Evening star., 1928-03-08
v. c. GLOTHSHO
BY EX-W|FE AS He
VISITS HER HOME
Falls Seriously Wounded as
She Fires Pistol From
Front Door.
WOMAN IS RELEASED
UNDER $4,000 BOND
Arlington Official Called to Ask
Former Mate to Drop Recent
Charge Against Him.

william c. Cloth, commonwealth.
attorney Of Arlington County, was sho,
and seriously wounded last night by hi.
divorced wife, Mrs. Marjorie Cloth, a;
he stood on the porch OF her home on
Schley road, Clarendon. He had gone
there, his friends said. to confront her
with information which would indicate
that she had been unduly intimate with
another man.
Armed with photographs and affi-
davits obtained through Perry Bonner,
a private detective. whom he employed
February 8, Mr.. Cloth, accompanied by
Emery Hosmer. Clarendon attorney
and personal friend. went to his wife's
house, Mfr. Bonner stated. It was his
purpose to use this evidence. Mr.. Bon
ner said, to induce her to drop statu-
tory charge which she has pending
against him and to enable him to OBJ
tain possession Of his l4-year-old son
Billy, and to cease paying her $50 q
week alimony. which has been In effect
since their separation several years
ago.
Mrs. Cloth Fires.
Mr.. Hosmer stated that Mrs. Della
Schneider, Mrs. Cloths mother,
responded to his knock. He spoke TO
her In a low tone, he said, and then
Mrs. Cloth. who was standing behind
her mother. fired at him with a .32-cali-
ber revolver. Cloth fell to the porch
floor and Mr. Hosmer picked him up
and took him to the hospital.
The statutory charge, which his
friends said Mr.. Cloth desired TO in
duce his wife TO drop. was lodged
against him as the result OF raid by
police OF the tenth precinct February
3. which was instigated by Mrs. Cloth
and which resulted In the arrest Of
In her apartment at 1885 Kenyon
street. Mr. Cloth requested Jury trial
and the case Is still pending.
At the time OF the raid he branded
II as "frame-up" IN line with political
Vaccinations which he alleged have
been launched against him for several
years.
Mr.. Cloth left Richmond. where he
had been attending the LEGISLATURE. and
after meeting the detective and Mr..
Hosmcr at Union Station, went 10 his
wffe's home where the shooting ,c-
CURED about 10 O'Clock. His friends
insisted this morning that he did not
desire 10 take any legal action against
her or expose her TO publicity. hat
simply 70 present 70 her his evidence
as . practical argument which would
induce her to enable him TO discontinue
her charge against him. He told
friends that he desired to put his son
In q military school.
In Serious Condition.
Physicians at Emergency Hospital,
where he was taken, stated that the
bullet had entered the right chest, mar
rowly missing the lung, and lodging
just under the skin Of the right shoul-
der. His condition Is regarded as seri-
Gus rather than critical. In the event
that Internal hemorrhages develop. q
blood TRANSMISSION may be necessary. Ut.
tending physicians stated.
Mrs. Cloth Was arrested by County
Ohicers e. L. Woodyard and w, Z.
Thompson and charged later with fe-
ionious and malicious assault. She was
released under a real estate bond of
$4,000. furnished by her mother. Ar
raigned before Harry n. Thomas. Judge
OF the Police Court at Arlington, this
morning. her case was continued pend
ting the outcome Of her husband's s
woiind.
Both Mrs. Schneider and Mrs. Cloth
declined 10 discuss the case, preferring
TO leave the matter In the hands Of the
defense attorneys. l.. g. McNemar and
Smith Rucker.
Wins Reelection.
Mr.. Cloth waged successful de.
Tense last year when an attempt was
made 10 0ust him from ONCE on the
grounds that he drank while en- route 10
the Democratic State convention, in
Norfolk. The charges were dismissed.
and he was later reelected 10 once.
After the episode OF February :. when
the raid was conducted at Miss Scudders
apartment. he charged that that raid.
like the uor.drinking charges, was
largely the result OF political taachina-
ticns against him,
Mr.. Cloth is widely known through.
out Virginia. He Is an alumnus OF
the University OF Virginia, where he
won q national reputation for hts prow-
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