The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-09-23
Peter Leickem rs Years Old
Target for Shots Fired by
His Wife on Tuesday.
NIFE HELD UNDER $500 BOND
Three Bullets Were Fired and Two Of
Them Went Through Front Door of
the Leickem Home on Grover Street
aged Husband Wants Divorce Now.

The domestic relations Of Mr. and
Mrs Peter Leickem, an old couple re-
siding at $50 Grover street, reached
the acute stage on Tuesday afternoon
when Mrs. Mary Leickem, who is
fifty three years Of age, was arrested
by Police Officer Feldschau charged
with assault to do bodily harm to her
seventy six year old husband. When
the officers reached the house Leickem,
who is q veteran of the civil war and
an old resident Of Kenosha, was highly
excited. His wife had fred three shots
with a revolver and he asserted that
all Of them had been meant for him.
The old veteran had been under fire
many times during his long army
service, but bullets of ''RebsV and
bullets of an angry wife he declared
were different matter.
Mrs. Leickem was brought before
Judge Randall in the municipal court
this morning and arraigned on the
was not guilty and the preliminary
hearing Of the case was set for next
Tuesday. Mrs. Leickem returned to
jail being unable to furnish bonds Of
five hundred dollars demanded by the
court. In court she made pathetic
appeal to her aged husband to forgive
and forget and take her back home
again, but the old veteran with a
little of the fire of "61 = still running
in his veins, vigorously declared that
he was through with her and that he
was seeking divorce right away.
The stories of the shooting as told
by the husband and the wife are at
variance Leickem told the police that
he was standing in front of the house
discussing the war with neighbor
when his wife threw open the door
and began firing. She fred one shot
with the door open and two more af-
ter the door had been closed. The door
had holes in it made by bullets from
a thirty eight calibre revolver. Leic-
ken insisted that his wife had been
y.
He declared that she had been drink
ing heavily and had made life miser-
able for him for two days. He de-
clared, however, that just previous to
the shooting he had not quarreled with
her, but that she had thought that he
was talking about her to the neighbor
The woman sobbed bitterly in court
She declared that she had no intent
to do her husband any wrong and that
She had never had revolver in her
hand before and did not know that it
was so easy on the trigger.
The revolver used by Mrs. Leickem
belonged to her husband and it had
been hidden away in trunk in one
Of the rooms in the house Leickem
declares that the wife got the revol-
yer with view of frightening him
and the police are agreed that she
accomplished this purpose Leickem
was decidedly nervous in the court
room this morning and he refused
to have anything to do with his wife
insisting that the CLAW must take
its course.
Before her marriage to Leickem the
wife was Mrs Mary Pullman and she
had something of police record.
Last January Leickem and Mrs. Pull
man eloped to Waukegan where they
were married Relatives of the old
man protested against the marriage.
Since the marriage Leickem has had
troubles of his own He declared to
his friends that his wife had sought
to have him make deed of gift for
the transfer of his property to her
AID that when he had refused to make
snch deed trouble started. Mrs.
Ieickem told the sheriff that her hus-
band had been unfaithful to her and
insisted that he had been keeping com
pany with a French woman Leickem
declared that she had repeatedly made
this accusation, but that there was
absolutely no ground for it.
The shooting caused lot Of excite
ment out in the Grover street district
of the city and it was at first report
ed that Leickem had been killed.
The old man has always borne the
best of reputation in the city and his
troubles had nearly all matured since
his rather romantic marriage at Wau-
kegan. He asserted today that he had
already consulted attorneys and that
he would seek divorce with the shoot
ing incident of Tuesday as the princi-
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