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Show oo MYSTERIOUS SHOOT! Woman Dies By Bullet In Hotel Room at Midnight New York.July 20 Georgo R. Hark-ness, Hark-ness, a wealthy real estate dealer here, was arreBted by the police early today charged with having shot and Instantly killed Mrs. Florence Hopp of Lewisburg, Pa., at the Hotel York shortly after midnight Mrs. Hopp was 25 years old Harkness declared that the killing was accidental, occurring while Mrs. Hopp was examining his automatic revolver. The police learned of the shooting when Harkness walked up to a patrolman pa-trolman a few blocks from the hotel and said without emotion "I've just accidentally shot my wife. Would you mind walking over and take a look at the situation? She is In our room at the hotel yonder." No one at the hotel had heard the shot or knew anything about the occurrence, oc-currence, until the arrival of the policeman. po-liceman. The woman was breathing her last as the officer entered the room. When arraigned at the police station, sta-tion, Harkness admitted that the woman wo-man was not his wife. "She is an old boyhood frieud of mine." he said, "and has been in the city only a few days She expected to return to LewlBburg on an early train today, and wo had just been consulting a time table when the mischance mis-chance with the revolver occurred." Harkness Is married, he said, and has a fine home at Seacliff Mrs. riopp, he declared, was dlverced from her husband some time ago. nn 71 |