnes was in London.
ut no steps were taken looking TO her
ktradition
De Mumm could not be located to-
hy.
At Neuilly hospital, whittier news
arer stories said the wounded man
as taken, Ii was positively denied
TAT nc was there. Other hospitals
ade similar denials. H. De Mumm.
rother Of Walter De Mumm could
ot be found, and friends OF the De
umm family were discreetly silent.
There was a rumor that Mrs. Barnes
as shot twice by De Mumm. before
be shot him, and that she herself was
ing dangerously wounded in some
bspltal There was no confirmation
this
La Patrie's account of the AFFAIR
lid that De Mumm was seriously
lrt and might not recover. Other
|urnals said that his wounds were
BIT dangerous because of the toy-like
re OF the revolver used by Mrs
arnes.
IOTHER &c ACCUSED