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Description: Allen Shooting Page 3
Newspaper published in: Washington, D. C.
Washington Post March 8, 1915 Allen Shooting Page 3
SEEK REASON FOR SHOT
Police Investigate the Wounding of Mrs. C. D. Allen.
Husband, Under Arrest, Declares Cartridge Exploded Accidentally While He Was Cleaning an Old Revolver.
While cleaning an old revolver yesterday morning in the kitchen of his home, 1223 Pleasant street southeast, Claude D. ALLEN, 35 years old, an employe of the bureau of engraving and printing, shot and seriously wounded his wife Mrs. Carrie E. ALLEN. She is in the Casualty Hospital, and her condition is critical.
The bullet struck Mrs. ALLEN above the right eye, passed completely through the head, and emerged on the left side. The hospital physicians say there is only a. slight hope for her recovery.
Mrs. ALLEN was standing at the kitchen sink, according to the story told by Mr. ALLEN. Mr. ALLEN says he was standing at a table in the center of the room cleaning a revolver and accidentally exploded a cartridge. His wife fell. Neighbors summoned the hospital ambulance and notified the police.
ALLEN was arrested and is being held at the Anacostia police station pending the result of Mrs. ALLEN's condition.
The only witness to the shooting was Claudia ALLEN a 3-year-old daughter. Two other children, Arthur, 7 years old and Eden ALLEN, 10 years old, had gone to the home of their grandmother, Mrs. Martha E. ALLEN, 1306 Monroe street.
Powder marks on the forehead of the injured woman, the police say, raise the suspicion that the shooting was not accidental. They are making an investigation. A policeman has been stationed at the hospital to take any statement that Mrs. ALLEN may care to make if she regains consciousness.