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Show oo IRATE HUSBAND SHOOTS UP MIS HOME "Don't shoot, kind mister, don't shoot" a poor blind man," is the al-logcd al-logcd plea that saved a resident of this city from tho revolver of an irate husband a. few nights ago, according to the police. The husband gave the name of Thomas Hamilton, which is supposed to be fictitious, and stated that be was watchman for the Wells-Fargo Express company. He gave this aQ an explanation of his having a gun in his possession and stated that he livod, at Thirty-first street and Lincoln avenue. The opisode occuired Fiiday evon-ing evon-ing nnd consisted of a fusillade of shots which awoke tho neighborhood near Thirty-first street and Lincoln avenue, followed by heated interview between the husband and the blind j man. Tbe husband appeared at the police station later in the day and asked tho chief of polico for boi? expert advice on the situation, preferring, pre-ferring, evidently, to learn the most expeditious method of securing a divorce di-vorce rather than how to mnssacre the alleged outragcr of his home Tho husband stated to the chief that he happened to go home Fiidaj night before finishing his work as janitor of several ofices on Washington Wash-ington aenue, and, on approaching his front door, was shocked lo hear a man's voico In conversation with that of his vife He demanded Instant In-stant admittance and, there being some hesitancy on the part of those within he drew his revolver and fired a number of shots through the transom tran-som and then hurried to the rear of the house. J The back doors were locked arid, on returning to the fiont, h6 found that the midnight caller had managed to get out the front fdoor and was hurrying hur-rying toward the gate The husband dashed after him, threatening instant death if he did not halt, which elicited elic-ited from the stranger the plea for his life and that ho was "a poor blind man." The latter returned to the house, however, and the husband satisfying sat-isfying himself of the intruder's affliction, af-fliction, decided to let him lfvo and effect a settlement with his wife instead. in-stead. It is said that the hubsand's re-enge re-enge will probably end in tho divorce di-vorce court. oo |