Julia Hendricks, 30, Says She Shot Husband to Defend Self, 4 Children, July 1, 1926

Shot Husband for Safety of Babies and Her Own Life. . . this Explanation made by Mrs. Julia Hendricks Who Probably Fatally Wounded Husband. . . Police Record of Husband Is Cited. . . It Is Charged that Hendricks Was Drunk When He Went to His Home Just Before Shooting

Asheville, July 1 (AP)—Determination to protect herself and her four small children, she testified in police court this morning, prompted Mrs. Julia Hendricks, 30, who shot and probably fatally wounded her husband, Ralph Hendricks, last night when he entered their home with his brother, Eugene Hendricks. The husband is alleged by police to have been intoxicated. The bullet Mrs. Hendricks fired entered her husband’s throat. His condition was said to be critical this morning.

With a stoic countenance Mrs. Hendricks related the details of the shooing this morning, after she had come to the police station and given herself up.

Hendricks has twice been summoned to Buncombe County Superior Court for non-support, and once for assault. Sentence on the latter charge was suspended because of the pleadings of the wife for the mercy of the court.

From the front page of the concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, July 1, 1926

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