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Hammer Jailed, Charged With Assault to Kill- Estranged Husband of Steamship Heiress Shot Wife at Delaware WILMINGTON, "Del., June 29. The estranged third husband of steamship heiress Andrea Luckenbach said today he shot her three timea in a jealous rage over a colt which he raised and she intended to race. The millionairess husband, Frederick Hammer, 46, testified in Magistrates Court that he intended only to shoot the colt, , not. his wife, when he went berserk yesterday at the Delaware Park race track. He attempted to commit suicide after the assault. Mrs. Hammer, 33, who was reported in satisfactory condition at Delaware Hospital, said her husband "must need psychiatric treatment." She said she fled her Lexington, Ky., home four days ago fearful that Hammer might climax their hectic married life by carrying out threats to harm her. "I dont know what got into me," Hammer said. "When I saw the horse I raised, I was determined that no one else would race him. He wasnt going to run for anyone else." According to Mrs. Hammer, her handsome horse-trainer husband exchanged pleasantries with her yesterday outside the park clubhouse only a few minutes before he accosted her in the paddock, wounded her and her trainer, and nicked the colt, Now Hear This. She said Hammer greeted her with a "Hi, Andy!" and she replied, "Hi, Ham!" "Im not angry with him, nor can I explain this action," said the blonde daughter of the founder of the Luckenbach steamship lines. "I think he must need psychiatric treatment." Hammer said the colt had just been saddled for a race when he approached his wife. He said the sight of Mrs. Hammer and trainer Woodrow W. Long working over the horse he loved "sent him off." Hammer was taken to New Castle County workhouse today when he was unable to. raise 0,500 bail. He was charged with, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and carrying a concealed weapon. He had only 0 on his person. Mrs. Hammer had two bullet wounds of the hand, a wound of the breast and a wound of the abdomen. Long was grazed by one bullet. Police saidHammer turned the weapon on himself after the shooting, but the .32 caliber revolver was knocked away by a jockey or groom.
