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Show ATTEMPTED MURDER. A Jealous Woam Fires Tbret Ballets Into tte Body or ter LoTer. Hill lialM hTII.I. All VI'. The rrrptlnlnr Admllleil ts lull In the Sout or 100. A carefully planncil and iMIIiernta nltcnij t nt minler wot miJn nt the ICenlucky llimnr hoii.c, No. M eontli H'ctt Trnij l rftrtrt, lat night, nUml H u'tlock. The would he afeuMn waa MlM.Vimli rdnllc, nyounK woman alwul i year of age, auj tho victim of her fury waa Hamucl Matteroon, iroprlitorof thoplnre In iiuotlon. The ncluitlng cautn of the rrlnio waa ealouy. Mhu l'rludle la a irormlnil nur.-, but for tho hut flro montha haa been an Innuluolalxlglrglioute, of which a MU Vluivut Is the prunrlctrcee, locat ed over Maaienon'a aaloon. A abort tlraeagotho fcrmod the aciiualntanco ofilaatenonaiid waa often found In his company. Up lo la.t Halurday night thvyacemci to have ln-en on the beat of terms. On the evening nsmed, MlMl'rlndle acevrtvd an I:h vllatlon to go out riding with another man. On her return ahe waa U braided by MaatetMii lor her conduct Tiny atiiaraled amidst a fuallade of uncoin tllmentary rrniarka, tach accusing Iheotherof Itilldillly. Mailerson no-eelta! no-eelta! tho sudden chango of alTalra with tho utmost rt-elgualluu;and,belng a wrtlng man, Immediately com rnence.1 paying attention to other women. Ills movements were closely watched Willi the lyiiollse eye uf Ilia discarded awetlhcart. IasI evening hewadeanapclntuientlo go to the Theatre with a young tromau named Jtbrlha Trim, who ri.ldca at the f.'olunibla JImimi on Houth Temple street. MIm Trim alM at the saloon shortly Ufure A o'cloLk, Her coining waa seen by Miss l'rludle, nnj the slumbering embers of Jiialou.y wrrv at oni-e aroused Inhi an liuiwlunt-d flame. She lurned hastily from her liars of observation aud alki-d Into the parlor, where she(ac.l riclleilly upanddowulhe floor. Calming liof self somen hat, he erated herself at the urganand commenced to lay an old familiar tune, alter whkh ahe arose and went lo the ljouko.se and took out a loaded revolver. Hlie then ijuklly left the plan. by the r.ar stairway, at the foot of which ahe cow ctalcd htrstlf undtr the shadow of the wall. Hhe knew that Ma.terson and Miss Trim would rasa that way, Hhe hail nut long to wait. Aa they used the plate of ronctelment Mils l'rludle cried out: "Hold on! 1 want to sea you a minute." Hlmultaiieously with this exclamation the enraged wumanogieued flreon Mr. Maslersou, whoturnularouudju.t In time tore celre two shots In the right shoulder. A third shot waa fired, tho Lall taklugeflcc. In therlght leg, Im mediately below the groin. Willi this the victim of her wrath fell lielplras to the ground just In time to sscapo a fourth ball, which Ittiaed lu close proximity to his head, Charles Mc-L'ullom, Mc-L'ullom, the bar tender, waa attracted to the spot by the sound of the shoot-lug. shoot-lug. Asheemergedfroiuthereardiior of the saloon he beheld Mlu l'rlndlo with the smoking weapon la her hand. He sprang tow ards her an wrested It from her grasp. Officcra tlleam, Ilob-erts Ilob-erts and Thornton arrived on the scene of the shooting and placed Ihe unfortunate woman underarm!. Hhe was allowed to go up Hairs and change her costume As she met Mrs. Vincent on the threshold she slid lu the coolest jiossl. bio manner: "I have shot Ham, and with your revolver.' WheuaiktU why she had done an, she replied unconcernedly; "On, 1 did lion account of that 'sheenej 'down there." Hho Is also n ported as saj Ing that tho was iry aorry that she had not killed Iheui both. In the lut-authuo Drs, Miacham and MoAcbran had U-eu aumiuouod tu tho aide of tho wounded man, who waa writhing In agony. An examination ahowc J that the wounds, though very laloful, wtro not nocrssarlly fatal. Ihe leadeu messengers were extracted, tho wounds ilrease.1 and Maslersou sent to HI, Mary's hospital, where ho was resting easily thl. allrruoou. Miss l'rlndlo was tiken to pollen hradijuarltraand was conllued In the city jail last night. Hhe held a consultation con-sultation with Judr,e 1'owers. hir ittomey. audwoabtkou before Judgo l.auey today, whero alio entered a formal plea of not guilty and was admitted ad-mitted to ball In the sum of (Mod lending tho preliminary hearing, which ia expected to take place lu the 1'ulUe court tomorrow at i p.m. Mantersou cania to this city from Keattle lost Juno, and Is a married man, but his fondness for women and whisky has made trouble for hint many limes. Ho quarreled Willi his wife a few mouths ago. wliun they seralul and have not slncu 11m d together. to-gether. Illsrcputed wilelsthn kicrxf of a den of Infamy In the vicinity or tho Ilia Urande Western depot. Miss l'rludle llrst cania to this city with her parents a little more than n year ago. Trior to that tho hod resided in the Kait. At 3 o'clock this nftcrrnou alio had not succeeded lu sw-urlng bonds. |
