Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-18
FIRES FIVE SHOTS AT WIFE,
BUT HITS CAR CONDUCTOR
ID. l.. Lowry Empties Pistol Without
Striking intended Target
Single Time.
BULLET WOUNDS E. II. ORGAN
Street Car Man Half IL Block Away
Receives Stray Pellet in Left Leg.
Woman Flees Fusilutie Until Conn
pletcly Exhausted.

u. l.. Lowry fired five shots at his
wife while standing within thirty feet
of her on the corner of Jefferson Ave-
| nue. and Twenty first Streets late yes
! terday afternoon, and failed to strike
his target. although one OF the bullets
| found mark In the leg OF Conductor
H. r. OrSain. who was on his car nearly
! hair square away. Mrs. Lowry ran
until she fell behind the hedge of the
| triangular park. Lowry outran half
u hundred pursuing men and boys and
escape OrRain was taken to Grace
| Hospital where he was reported rs
being only slightly injured.
The shooting resulted from Mrs.
! Lowry's refusal to return to her hus-
| bands home us he demanded. accord
| ing to the Information which Detec-
tive Gordon Smith obtained. The wife
! refused to live with Lowry several
months ago and, ii is said, has brought
divorce proceedings against him. With
! i'm the last three months she had Lowry
arraiSned in court on a charge of non
support and. according to the police. he
was ordered by the court To contribute
30 4 week to the support OF his wife
| and one small child.
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT
TO MURDER Ills WIFE:
! Detective Smith last night swore out
! warrants against Lowry. charging the
man with fcloniously shooting Con-
ductor Organ and with attempting to
murder his wife The police drag-nct
Was thrown out over the city i'm an
effort to bring about tn. mans arrest
! but up to an carly hour this morning
he had been successful in Guiding cap
ture.
Mis-. Lowry, after running some dis
! lance from the scene Of the shooting,
! was met by Policeman ''Bill" bradley
and conveyed to her home. She soon
hoo M Il l)r Mars i,..ll
4 J.. Boyle was called To attend her. The
! physician found her in state border
/ ing on tho hysterical but succeeded in
| quieting her. According to the story
which tho young woman told the ply
I stefan. she was on her way home from
work when she came, upon her husha nd
AT the corner of Twenty street
! and Jefferson Avenue.
/ MRS. LOWRY DESCRIBES
MEETING WITH HUSBAND
/ "Ilc wished me To promise him r.
! would go back to live with him" Mrs
| Lowry explained. Il refused and we
! had some words. | was about 10 turn
away and continue my way homeward
/ when he suddenly jcrkcd out his pistol
and fred. The bullet whistled close to
me and ran. don't know how many
/ times he fred but it sounded like {,
great number Of times. | ran until
! dropped behind the hedge. ! was al
most fainting. but in II few seconds
! managed to get To my feet and to run
on. y friend happened by at the time
and assisted me in getting home. Just
! previous TO meeting my husband, I had
called at the residence OF Rev. J. J.
Wicker, my pastor, to consult him on
, several matters"
| Conductor Organ informed Detective
smith that the first shot fired by Lowry
! struck him His car. one of the Rich
| mond and Hcnrico Line was passing
along Marshall Street just before start
! ing across the viaduct He had not
! seen the man and woman standing on
'he corner, ana knew nothing OF the
! quarrel until the shot was fired The
conductor collapsed when struck.
! EMPrIES HIS PISTOL.
| At FLEEING WIFE
! Lowry stood in the centre Of the side
walk according to Witnesses and fired
shot after shot at his fleeing wife
/ When his. cartridges were exhausted
ana "a number OF persons began run
ming toward him, he took to his heels
and ran up Twenty Street He
gradually gained on his pursuers and
after he turned into Peasants Street
was lost TO view. Lowry is a boiler
maker 10y trade. hut has been out OF
f, work recently. He is twenty-scvcn
years old ana has been living at 2S12
East Broad Street.
! Ambulance Surgeon Walker was
called to attend Conductor organ and
| Iouhu MN palnfully though not Seri-
ously injured The bullet had passed
/ through the calf Of his left leg but had
not struck the bone. DIR. Walker took
I the man TO Grace Hospital where sur
Econs completed the dressing of the
| wound.
POLICE SAY COUPLE
HAD SEPARATED IN JUNE
/ Mrs. Lowry whose first name is Lii
| Ian, has been boarding at 72l North
| 'rwcnty-third Street. She was taken
there by Policeman Bradley. and IL was
there that DIR. Boyle later attended her
She and her husband. according to the
police. separated in June.
The police predict that Lowry will
be taken into custody some time to-
day. Each of the stations is being
watched. and he will be arrested II seen
by any of the officers, Il description hav-
ing been given TO each. The police are
OF the opinion that they will prove pre-
meditatcd attempted murder, as they
claim TO have evidence to prove that
| Lowry has several times before threat
ened his wife, and that he went to his
boarding place early yesterday after
noon ana secured the revolver. 1t is
also said that he awaited tho coming OF
his wife for some time at the Spot