The evening world., 1912-03-25
WOMAN WEEPs FREELY As
SHOOTING 10 DESCRIBED.

Mrs.. Nicodemus listened with bowed
head as the Incidents Of the shooting
were gone over and the shooting scene
enacted by the witness who held In
his hand the weapon with which Nico-
demap wal SLAIN At times her tears
came freely and then, with an appaE
hsroeae she had no word to say to
oboe6sNho ~ bsaos her.
0Aye11r IN ne day William A. Whit
"a in told Of Mrs. Nicodsmus making
. 1sstA threat on me night before she
- her husband
Whltnll. who now lives In Albany.
Wsat In company with Frank Nicode-
0ua, her husband. to serve papers In
nivocce proceedings on tho wife on the
aigAt Of Dot. 2 After they met her she
AAllsd Archie Somsrville. her brother.
~ refused to accept the papers. throw
tpg them on the street. and then, accord
~ 10 whitall. turned to her brother
AnA said: "Shoot them. II you are
a1eaiA 10 shoot them, give mo the re-
VaDvor and I will"
. '0esoodsmus stopped his wife and
tashsd to her" said WhitalL 'He was
, - Alk % her Tor . while. and h l
was % serve tho paper. They talked
aps . haif-hour. walking toward Third
aWNnus part Of the time. From the way
GAay acted. I thought there were harsh
vesAs between them"
did MrA Nicodemus call for help
eAat u4ghtf"
sYss after Z served the papers. She
esesd out Helpi Archie. come and help
aDoS'~
M WITNESS TELLS HOW
0s4ooriNo OCCURRED.
sVVAsn I gave Mrs. Nicodemus the
aeensAs continued whitail. II said:
T3sgs = something ] was told to give
You Your husband is suing you for an
Hbeoauts divorce. She dropped the
nuners on the street saying. I don't
6oaaowsd. Mrs. Nicodemus across the
street Ntcodemus came with me. She
Istsu REUSED 70 take n papers and !
l>jd them On her arm. She allowed
chem 10 drop 10 tbs street."
vAeOh1s Somervtlle came up at this
NM and Il was then, the witness said.
tRaA Mrs.. Nicodemus said, ''Shoot
<hamf' A. she turned 10 20 away che
satd 10 her husband: ''I'li get you yeti"
Whitall tes1hed.
Whiteall In answer TO questions Oh
Assistant District-Attorney Frank Moss
aid that when he first met Mrs. Nico'
dsmus In Q house IN East Ono Hundre
and Torty-second street she was intro
ducsd to him as Mrs. Nichols. A youna
man, no said. called on her at the house
sYou went to the lawyers ONCE" ther
asked Nj. Levy, TO make q statement
awsinSt this defendant and swear ava,
her character and her honorf'
Thu witness admitted that no made
statement rejecting on Mrs. Nicodemus
Samuel N. Haberman. a lawyer OF No
20 Broadway. CAV testimony concern
inx the divorce suit brought by Nico
demus against his wife, In which M
acted o. the husbands counsel. lie ma
papers in tho action. He was not at
lorvod 10 disclose their contents.
EuDene J. Gornie. an express driver
An ave witness Of the shooting. was thei
called.
1T was walking along Btebbins ave
ma on Oct. g." said the witness, "whel
7 heard a shot fired. Turning I saw
votn~ man and a woman on the stree
aboIt 800 feet away. The man wa
Handing with his hands up and tn
woman held a revolver. I saw her FIR
two s,ots at tho man as ! ran up. tn
two were about ten feet apart. As
came near the woman she shot her
sew"
dorn!e told OF going over to Nicode
mrs, who said. MY wife shot me,
Then he turned toward Mrs. Nhrndcmus
VINO had walked over on the sidewalk
and trad fallen to her knees, The wit
ness went on to descrihe how tn
\ wounded husband and wife were take
Il 10 the hospital.