Wilmington, July 13, (AP)—Authorities today were still attempting to learn a motive for the shooting affray here yesterday which brought the death of Mrs. A. Raymond Reinhart Jr. at the hands of her father-in-law, who was later fatally wounded by police.
A coroner’s jury this morning started an investigation. Officers today said that Mr. Reinhart was killed when she attempted to call a beach policeman in Wrightsville resort here. The elder Reinhart had threatened her bodily harm when she was calling the officer.
Young Reinhart, injured in an automobile accident as he hurried to the hospital, attempted to shoot his father again when entering his room but was seized and arrested. He has been allowed his freedom after staying in a cell through the night.
Pat Newman, officer who shot Reinhart, was arrested on a technical charge, but authorities said the charges against him would not be pushed.
Reports, officers said, had come to them to the effect that the Reinharts had had domestic difficulties for some time. Financial matters were said to have aggravated the harmony of the family and resulted in a visit to an attorney’s office here early yesterday, where officers were told that the elder Mrs. Reinhart decided to bring action for divorce. Her husband, they said, left the conference angry at the time although the son remained with his mother. It was shortly after they had returned to the beach from Wilmington that the shooting occurred.
The Reinharts came here from Charlotte, and had been residing in a cottage at the beach for several seasons.
The junior Mrs. Reinhart was a daughter of R.F. Hamme, a retired merchant here, and her husband was employed by a local branch of a Charlotte and Asheville department store.
Several witnesses this morning were awaiting a call before the coroner’s jury. That body’s decision, however, is not expected to be made public before Thursday.
The coroner’s jury went into session at 11 a.m., and it was expected that the session would extend into late in the afternoon. It was indicated there would be no adjournment for lunch unless there were unexpected developments in the hearing.
Young Reinhart, released from custody, shortly before the coroner’s hearing began, was informed for the first time of his wife’s death. He had believed that she was only seriously wounded. Neither Reinhart nor his mother expected to appear before the investigating body at the morning session.
Sheriff George C. Jackson announced that no charges would be brought against young Reinhart.
Funeral services for Mrs. Reinhart will be held here tomorrow while the body of her father-in-law will be carried to Charlotte for interment.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, July 13, 1926
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