The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-18
WOMEN AVENGE WRONGS BY SHOOTING
ONE IS DEAD
IN TRAGEDY;
TWO DYING

One Memphis policeman is
dead, two other persons prob
ably fatally wounded, and a
woman is locked up in Jail
as a result of feminine wrath
invoked by two women who
welded pistols Sunday and
Monday mornings.
The dead:
IKE KAHN, 40, traffic Of
ticcr.
The wounded
Miss Maud Kline, y, 35+
South Second street
Ncely {. Carter, 28, blood
hound officer.
Officer Kahn was shot and instantly
killed Monday morning at 1;45 o'clock
by Miss Maud Kline. his sweetheart.
police say, in his rooms at 20S South
Second street, as the elimination OF =
tit OF jealousy over the victims enter
tanning a crowd Of actors and actresses
from the Orpheum theater,
Finding the man she loved apparent
| from his holster and shot herself
through the chest She Is at st,
Joseph's hospital in a critical condition,
Police state Miss Kline was incensed
over kahn's intatuation for a young
actress. lie had met the Kline woman
mnnihC n nn0AA
| her present of the weapon with
! which he was slain. Police say II was
his habit to, entertain theater people
| almost nightly
| the party together, and telephoned the
Kline woman that he WAS entertaining.
| He did not invite her Angered, police
say, Miss Kline armed herself and left
for Kahn's house two blocks away,
,o,I u met him at the door" Miss Kline
He ordered me back down stairs. ask
ing me what business ] had TO Inter.
fere with his affairs, When | refused
TO 90, he tried to push me back Then
! got, out my pistol and he tried to
~ don't remember anything msse,
except that | heard tha Ahot. had
s,slksssd him to come With me, But he re-
Police have learned that Kahn was
playing hand organ 70 add TO tho
merrment when Miss Kline knocked
on the door. Witnesses to the tragedy
told Emergency Officers White and
| Taylor that the woman demanded ot
Kahn with which one OF the actresses
| he was In love.
After the shooting of the officer, Joe
Morris, a merchant of South Main
street, according to police, forcibly took
the weapon from the Kline woman,
| finding It necessary to break two OF
| har fIN.r hnF lh hAatn lnin
Of the weapon. Miss Kline fell upon
the inert Kahn's body. according to tho
officers, implOrng him to speak TO her,
| Noticing his pistol. which had not
been removed from his pocket, she
| ierked 1t out and shot herself In the
breast Internes at the hospital say
| her chances for recovery are slim.
Neely c. Carter well-known blood
hound officer, is at St Joseph's hos
pital with three bullets In his body as
legged fight with his pretty wife, Mrs.
Nellie Carter. Is years old,
| one bullet pierced his intestines. an
other broke his right shoulder and the
third went through the flesh Of his
cheek Physicians have practically
Mrs. Garter was arrested by sergt.
Brinkley and Emergency Officers
White and Taylor, and is detained in
Matron Walaces police headquarters
pending the outcome Of Carter's in
jurles.
Charges Abuse,
Her story to POLICE Monday was that
she had suffered more beatings at the
hand of her husband than she could
| endure.
He came home Saturday afternoon
from Chief Burney's farm she said,
and went out again about o'clock
| q ,l..tt r., koa haa fnr n
four years OF our married life. accusing
me OF unjust things, but ! never told
anybody--not even my mother
when he came. back at 2;So o'clock
Sunday morning, he was dead drunk;
who it was. lie replied It's me, by
God; who do you think IT is-your
man? Any woman would get angry at
such an insult.
when let him in, he grew. more
choking me until ! could hardly speak.
He grabbed his pistol and, pointing II
at my chest, pulled the trigger, 1t
didn't fire.
"He eyed the revolver suspiciously.
demanding all the time OF me, VINO nag
aside, after 1t failed to shoot, and told
me he would fight a fist fight with me.
Then told him to stop where he was
Il managed to get between him ana
| the pistol, GRABBED IL anu l pOiHteu ~
at him tIe kept coming. ! shot.
I'm sorry he is hurt, but then,
guess, it had to be done, could stand
such brutal treatment no longer
Mrs c. r knowiton, roomer in
the house. told police she heard Carter
come in at the early morning hour.
and that when attracted by the sounds
of pistol shots she heard Mrs, Carter
cry Nicely! Neely'" in shrill voice,
as II in distress
Mrs. Knowlton told the police she
started down the hall and met Mrs.
Carter who was sobbing and who
swooned in her arms, Roomers found
Carter lying on the floor in pool OF
blood The pistol used was Carter s
heavy revolver. which he used to fol-
low his bloodhounds on numerous calls
into Tennessee. Mississippi and Arkan-
sas.