, 1879-05-19
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

lue 6uoutAus55-E8l1eIJ IL LIE iattst 4uau4a" a11u
at the present rate Of increase their census will
soon rival the enormous number Of sa}oons.
Que Of the most prominent blocks on Clark
street has no less than three OF these galleries
on one side OF the street, and the noise made
BY the guns used in shooting glass balls and
the rifles used in shooting at targets
is great annoyance to pedestrians
on tie street and to the business people in
the vicinity. Que cannot pass a place
OF the kind without fear rising up within him
that some day some insane or drunken fellow
will get hold Of one OF these guns and do some
damage. Such an affair has been expected for
some time; Yesterday 1t came to hand. At
about $50 ia the evening q young man named
William T. Wood was shot and -mortal1y
wounded by Edward kampschnlte, one OF the
p1opretors Of sbooting-gallery at No. 13o
West Madison street: he;aI Inc following were T
l57 West Madison street: A. E. Bucklin, No.
l41 Third avenue; G. Deleman. northwest
corner OF Desplaines and Randolph strcets; !;
Henry Boardmao, No. 49 Boston avenue; Denis
Green, No. 2S9 Fulton street; and Nicholas
.Schitt, the other partner in the gallery business.
The story Of the shooting, as nearly as could
be gathered from the principals and the wit
nesses, goes to show that it was accidental;
but 1t leaves great deal for the Coroner and
it was purely the result OF an acci-
dent or Of gross criminal careIessncss. 4
man, whose name is unknown, had just
patronizeu The gallery to the extent OF 10 cents,
which entitled him to four shots. The Wit
uesses and the victim of the shooting were
st,u1inp about within The doors OF the plarc,
watchinr the shootug, The man fred three
shots, 'kampschulte, who was attending him,
aud reloading the rifle alter each firing, put in
fourth cartridge, but tile innu thought he had
already fred all he was entitled to- and retreated
from the. rail-. KamHsvnulte, :. also
uepIectful OF bis business, forgot that
the fourth shot hau not been fred,
and seized the weapon ssareless'y With the
be next did it is NECESSARY to know that the rifle
has TWO triggers, so to speak, One upon the
off side Of the stock when pulled sharply oack
throws the barrel down ut an angle, SO that the
ger upon Tie other side is used only ior firing
purposes, but is nearly similar in construction
to the other. When the rifle was handed 70
the stranger Tor bis fourth shot this trigger was
Of course at fu!l cort. And kampschulte, ,in his
inex6iiGabte GntRSiiiist hiiidlinS ot 1t, pulled
this trigger and discharged tie cartridge. The
bullet struck young Wood on the right side, be
tween The third and fourth ribs, and he fell to
the door with a groan.
Officer Stanton was one OF the first to arrive
Wood living gasping upon the floor. He raised
him up q little ind inquired, Ct Who shot you9''
In response he pointed bis finger, and Kamp-
schultz st .pped forward, when he said, uYes:
the officer. But the exertion was too
painful. and be made no rcply.
b., Dunno was called ... to attend
him. but after examining the wound he said it
would undoubtedly prove fatal, and recon-
mended that be be sent to the Connsy Hosnitaj.
Al wagon was procured and the Injured man
made as comfortable as possible. but he died
lust before the wagon reached the HOSPITAL en-
fronce. On the way ont he paye the nnireman
VINO attended him some facts CONCERNING his
identity. re WAS about eS wears of NOE. sinrIe
and was employed as cIerk for Henry Mr.
Kinzie. prorer at No. 37l West. Indiana
street, with whom he also lived. BE had
been there but week. mud nr1or to that
was In the emnloy of Mnrtin Meycr. natter h
had been onlv sixteen mouths IN America. His
father Is q grocer at Ashtou-{nder-Tine nrar