Show husband and wife opened airet at same time new york oct 7 benlon H hop kalns a 5 w cutter ju brooklyn shot and killed his wife in a duel with her in the hallway of lier flat in johnson street brooklyn today although married thirty years the two were living apart having quarreled over money matters today hopkins called at his cifes flat knocked for admission and when tho door opened they began to fire at each other falth revolvers Vol vers mrs hopkins sister witnessed the duel but was to say who shot first hopkins was wounded in the hand by a bullet from his cifes and finally shot her in the eye she died instantly was arrested and charged with murder the cifes name was jessco S hopkins jennio bruyn mrs hop kins sister who witnessed the duel said the conduct of the two indicated that they had agreed 0 o shoot each other on hopkins afterwards declared that his wife fired the first shot he said she was always nagging him about money and that he had refused to give her as much as she demanded miss bruyn said mrs hopkins bad appeared frantic about her husbands conduct over money affairs |