Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-07
Another Shooting
OF Mar, by Wife
Recorded tuesday,

She shot me because I wOuldn't
SIS her" moaned Max Deitch. we'll
hown Atlanta restaurant man, as he
" Wednesday morning in bed at
|rady hospital, suffering from bull
1t wound over his right ear.
Yes. [ shot him, but / can't talk
bout it, ] can't tell you why" de
Jared Mrs. Deitch, a gray-haired
|otherly woman of forty-two, as she
1t in the matron's ward at the po-
lee station. surrounded by her three
bildren and by other relatives
These were the only two state
|ents made blythe principals in the
kcond husband-and-wife shooting
! Sc to stir Atlanta in the last week.
The first came Sunday morning,
|hen Mrs. Rosalie Alexander Lee,
young bride of four months. shot
er husband, Asa S. Lee, at their
bme in Ormewood Park.
Neither Shooting Fatal
The second happened after mid
] light Tuesday, when Mrs. Deitch,
/ no has been married twenty-five
bars, shot Mr.. Deitch in his bedroom
their home, Apartment A, ia
sorrest avenue.
Neither 7hooting was fatal. Mr..
ZEE, according to reports from his
kdside Wednesday morning, is like
to recover from the bullet wound
his left lung, and his young wife,
BID at the county Jail, may shortly
released on bond.
Mr.. Deitch was not wounded as
Z rious1y as was thought at first. He
hs shot only once, instead of three
mes, as was first reported. and
ke wound is but little more than
flesh wound.
The shooting of Mr.. Deitch is sur
bundled with mystery.
Family Well Known
Deitch has lived in Atlanta for
Ikteen years, and he and his family
lie known to hundreds of people
Sroughout the city.
Mrs. Deitch was born in Kobryn,
|ussia, where she was married to
zeitc1 when she was twenty years
la. She was educated there and
Moscow, and is said to be wom-
of culture and refinement, speak
q live languages, Jewish. Russian,
|blish, Czecho-Slovak and English,
lie latter with an accent.
Joe, their oldest boy, who Is nine
en- and in business with his father
as born in London, where the
bitches lived three years. They
me to New York;. where Tilly, now
venteen years old and a student at
numerical High school, was born.
fga they came south. Herman, the
bungest son, was born in Chatta-
Soga, soon after his father entered
ksiasss in Atlanta. Herman is fiji
en- years old and goes to Tech High
hool.
"Another woman" limited At
Deitch was in the saloon business
Atlanta before prohibition. He
kned saloons at various times at
Decatur street, "a Pryor street
bd in the Kinball house. litter
ohi5ition, he opened the Liberty
lie at IS Marietta street. Recently
moved to "Max's Cafe" "a Luck
street. Deitch is said to be
ea1thy.
The family had lived at 174-A
brrest avenue since last September.
here, from neighbors in the apart
lent, it was learned that the married
Ee of the Deitches has not been
&ppy in the last few months. Neigh
brs said there was suspicion OF
Hnother woman" and that Mrs.
bitch had confided to them her jeal-
$sy. They said they had seen Deitch
1t riding with the "other woman"
Id that Mrs. Deitch told them
Glitch had offered her "everything
had IL she would let him leave
&r. The neighbors said that Mrs.
bitch was very unhappy, because
still loved Deitch devotedly.