Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-14
Mrs. Marie Barnes
Turns Weapon on
Walter Mumm.
TWO BULLETS in HER
BODY AS SHE FIRED
Said to Have Been Knocked
Down and Kicked in Face.
Suddenly Disappears.

tions have developed in the sensa-
tional shooting affair of Thursday
night in which Mrs. Barnes, an
American woman, and Walter
Mumm, the weIl-known French
sportsman, were the principals.
Mrs. Barnes, it now turns out, was
shot twice by Mumm before she shot
him. She brought her revolver into
action only after she had been badly
wounded. Every effort has been
made by the, Mumm family to sup
press information in connection with
the scandal.
Mrs. Barnes, it Is said, has not
left France, as was at first stated
but is in a private hospital, where
she is reported to be in dangerous
condition.
According to one version given in
the newspapers today Walter Mumm
and Mrs. Barnes went about together
everywhere during the past year, and
Mrs. Barnes believed Mumm was
about to marry her. Differences,
however, arose between them and
Numm declared his intention of
breaking off his acquaintance with
her. This was on Thursday night, and
the tragic shooting scene followed
Immediately afterward.
AIumm Sent to Hospital.
Mumm, in spite of his wounds, was
able to leave the house without as
sistance. He asked to be driven to a
hospital, and on his arrival sent for
his brother, to whom he related the
details of the tragedy, but refused
to call in the police.
The brother, however, went to po-
lie headquarters and requested that
Mrs. Barnes be expelled from France.
1t is understood a warrant has
been issued for the arrest of Mrs.
Barnes, but unless Walter Mumms
->sndition becomes worse the warrant
will not be put into effect.
Henri Mumm, a brother of the
wounded man. in response to re-
quest for statement said:
I'm a fit Of jealousy the lady shot
Walter with a revolver, breaking his
eollarbone. His condition is not
Grave. Don't ask me anything
more"
Walter Mumm, it appears from the
police commissary's report, attacked
the woman during a violent quarrel
and kicked her in the face and neck.
Within a short time after the ply
sicians had left man called at the
fat, and with the cook, who was the
sole witness of the shooting, helped
Mrs. Barnes down the servants's
stairway into an automobile.
Mrs. Barnes, the man and her cook
then drove off, and no trace Of them
has since been found by the police,
who believe she was driven to sani-
torlum in Paris or its environs. They
are searching all these establishments
Systematically.
The antecedents of Mrs. Barnes
have not yet been definitely estab-
lished by Police Commissary Landel,
who is in charge of the investiga-
ton. She was not registered at the
United States consulate general, and
she seemingly had no acquaintances
in the American colony here.
EASTON, Pa, Dec. 14.-Mrs. Marie
Barnes" whose name is connected
with the shooting of Walter Mumm
in Paris, was. born in Riegelsville,
Pa, small town eight miles south
of this city. She is now about 80
years old. Her maiden name was
Mary Rensimer. She was once en-
ployed in hotel at Easton, but left |
there for New York. She is said to
have lived in Paris a good deal, and |
on several occasions she returned to
Riegelsville to see her family. A
stranger was in Riegelsville yester- |
day looking up relatives of Mrs.
Barnes" Her father John Ransimer /
worked in a local paper mill.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 14.-Harry |
Davis Barnes, of this city, mentioned |
as the first husband of Mrs. Marie |
Barnes, one of the principals in the |
Mumm shooting affair in Paris, de- |
MED today that he had ever been her
husband. Barnes said she was in
troduced to him at Allentown, Pa, |
about fifteen years ago as Mary |
Cleveland Rensimer The last time |
he saw the Rensimer girl was near
ly twelve years ago, in Baltimore, he |