Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-01
Co-defendant in Statutory
: Offense Case Wounded
by Three Bullets.
PANIC SWEEPS ROOM
AS SHOTS SOUND IN HALL
Sorry She Did Not Get "0ther
Woman, Too" Witnesses Declare
She Said After Shooting.

the door of Police Court today, Mr:
May C. Brown, 40 years old, shot he
husband three times as he was leavin
the court, where he had been Gale
to be arraigned in statutory offens
case
Brown was taken to Emergency Hos
pitaI. where his condition was said t
be serious.
Brown was to have been arraigne
with Lillian A. johnson OF the H stree
address on the statutory charge thi
morning. The case was postponed an
Brown had taken seat in the court
room. When Brown went out the door
witnesses said Mrs. Brown spoke to hin
in a low voice for several minutes ant
then whipped the pistol from her hand
bag and began firing. Five shots Wer'
fred.
Brown fell to the floor, shot thre
times. The others missed their mark
and were found buried in the wall. IL
fell into the arms of William E. Soper
7le Eighth street southwest.
Courtroom IN Fanlc.
The courtroom was thrown into :
manic by the shots. Two men in an ad
ioir,ing witness room climbed through
the window. About rs men standing IL
the corridor fed down the two stairways
The woman was arrested by Once
Michael Dowd of the sixth precinct, VIII
grabbed her as she was preparing t.
fire sixth shot into her PROSTATE hus
band. witnesses to the shooting sait
that Officer Dowd rushed up to tn
woman while she was firing the pisto
and disarrned her. She was removed
to the House of Detention.
AS the shots rang out, many police
men in the corridors drew their weapon
in preparation of any emergency the.
might have to meet.
When Detective Arthur T. FiheH.
reached the scene, having made recort
run from Police Headquarters, witt
Hugh Robey driving, he took charge o
the woman who, he said, readily admit
ted the shooting and expressed sorrow
for not having been able to get tht
tother woman" in the case.
During her brief conversation witt
the detective, the prisoner said she hag
her husband arrested about q year $50
The case, she said, was continued from
time to time and dragged along and tfi:
morning she concluded to take the ac
tion she did.
Witness Nose Skinned.
While Detective FINELY had the de
fendant in custody and was on his wa,
to the House of Detention, he met
young man with q bruised face, anc
AJn falfnr nn11nl ~ hfs,, that I.a 1raf
witnessed the shooting and would be {
witness.
What's the matter with your face?'
the detective inquired of the young man
when the shooting started he re.
spnnded, II dropped to the floor ans
skinned my nose"
Arriving at the House of Detention
Mrs. Brown was asked If she would likl
TO have some ammonia. She prompt,
responded she did not, adding that sfll
was not nervous
Mrs. Brown, 40 years of age, who i
employed as clerk at a department
store, lived in the 800 block of G stree
northeast She is the mother of twt
daughters. aged IA and 16. Brown i
II years old.
Brown is employed as a chauffeur b,
the National Laundry Co. He was ar
res1ed at the H street address in Oc
tcser, 1927. with the Johnson woman
at which time Mrs Brown preferred tn
charges against them. The case ha
dragged through several continuance
and was supposed to have been finall.
disposed of today.
Defense Attorney Witness.
After the shooting, Mrs. Brown aske,
where that other woman was" IF
could have found her. she said, z
would have shot her, too. She is tn
one responsible for breaking UP m
home. I don't care so much for my
self, but do care for the children"
Police obtained the names of William
Shea, Abraham Levi and Bertran
Emerson as witnesses to the shooting
Emerson was attorney for both de
PENDANTS.
Just after the momentary uproar il
the courtroom following the shootin
Judge Ralph Given ordered one of tn
bailiffs to station himself at the doc
and to keep every one in the court
room,
Two of the jurors, who had left tn
jury box, were called back, and Judg
Given promptly resumed trial of tn
case before the court. Witnesses an
spectators in the courtroom, who ha
crawled under the seats at the SCUM
of the shots, resumed their positions a
the trial proceeded.
Judge Isaac r. Hit, who was sittin
IN Traffic Court, ordered the door
guarded and would permit no one
leave his court after the shooting. :
Three women rushed into Unite
states Court, presided over by John
Mcmahon, and shouted, Mrs. Brow
has shot Mr. Brown" Judge McMaho
followed the procedure of the othe
Judges, refusing to let any one leay
the room.
Scores on Stairway.
Max Weinstein, another. witness
the shooting, said that Brown came o,
of the courtroom closely followed b
the johnson woman. AS he reached til
corridor, he walked over toward h
wife, who was standing against til
wall, and spoke to her. He said thel
was no further conversation before Mr.
Brown fired the first shot.
II saw the fash of the pistol"
said. about waist high and hear
Brown groan. He clasped his hands
his stomach, and sank slowly to tt
floor. The other woman screamed, ar
ran back into the courtroom.
Mrs. Brown hesitated for few Sc,
onds. watching her husband as he sar
to the floor and then began firing
him again. Policeman Dowd, who W:
at the extreme end of the corrido
started running toward the couple
the first Shot and reached them ju
III time to snatch the weapon aWs
from Mrs. Brown before she could Fl
the remaining cartridge"
Weinstein said there were scores
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