Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-12
A SUNDAY TRAGEDY.
SHOOTING AT THE CITY HOTEL.

SHOOTING AT THE CITY HOTEL.
JEALOUS HUSBAND ATTEMPTS MUIR
A New York Agent shot In tho Neck.
There was great deal of excitement
created on the streets of Lancaster early
last evening AMI throughout the entire
city by the news Of the shooting of a man
at the City hotel, and various sensational
and conflicting stories were soon put into
circulation concerning tho event, the rela.
tions of the actors in il, tho causes of their
alteration and tho results of the shooting.
The naked facts Of the affair are as fol-
lows:
About half-past six o'clock last evening
Edward Cole, OF New York, was shot and
seriously injured, in the bar-rOOm of the
City hotel. The injured man, with VIM.
Reese, was standing in the bar room at the
north end of the counter, engaged in con-
versation with John H Ridenour, tho
night clerk. II. II. Power, the hotel pro
prietor, and John A. Schaum were stand
ing at the door leading to the wash room,
when Emanuel Gundakcr walked into the
room from the front part Of the building.
He went right up to Cole and made re-
mark which sounded like "Cole, what
the h-ll do you mean ~ Cole told him to
go away, and made slight motion with
his hand. At this moment Gundaker drew a
revolver from his hip pocket and pointing it
at Coles head fired. The ball struck Cole
in the neck, passing through his collar and
necktie. The weapon was but a couple of
feet from Cole when it was discharged
and his necktie was scOrcied by the
powder. When the Gall hit Cole he fell
very heavily to tho floor. The bar-room
was soon full Of excited people who had
heard tho report Of the weapon Cole
was picked up and placed upon a chair
he was soon removed to the house OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Reese, where he had been board
ing. Physicians were sent for and Drs.
John L. Atlee, ii. Carpenter and A. ]. Herr
came ut once. They attended to the ILL
jured man and later in the evening they
prObed for the ball without success.
Immediately after shooting the man,
Gundaker walked out Of tho room, but
before going he said that he ought to have
fired another shot he also talked Of shoot
ing VIM. Reese (his brother in lawl, who
was with Cole. When he went out
towards the front Of the building he stated
that he had done the shooting and
wanted to be arrested. Officer Flick,
who was near, took him to the
station house, from which he was after
wards removed to prison. He was very
cool and made no effort to resist the Off
Ger i'm any way. At no time did he deny
having fired tho shot, nor did he express
any regret. He had ali idea that Cole bad
been fatally injured, as he thought thai
he had shot him in the groin. At the
time Of the shooting Gundaker was not
drunk, but may have had several drinks,
as he is addicted to tho free use Of liquor.
Cause of ihe Affair.
Emanuel Gundaker is \ well-known
resident Of Lancaster, about 50 years OF
ago and for years has been familiar to
persons stopping at Or visiting the City
hotel, which was formerly kept by his
mother in-law, Mrs. Reese, who now
lives next door and whose sons are pro:
prietors Of the livery stable in the rear Of
the hotel. Cole is a New Yorker, young
man OF good appearance and pleasant ad-
dress, who has been coming to Lancaster
for some time at intervals and engaged
in dispOsing Of an artesian we'll
digging apparatus. He is travelling for
the house of Pierce & Co., with whom he
isvcry popular. and on his last birthday
Mr.. Pierce presented him with valuable
gold watch and chain. Several years ago
he spent some time in this city and then
he and Harry COPELAND, now of the
Sprecher house, We're doing business for
the same firm. Ho has known
Gundaker and the Reese family
intimately and has Of Late stopped with
the latter upon his visits here. 1t
hat 1,o e.so
footing with the Reese family, and his at.
provoked hcr husbands jealousy. She is
q handsome lady, the mother Of two chill
dren, and has been highly esteemed in
social and church circles. Her husband,
who with his family las lived with Mrs.
Reese, is somewhat dissipated and does
little or nothing for the support Of his
family. One day last week, it is said,
he was dismissed the house, in which
Colo continued to 10 resident and
this is said to have exercised a very de-
cided influence in provoking his jealousy
to the Outburst Of yesterday. The Reese
family visited Lititz in u family party
yesterday, Mr.. Cole and Mrs. Gundakcr
being included among them, and Gun
daker is said to have very restlessly
awaited their return. What followed it
is told in the above recital of the shoot.
ing.
Tho Wound.
Cole, who is lying at Reesc's, attended
by the physicians, was shot at shcrt range
by ball from 32 calibre revolver. 1t
entered his neck from the front,
on the left side, little beyond the centre.
The ball luckily avoided the carotid artery
and jugular vein and may have passed
back to the spine, as the patient has
experienced some singing sensations in
his right arm which are likely traccable to
the affection of some of the nerves in tho
spinal column. Tho doctors have not
yet been able to trace the course of the
ball or fix it's present location, and it's pO-
sition can only be ascertained after the
development of the resulting inflamma-
ton. The dead matter on the track of the
wound has yet to slough off, and in so do
ing there may be exposure of weakness
in the walls OF the arteries near it's course
that might at any time result in Coles
bleeding to death. The extent of his danger
cannot be measured at present, nor the
end of the tragical affair fOreseen.
Gundaker has retained ]. Hay Brown,
esq as his counsel.
The MOraf Of IL.
Philadelphia Times, Ed.
Even in Lancaster the hip pocket looms
up as a foe to public order and the seren-
ity of Sunday. Mr.. Gundaker, who
seems not to have been sufficiently urged
to join a picnic party where his wife and
mother in-law enjoyed the society of a
Tourist from Nav York laid