The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-16
Woman and
Other Man
Bluffs Salesman A d'miis
Shooting Wife and Dance
Companion Gives Self
Up 10 Police.
Son Told Of Attentions

Two men ara held In the city Iall
at Council Bluffs and ono man and
a woman are In hospitals IN the re.
suit u the shooting after midnight
Hnturd0y at Twcntythird street and
Third avenue, when two omnhl men
ana two Council Buns women we're
surprised IN an automobile by the hus.
band II one Of the women.
John H. Hcifschnolder. 2s1O Fourth
avenue a clerk for the Master Gales
company of omaha, came 10 police
headquarters IN Council tauns nt $50
yesterday morning ~ was arrested
for investigation when he admitted
firing the shots which wounded hls
wife, Frances. and Fred Wimermnfk.
2i1G Douglas street, Omaha, her com.
p0nlon
IN the automobile with wimermaris
and Mrs Rcfschnoider were Waiter
y. Brown, Leonard hotel. Omaha. ana
Hazel Young. wife ~ Robert Young.
50l5 Avenue g. In scuJfle with
Brown after the shots were fred.
Kclfschncldor dubbed the Omnhn man
over the head with his revolver, In.
nlcting deep cash IN his rcnlp.
"GIad ! Did H."
- shot them and I'm glad did H."
said kelfschnoider when told NJ the
Bluffs station that Wimermork IN
lying Ia the Lord Lister hospital iu
Onnha with three bullet wounds snd
That Mrs. Reifschncidcr IL in Jennie
Edmundson hospital IN the Buns.
also wounded II didn't intend to
Hi my wife but ! meant 10 hit her
with n buJletm he said also.
Heifsehneider told police that he
had received information from sever
al sources that Wimernark ana
Brown had been paying attention 10
his wife and Mrs. Young. lie SAID
that he left town and returned un.
expectedly for the purpose Of trapping
them. His son, Andrew. i. told him
that the mother frequently went
away IN the car with Wimermark and
Brown and that they stopped on the
corner block from the home when
they returned according to his state.
ment.
Waited for Party.
Rclfsehnelder says that nc waited
on the corner at midnight for the
return Of his wife and her companions
and that he stood watching them for
several minutes before he approached
the machine and began firing. Winner
mark Jumped from the automobile
when the first bullet struck him In the
shoulder and ran north on Twenty.
third street. The irate husband nrod
two more shots at him, one striking
him IN the leg and the other IN the
back.
As Mrs. Rcifschneider attempted TO
leaye the car, her back toward her
husband, he fired at her. The bullet
struck her IN the hip and lodged IN
her spine. She, too, ran north along
street and disappeared.
Mrs. Young had escaped from the
machine and had run away when Ref.
schneider stopped firing and was al.
lacked, he says by Brown, who was
driving the machine.
The two men scufiicd and the hus.
band struck the Omaha man over the
head with the butt end OF his gun 1t
lazed Brown, who had climbed back
INTO his automobile and had driven 10
A garage at Twenty.fourth street and
when police arrived on the
scene Of the shooting.
StumbIes Into Home.
MY God help me. I'm IN trouble"
noaned Mrs. Reifschneider as sne
through the back door at the
lome OF Q. b. Holiday. 23l3 Second
venue, block from the shooting
rhe door had been left unlocked and
/ night light was burning in the
iitohen. Mrs. Holiday was aroused
~ the noise and arose TO assist the
wife.
Il was not acquainted with Mrs.
}eifschnelder,n said Mrs Holiday
yesterday "but ! knew her by sight.
nvng seen her pass my home fire.
uently ! asked her what the
rouble was and she said her hus.
and had shot her as she was gettinr
ut Of an automobile. She said she
vas afrnid he would follow her ane
III her
nr u, G. Ilnnkey. 2e2g West
was called 10 the Holiday
ome 10 attend the woman lie took
er 10 Jennie Edmundson hospital ia
lis ear whore he operated aud re-.
lovcd the bullet from her back. Then
e drove to the police station and ~
.-rIuI lhn nDntlrr..l..