PARIS SHOOTING CASE,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1582, 28 October 1912, Page 6

PARIS SHOOTING CASE,

JURY AND JIOTHER-IN-LAWY

A Parisian jury has again assumed that a deliberato attempt to shoot one's wife and mother-in-law may be an excusable peccadillo (writes tho Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph''). Tho alleged culprit, at any rate, is declared not guilty, and is let off free. The wife and the mother-in-law, it is true, spent only a few weeks in a public hospital, and they had shored only three bullets between "them. The "incident" occurred some time last spring. An ardent youth had married a girl of only IS in July, 1911. In less than nine months the bride discovered that she could not continuo to live with her hnsbnnd, and returned to her mother. The husband thereupon wrole a letter to his own parents to inform thorn that he was very sorry at having to give them displeasure, but he found it necessary for his own peace of mind and to quiet his nerves to kill his young wife. She could no longer be his, and ho would not allow her to be another's. This "tender" letter, written a few days before ho carried out his determination, was read to the jury. It was npdoubt duly considered. The Public Prosecutor explained that the disappointed husband had gone to try to persuade his fugitive wife to return. She declined to do so. and with her mother was about to take refugo in a cafe. Tiro young man drew a revolver out of his pocket and fired three shots nt his wife and mother-in-law. Both women were wounded, the one under the arm, and (ho other in ihe shoulder; but after snending twenty days in tho hospital thov wove cured. Tho hnsbnnd did not commit suicide, as he had declared he might bo tempted to do in his letter lo his parents He preferred to wait and to let. the matter go beforo a Parisian jury. Ho was well inspired, for the jury tonic as lenient a view as was possible, allowing 120flf. dnm- j ages to flip mother-in-law for the time that she had spent in Hk- hospital and for the injury to her feelings.