The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-17
BALDw WINS FAT
HOW A STRAY BULLET ENDED AN IN
NOCEFT MANS LIFE

About half-past o'clock yesterday morn
Watchmen Doran and Hurtig discovered
a man lying on Elm street. south Of Ninth.
Considerable blood was noticed on his face,
but they supposed that he had hurt him
self by falling on the sidewalk, as drunken
men generally do. They carried him to
the Ninth-street Station-house, where upon
being searched, papers and letters were
found upon his person which identified
him as Henry w. Baldwin, an insurance
agent of this city. He was placed in cell
A short time afterward Turnkey Charley
Pickett heard groans issuing from Bald
wins quarters, and went in to ascertain
| the cause thereof. He noticed the man S
face had turned very purple, and at once
communicated the fact to Lieutenant Rob
erts, who Immediately sent for DR.. Mus
croft, Jr
| When the doctor arrived he examined
the injured man, and found that he had
been shot; that pistol ball had entered
the left temple and passed straight across
to the opposite side and lodged against the
bone. The hospital ambulance mas tele-
graphed for, but when it arrived Baldwin
was dead. Tie corpse was then taken to
Epply' undertaking establishment, where,
at the request of Coroner Carrick. DR.. Mus
croft held q postmortem examination, after
which the remains were taken to the resi-
dence Of the deceased's father, Mr.. Ammi
| Baldwin, No. d33 West Sixth street.
After the discovery that Baldwin had
| been shot detectives we're sent out to asCcr-
tain who had committed the deed. They
found that about 10 o'clock Vim. Schaller,
J. H. Hahn, Jacob Dorsey and Fidel Bader
were on Elm street near Court, when Schal-
ler being rather full Of liquor, fired off a
pistol the ball of which struck poor Bald
win and ended his life. Schailer was ar.
rested and locked up with charge Of mur-
der placed against him.
Baldwin was very much respected
Young Van, being of strictly temperate hab'
its. He was son-in-law of VIM. Wiswell
and had only been married about three
months.
Mr.. Wiswell stated that Baldwin had beer
to Detroit on business and was just on his
way home last night.
At half-past ten o'clock this morning the
Coroner began his inquest upon the body
of Harvey W Baldwin. William Doran, a
private policeman. being the first witness
sworn, he testified that about one o'clock
he and Officer Hurtig, while in Browns sa-
loon reading the papers, heard pistol-shot,
and Oh going out found party OF four or
five men on the crossing at Ninth and Elm
streets, and upon our asking them who had
done the shooting, Mr. Schaler said that he
had fired the shot for fun. After taking
cigars with the party, left Hurtig and
proceeded down Elm street and found the
deceased leaning against a door on the west
side about fifteen feet south of the alley
between Eighth and Ninth. He asked him
where he lived, but he gave no intelligent
answer. He then started for the Station
house with him, but found that he was too
weak to walk, whereupon he called his
partner and obtained the services of the of.
ficers on the beat, and, in company with
them, carried the deceased to the Ninth,
street Station His iewelry was still on
him, and there was no indication that he
had been robbed.
Private Policeman Henry Hurtig next
testified in addition to what was stated by
officer Doran, that when he heard the pistol
shot he opened the door of Browns saloon,
and, looking out saw the smoke of the pis.
tol, but saw no other person in the neigh.
borhood except this party of four or five
men. About three-Quarters OF an hour
afterwards the deceased was found about
eighty feet further south. His shirtcollai
and handkerchief were stained with blood
and his pants were loosed from his sus,
penders. Soon after the shot was fired
Officers Schmidt and Young came up and
arrested Schaller and started to the Station
house. but soon compromised the matter
and let Schaller go.
Officer Smith testified to substantially the
same facts as stated by the private police
man, whereupon the charge was charged to
manslaughter,