Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-26
SHOT BY HIS WIFE
| FOLLOWING PARTY
| At ACTRESS HOME
Oscar A. Hirsch Wounded
After Evening at Rene
Davies Residence.
FIRING OF REVOLVER
PRECEDED BY QUARREL
Sister Of Movie Star Had Re.
tired Before Disturb.
ance on Lawn.
WIFE SPENDS NIGHT ~ CELL
snys Victim Had Kept Her Prinoner
-Four Days and struck
Her.
FIRING OF REVOLVER
PRECEDED BY QUARREL
WIFE SPENDS NIGHT ~ CELL
snys Victim Had Kept Her Prinoner
-Four Days aud struck
Her.
lBy United .HewsI

FREEPORT, l. /. June 25.-cscar
A. H!rsch wealthy head OF a big
electrical concern. is in hospital
suffering from i bullet wound In the
neck, and his witc. Mrs Hazel
Hrsch. reputed beautiful. IL at liberty
under s".5oO bail. after being
charged with the shooting, follow
ing party Il: the home OF Rene
Davies late Saturday Night,
Rene Davies is a sister ot Marion
Davies. Both are movie actresses.
Mrs. ii!rsch was .rralsncd before
= justice OF the peace a, an early
hour sunday. and held without DsEl
until afternoon
Said To iin,- 0unrrcIcd.
1h. shooting occurred on the
lawn OF tn" homc oC Rene Davies.
iirsch and ais wife Hro said to
have quarrci"d. lie il accused o.
having struck her and she Is said TO
have =ho; him with small callbcr
revolver
when tho trouble occurred. ,c,re
OF the guests Of Miss Davies already
had lest. Others were in .-out OF
the house.
Here l. an account OF what oc-
Cured. given by Magistrate Dourls.
father OF the Davies sisters. TO sac
authorities:
heard .the report. /; soundcd
like bursting tire. The next i;j,tns
heard was the cry of a man. I'm
shot. The--dld il. I'm killed. I'm.
bleeding to dea TIL"
Sent for the Police.
II rushed out and found q man
bleeding from the mouth and head
on the from, lawn. .aen scpt 10.
the police aud tnrn Went uIt and
saw a woman running away.
she was shouting. / didut DO *.
: had 10 do II he forced m. To do
~ Then she threw herself on the
ground and kicked and screamed"
Dourss said That when he Hrst saw
Mrs. Hirsch She had no blood ON hor
face. but later sne had blood floN
ing from = wound which sh. said
!, her husband had inflicted
Rene Davies explained lha, ;h,.
iiirschs were invited guests" ,t e
avn party, aud tha; She had gon.
10 bed when the shooting occurred.
J>epi Prisoner.
Mrs NsrscIi told me that her hus-
hand had kent her n prisoner in her
home for four days had given her
little food and drink and when lie
picked on me I didn't know what l
did" Miss Davies told the authori-
ties.
Hirsch is not in a serious condi
tion. and is expected to leave the
hospital Monday. The bullet which
struck him entered one cheek. severed
plate OF false teeth. passed throuc n
the other check, and lodged in his
shoulder. He formerly was the
atrical promoter.
Twenty-Five or thirty guests wer,
a, the party. Miss Marion Davies
was not among them. she said a, h,
home. and knew nothing OF what nad
happened.
Mrs. Hirsch went to her home i'm
mediateiy after the shooting and
was taken from there by police 10
the Mineoia TAIL at O'Clock n ne
morning. She was released On hai,
sunday afternoon. Her husband was
sent 10 the hospital in an ambulance.
lIirsch is As. his wife =.
George NJ. Levy. counsel for Mrs.
liirsch, declared thai neither sn. nor
her husband was responsible at the
tiine OF the shooting. Levy said they
mad been drinking and that there was
no use In trying to conceal the fact.
According 10 Levy. lIirsch left the
nome of Miss Davies. and his wife
went nome. but failed to find him
there. She prepared for bed but later
shpped polo coat over her night
gown and started to look for Hirsch.
she encountered him coming home.
According to Levy. Hirsch had in
his hand small pistol, and this went
Oft when Mrs. Hirsch endenvored to
take IL away from him.