The Washington herald., 1921-12-02
FlANCEE IS DYING,
SHOT BY GUN IN
'BLUEC0AT'S HAND
Jolts Weapon to Tease
Him-AbsOlves Police
man of Blame.

.Allyhe NJ. Brown, pretty 22-year-
old telephone operator, Is dying in
Emergency Hospital with a bullet
wound in her abdomen fired from
revolver in the hand of Private
]. j. Fisher, of the Eighth precinct
police, to whom she is engaged to
be married next February, while
they were toying with the weapon
in the girls home, s14 Sixth street
northwest. about 1850 o'clock last
night.
The revolver blazed its deadly
charge as Fisher, preparing to de-
part. was reloadlng the weapon.
playfully unloaded by his fiancee. In
broken statements the girl told pO-
lice last night as she was prepar-
ing to undergo an operation that
she had pushed the revolver while
attempting to tease Fisher.
AS she was taken to the operat-
ing room in Emergency Hospital.
Miss Brown pleaded with officials
to allow Fisher to be with her as
she underwent the operation. The
policeman had already been placed
under arrest and was being taken
TO pOllCc wv ehN
quest was granted and he MAS al
lowed to return. as the woman he
had hoped to marry next February
was placed under anaesthetic for
an operation which the doctors de-
clared most critical and the chances
for success most doubtful. At an
early hour this morning her con-
dition was pronounced very criti-
cal.
When his stricken fiancee fell to
the floor. Fisher picked her up and
rushed for his machine in front OF
the residence. He was Joined out
side by S. NJ. Grant. S12 Sixth street
northwest who heard the shot and
vent to investigate. The pair rush
ed the girl to Emergency Hospital.
where Fisher surrendered himself
to police after placing the girl in
the care of physicians.
The couple had been engaged for
almost a year. according to Mrs. Ida
Knott, mother of the girl, who was
called to the hospital from a friend :
home. where she was visiting at
the time of the accident As Mrs
Knott entered the hospital. she brok e
down in Fishers arms. who was al
ready under guard of police Mrs.
Knott, as her daughter. was quick
to absolve Fisher of all blame when
she had been told tho facts
Fisher was quizzed for thirty
minutes at police headquarters.
where he was taken by Detectives
Springman and Darnall He told a
clear story, police say, and he was
turned over to Lieut.. Reilly, of the
Eighth precinct for the night, to
be held pending an Investigation
and the outcome of the girls in
juries. He was not charged on the
police blotter
Fisher and Miss Brown had been
at the home for about an hour and
he was preparing to leave when the
girl playfully pulled the revolver
from the holster, according to Fish
cr's story. She removed the cart
ridges. While reloading the re-
volver il was accidentally explod
ed. Police believe the girl acci-
dentally Fishers arm while he was
reloading the weapon.
Fisher and Miss Brown, accom-
panied by her sister, frankie, and
mother, Mrs. Knott. had been visit
ing friends earlier in the evening,
the couple returning to the home
early after taking the sister to a
party.
Miss Brown is chief instructor
with the Cb ssapeake and, Potomac
Telephone Company. Fisher has
been a member of the, police force
for three years. He is "a years old
and resides at 1910 Sixth stree,
northeast