Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-21
CRAzED BY DRINK,
MAN WOULD STAY
johnson Lowe, Aged so. Wounds His
Step Daughter and Attempts
10 Hill Her Husband.
FORMER is SHOT IN THE ARM
Woman in Hospital in Serious Condi-
ion-Thirty- fifth Street Home
Scene Of Battle.

Maddened by drink. Johnson Lowe.
aged 60. last evening fred two bullets
into the arm of his step-daughter,
Mrs. Jennie Lobre, and attempted to
kill her husband. Victor Lebre, at
their home on Thirty-ffth street and
Twenty-frsU avenue. Lebre says that
Lowe had been drinking heavily and
was not himself at the time Of the
shooting.
Physicians report the condition of
Jennie Lebrc to be serious, but they
believe. however, that she viii recov-
err The woman is now in the Moline
city hospital.
Lowe is in the county Jail. He was
partially stunned by a blow over the
head with a club in the hands Of Lebre,
but later escaped He was captured
by Constable Ira NeIs Pierce,
Lebre escaped being shot by for
tunato accident. Lowe fred at him $
he was running and a the moment tho
shot was fired the running MAJ
stumbled and fell the bullet whistling
over his head. Before Lowe could
shoot again. Lebre gained his feet and
felled the crazed man with a club.
According to the story told by
Lebre. Lowe, who boards with the
semi-intoXicated condition.
When he entered the house he be
came abusive, cursing Mrs. Lebre and
her children, and even his wife,
il is said Mrs. Lebre ordered him out,
saving she could tolerate him no lon
ger.
Lowe went upstairs. When he re
turned to the room where the family
was he again became abusive.
Mrs Lebre advised her mother to
leave, and the elderly woman started
TO go.
A scream. as she reached the door,
warned her daughter.
He has a gum" the older woman
called.
It was true While upstairs, Lowe
had taken his revolver, a 38 calibre
weapon. and loaded it. His wife,
screaming, ran out of the house.
Mrs Lebre. however, was not so
easily daunted She wrestled with
her step-father despite his 200 pounds
Of weight He fred twice, both bullets
entering her arm.
Battle Through House.
Although bleeding from her wounds,
Mrs. Lebre continued the struggle. The
Hrink-crazed man and wounded woman
fought through the door out into the
yard In the meantime Lebre, who had
been mixing mortar in the yard, had
heard the shots.
He glanced up and saw the strugg-
ling couple close to him. He aimed
a blow at Lowe with his hoe, but the
implement caught in clothes line.
Then the Infatuated old man, stand
ing within a few feet Of Lebre. pointed
the gun directly at his sOn-in-law. The
latter tried to run.
His hoe was still entangled in the
rope and as he ran the clothes line
broke and Lebre fell. sprawling on a
pile OF lumber The bullet whistled
over his head Had the line not brok-
en-. Lebre says, he would have been
hit.
As he gained his feet he seized a
piece of lumber He swung it around
striking Lowe and knocking him TO the
ground. The gun dropped from his
hands and Mrs. Lowe picked it up.
Lebre looked at his assailant, and
decided he was unconscious, so he
went into the house to telephone the
police. When he returned Lowe had
disappeared
During the quarrel the children had
run from the house and were in the
yard screaming Lebre ordered them
TO return to the house. When the po-
cited group of neighbOrs. Mrs. Lebre
was hurried to the Moline city hospi
tai. where her wounds were cared for.
The police were unable TO find Lowe.
Some one told them he had been seen
circling about some houses. Cellars
were searched, but the man had dis
appeared
Constable Ira Pierce had heard OF
the shooting scrape. He took a taxi
cab and hurried towards the scene. AS
the machine passed Sugar Hollow he
saw a form bending close to the
ground
He ordered the driver Of the taxi to
stop and jerking out his revolver as he
ran he commanded the man to throw
up his hands. 1t was Lowe, crouch
ing to avoid being seen.
Put Under $4,000 Bond.
The constable took his captive to