| Show Carl Barnes Shoots flin Himself self I II I in Presence ox of Sweetheart I V Was V as It an Accident or Suicide t ci J L i I Ii I I 3 II 1 H 1 SlIm in 1 Bin IK Carl Barnes 2 22 years ars old lies at the St. St Marks Mark's hospital In n a semi condition his loft lung just below th thi heart being pierced b by n a bullet which wound was Inflicted about I 1 30 o'clock Friday IIa morning while stan standing on tho the front porch of oC e p. p G G. Snows Snow's s no residence 82 F street with his Ills sweetheart Miss Myrtle i Snow Although It Is claimed b by the tile principals principals' principals principals' prin prin- taut it WOK was an accident it Is believed be he- lIe l to 10 have been nn an attempted suicide sot sui sulI I chIt cide The shooting occurred 1 while th the couple wc were re standing on the tine porch patch and was its so si u tl that the explosion did not arnu arouse a anybody in the house Th The revolver re was a 3 calibre with which ho lie shooting was wa done and was tas held so n clo close c to Barnes Barnes' bl breast that hl his clothes wt were 1 burned It is believed that narn Barnes s threatened to shoot hoot himself on account of or Jealousy jealousy jealousy Jeal jeal- I an and In the struggle with Miss Snow for rOI ni the IloS possession cs lon of ot the tile gun gull he helS hewan wan S wounded Dr II S. S Scott was Barnes hour OV over I at nt an nn early thi his morning antI and It reported from froni tile Jie hospital that thal his llIS condition was tV vorse Girl On aIls IK After Arter th tile the shooting occurred Miss Snow now went Weilt to the telephone and culled called Claude Freed Free I. I at Barnes suggestion asking him mini to come to tIle the Snow resl- resl deuce lence at once Freed was wan culled called be- be J- J tuise Barnes Baines has lias worked at the UH FJ ci Furniture an and Carpet t company for ome some lime time and anti Barnes di lid did not want wanto to o let his ills folks folls know about the affair arrah Freed arrived Barnes was sll sit sit- tOng tiltS on the pOlch and an ambulance wn was vas called Barnes Baines arrived Ull at the tine St. St Marks Mark's hospital about o'clock an nn hour our after aften the tlC shooting DI Dr Scott w was ws as s summoned 1 to attend him dm The rhe bullet entered h eft side Ide ju just l below the heart It is feared no now that hat the tle bullet went vent downward Into th tine he abdomen Instead of Ind lodging in In tit the shoulder blade and m Cause death Mrs 11 iHS iH'S the mother nor mi hi mi hl- H l' l would talk about tie the arr affair iI fui CUI tiler than to sa say ay It was an nn accident Thc They d clai that hit th the y do lo not ut know how it occurred I Miss iriss Snow 6 says that the shooting was Vas tin accident When it occurred she asserts asse that Barnes arnes was standing out in Iii the street Barnes Dane went back to 0 tine the house to telephone for assistance assist assist- ance atice an and she declares that Is the first she knew that he hea was a wounded Miss Mis Snow m remembers hearing the tile shot amII and amI did not hot l know low ow what It was until Barnes I staggered onto the porch pOlch saying ln that h he lit was oI Miss 1 Snow was out atthe at al atthe the hospital yesterday afternoon She scorns the theOl story Ol that It was an attempted suicide Fur For some orne time Barnes has been payIng payIng pay pay- Ing attentions to Mi Miss s Snow Hh She ha hl other oth suitors suitor an antI and it is stated tho Barnes had quarrels with her feve several al altime times time about entertaining other you young g men and anel going out with them Barnes Darnes went to the he Snow home early eary In the tile evening and after coming coining down clown town they rot returned home Barnes Darnes lives hives within two VO blocks ol of the Snow residence It Is stated slated that h he had the thC gun to protect himself from ion holdups Claude Claudi Freed refused 1 to make an any statement in regard to the suicide the the- ory ury When hen When When-he lie h arrived there Dame Darne told him that he had shot hot himself accidentally ac ac- ac and anti that ilat he lie b better send end tot fos fosa tota a 1 physician and tal take c him to the ho hon hos- 1111 Freed did this 1111 but Barnes offered of fon-etl fon no oilier explanation further than tItan it was wag an accident ent Dr Di Scott says say he believes thai Barnes Darnes will recover reco lie He also states that Barnes says It was an accident and antI furth further r. r that he had not Inquired into the lie particulars Miss Snow Mrs Irs anti and Fl Fred d Barnes were the only ones who viii saw th tine the patient C Mrs Barnes waN was informed of the accident ac ne- ac- ac yesterday e morning and was wan prostrated for Tor several hours homs from the shock For Fon several RC months Barnes Barncs' has beer been employed ld as 34 a clerk at nit the Freed Faco Fur- Fur and Carpet com company pan lie Ie wa wm nl flint Hist t employed In the tw collecting de- de nt Miss IIA Snow is 20 years ole olo 1 Is th the daughter of 0 O G. G Snow |
