Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-06
IN DUAL
TRAGEDY LIVED HERE
Sidney Shores. Who Shot Wife
And Self In Baltimore. Was
An Eastport Man
THE WIFE MAY RECOVER

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Annapolis, and especially Eastport,
was shocked to learn Of the tragedy M
\ baltimore. iii which the principal VAS
Sidney Shores who, until a year and
u half ago had made his home d the.
village across the SPA
Insanely Jealous of his hride of four.
months, Shores. who II Ga years old.
shot his wife, Anna shores. AZ. twice
last night at their home. AZ South
East avenue. Highlandtown. while
holding her in his arms. Then he
turned the pistol upon himself and
sent two bullets crashing into his
Train Shores is not expected 10 live.
but his wife has an even chance for.
recovery.
Both were taken to ST Joseph hos
pital. one in the eastern district ans
lulance and the other iii that Of the
northeastern district Mrs, shores has
a tulIet wound III her neck. Another
Inllet. which entered her lett cheek
came put of the right cheek Both
EIullets which shores fired into his
own head entered the right gide of the
face. just fellow the eye and pene-
Efrated the hrain He fired d fifth shot
tut It proLal II went wild. The wo-
man had Erief but terrible struggle
with her husl and cfore she was able
To reak away from him and efore he
turned the pistol ON himself. and 1t is
thought one Ut the shots was fired as
she ran from the parlor Of their home,
where the struggle began Shores
was found lying IN the dining rodn
with Hood flowing from lis Wounds
Two children or the couple. one a
girl. daughter Of Mrs. Shores. and flie
tosher b 10y, son to Shores, each Iy
pTsvioas marriages. were witnesses 10
the tragedy. and ran screaming To the
street Mrs Shores followed Iy 4 rear
door. out into All alley and then into
Pratt street, where she was met y
john a. Werner. who. attracted / y the
screams Of the neighloTs and thel
children or the couple, ran outside
inst in time to assist Mrs Shores into
his store on the corner Of Pratt street
and East avenue The woman held
up traSely and asked for physician |
Shores was unconscious when picks
ed up and al late hour was not ex-
peeied 10 live until morning.
In statement which the woman
nlade she said that shores had cen
insanely jealous Of her almost from
the first few weeks of their marriage.
and that quarrel after quarrel foi-
loved Tuesday night she said. there
Wss another and very litter quarrel,
during which. she alleges. he threat
ened her life Yesterday afternoon,
she said. she left her home during his
absence to find place for herself and
daughter, Dorothy Burkhardt. nj
Years old. as she felt she could not
live with her husband any longer. She
came home about 8 o'clock after q
long search for boarding house, and
the quarrel OF the night Lefore was
feaewed She iegan gathering her
things together to move. she said, /
when he interrupted and. grabbing her
al out the waist with the remark. You
will not leave me aliye!" started
shooting. She screamed and struggled
fl his grasp, but without avail AS he
was about to pull the trigger the sec.
ond time she grabI ed the pistol and
diverted the shot 10 her neck instead
of her head, which probably saved
her life Her left hand was torn by
the trigger and burned BY the powder
.of the charge
Mrs Burkhardt had been a widow
for eight years before meeting Shores.
who went to Baltimore from Annapolis
and was boarding Iii the neighbo borhood
during the war He is a carpenter and
had been at work on neighLoring can
t0nments. Shores is a widower and
has two daughters ID addition to his
I1-year-old son. Sidney Jg. One
daughter. Mrs. Florence stokes, Is the
wife of Samuel Stokes, manager os the
Atlantic and Pacific Tea store on
Main street. while the other. Miss
Myrtle Shores, Ii now with the gov-
#ernment service Id washington, but
formerly with the G. and n TeIe-
phone company. in this city.