New-York tribune., 1880-01-13
i STORY WITH DISSERTATIONS.
HOW 4 DRUG CLERK SAYS HE WAS SHOT.
rIyoop MonRIsov's UNKNowY AssNLAYT-O>LY
CERTAIN THAT suEwAs BIACK-A DISCREPANCY

HOW A DRUG CLERK SAYS HE WAS SHOI.
ELWooD MOERIsoN's Unknown AssNLAST-O>LY
CERTAIN THAT SHE WAS BUACH-A DISCREPANCY
SOMEWHERE.
Eiwood Morrison, age twcnty-eight, clerk
employed IN The drug store OF Theodore H. Sayre at
Slxh-aye. aud Forty-siXtU-si, Was shct IN the
head at an caily hour yesterday m0.ninge ana
was carried 10 ST. Lukc's Hospital lis statements rs
gwen to the police agreed the main, though there
we're differences in detail. Tho usual form Is
rs follows: Il had bec1 out spending the
evening with my sistcrin-iaw 40 No 3c9 East
TAiriy-fourtu-st., ana lcli there shortly alter l.
o'clock 70 return TO Mr. sayrc store where sl'cp As
vas about T. unlock the door nay attention was at
iraced by hearing several persons on he corner Of
Forty-seyenihst. engaged ia quarrel went over TO
see what they were about; and as l came near l
found tbat some OF the party were colofed persons
One OF them raised pistol just as was ahoat 20 step
up on the cGr0s;1ne a8l fred at mc. Tn toi was
so ucars TO leave the Marks Of powder on my face
1t once et.Tatd 10 tLo store but was not aware ldi
had been struck Dy bullet tl began undressing an'
found blood On Iuy clothing. sent me- ergcr 10 Dr.
Ka,zcnbach, and he aud d. sayre Dfonsh' me 10 TIE
hospital"
Mr. Morrison doc not think lie would know the per
son tnst shot him. and is not certain whether
was O man or woman. From other sources ~ Was
learned that the shooting occurred about 1880 in the
morning; that the doctor the rs person called;
that MI sayre, who slept upstairs. did not appear
ofer the shooting until he awakened by the police
mani and that story told 20 all OF these persons hy
young Morrison was substantially the same as above
The police do not credit tie statement made by The
yyclluded man. and engaged N eudeayorng 10
find some probable cause FOR the shooting
Aninvesiigation made yesterday afternoon and even
ing by TRIBUNE reporter resulted In obtaining the iol
lowing facts:
oliver Jones. br ght looking boy. engaged in The
o. District IrlrZrarl Company
nearly opposite sayscs drug store, was standing at
rot desk y, Ion he heard the first shot fired IL went
at oace 10 TIE and says that he saw on the opposite
side OF the street four persons two oi them man a4a
others IL e ns two were hurr'inc down thr avenue,
the Appearing to drag t1s wom"h aions 1lT ~, ~,
and lie beard The woman say, I'm XII y9n|
ard Immediately another shot was hteo' me- lneY
sixtb-st toward Fi;tl.-ave. Tho who was
er1arf IA he nnarrcl had on tall hat Wachman
ii a.. 1 ,' he neiahborhood at the tie OF
the shooting. He heard he says. the two saos hfcd 49,
he was saadng in For;Y-sixtu-st, near Fflhaye. a
few minutes ai.or a man Ia a tai hat and snuh-
cniored oyarcoat passed higl. holding a handAer-
cher up 10 Inc lcf SIDE Of his head. IL
waiScI I'M the same direction VITA the man
ana law ana turn no F!th-4ye ana tien down rory
seyrril-st. ae.n towards slxti-1ye. Ine tllne. ne
tbolghi was TN % uutcs past l.. usit TO The ofus
sore whcra Morrison employed resulted IN
tie information tnat tail na; win bool o.
IL had hccn .01nd in the wounded mans tIIhh
AID i.at ne cft.I wore rcdu.h GROWN "'rsc"d' "a"
apparently 20 loving .c Donc partly around The Lea"
IA pa sing on behind
AZ Krau,hf IQnnr score, f. Fcrtyscy'n-,-st, near
sixth ave- tine hllsrcper Sos stflu near ih do" "loh
be heard tAc 1870 sHo.s hief. lie lsini io ~lNA-iNt'
ana saw, he says, two Cr iLgre persona fui-
mig do&n the street. lie followed cin-fy;
and couI have caucAt one Who was a Io'S. !"
woman. buf ICr the lear that be- would h"E-
s.ii 6e shot. The wa4ter at the same snop
mad left the saloon n tew inmates b'iVre., Ah
h. ,ufurd tine corner into SiXth-aye he noticed he
ssvs a Vi.ue Iaan anG q cCl0rtd woman. the woman
large ana stoui, and just below another c0iored ON an
Standing alone. lie walked down the avenue sIoWN'
waiting tor a car, and when as lar uo"h r.
Fo~tv-affii-st. he head tGO pistol shuls He
saw several persons running and SHORTLY ateF car
came up Tic barieader S0t Oh ana hocel thc "Ahe
stout cO0rcd woman he had seen Whem ne
FIRST started out. sne rode down as lar as lhirIy-
rhlri.sf aad then rot out and went toward
seyeuthave He would bb able 10 recognize the w0Dn
ii De saW hei again. be thinks. Inc sstrrn-law, with
whom Morrison speaks % having spout lhc
evening before the shooting, was found at her
home. She bad just heard OF the aualr lr9m
the evening" papers ana was much concerned Tor hls
Situation. She says that Morrison was at the house
from about hafpast TIL I'm The evening She supposed
when he left Aer he gong directly to the store
Morrison iast evening WAS sleeping quietly at tho
hospital ana doubt entertained By the doctors or
his recovery, unless Inflammation sets H.