The Washington times., 1930-02-14
''F|RED To SAVE
ME-, !" WOMAN
DECLARES
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years looks little more than o girl.
On the way to the Police Court
tais morning the young matron
told Of events which led UP to the
Shooting Of Lowe. Here is her
story:
W':It was about 6 O'Clock last
night and my husband was In a
vie hunor. Finally he struck me
On the body and at last said,
well, I guess win finish you
this time Then Harry came
into the apartment with the
pistol. My husband stepped
back, alarmed at hearing the
deor open, and Harry fired. He
had gotten q revolver that I
bought some time ago for my
own protection from a stand IN
the hall.
Wounded in Shoulder
ss'Harvey grabbed his shoulder
and staggered about the room
and then Harry let the revolver
slip from his hand. He ran to
ME. I was blindly hysterical be-
fore the shooting and when the
shot was fired I was on the verge
Of collapse.
i3"Poor kid, he had seen me
beaten up so many times and
been compelled to stand back and
not come to my defense that 1
guess he was driven beyond con-
troll.
IT tore my husbands shirt
sleeve out when he had thrown
me to the divan and was trying
to choke me. I am q mass Of
kg.1Iises where he seized me in
the struggle we had for some
t. me before Harry returned home
from work.
Mrs. Lowe continued:
t"'unS have played q tragic
part in my life in the past few
fem death from q gun shot
usund and this is the reward.
Y:.T'tality! He has i'll treated me
;-Sier since we have been married
asad I have had to have him
IL court to make him support
c;;:"~~ eighteen.months old baby"
The pretty young woman ct
the point of tears then related
how she. met her second husband
and the tragic circumstances sur
rounding the death Of Harry'S
father. .-. ...7.s .t.
Met Lowe 4 Years Ago
"I met Harvey Lowe about four
years ago when I was living in
Maryland. My boy was then only
q little tot and I had another one
Of my babies, then 2 years old,
with me when a fierce thunder
storm came up as I was return.
ing home in my car.
s.''I went into a rcadhouse to Get
out of the rain and there I met
Harvey Lowe, who with another
man and a .roman was dining at
the place. While I was there
with my baby a fight started be-
tween Lowe and some other men
who came in, and one Of them
shot him. .s
1.-THE three men left and there
I was with my baby, alone with
q man I believed to. be at the
point of death. He begged me
to care for him and I took him
to the hospital. where he re-
manned q long time.
1T was my misfortune to re-
ceive considerable undesirable
publicity from the case and my
first husband brooded over it
until finally about three years ago
he shot and killed himself.
Later she says she married
Lowe and then came a series of
domestic differences finally cul-
minating in their separating
about three or four months ago.
Lowe, she asserted, left her and
their baby and she finally had to
sue him in court for maintenance.
Meanwhile she sent the baby
away to a private school and
Harry turned over his small sal
ary to keep the home together
and see that his mother did not
want.
Believed Life In Peril
Later, the first Of February,
Mrs. Lowe said that she and her
husband became reconciled and
for q few days harmony reigned
in the small home. Later the old
differences arose, she said, and
Harry, driven to the white heat
Of; fury over his own physical
inability to tackle his 18O-pound
step-father, shot him when he be-
lieved his mothers life to be IN
Jeopardy.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney John r. Fitzpatrick, recon-
mended bond Of $500 after hear
ing the pathetic story. Judge
McMahon. however, declined to |
accept the recommendation and
raised the bond to $1,000.
"A few minutes later the boy
and his mother, both radiantly
happy, left the court house. Lowe,
who is in Emergency Hospital,
is said to be but slightly injured
and will probably be discharged
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