New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-28
RESULTS 1OFnF&TBETiON.
Scot RrT HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW.

DANGER USLY SHOT-B0TH UNABLE 10 ihLL
HOW THE SHOOTING OCCURRED
Two young men registered their names at the st.
Omer Hotel, in Sixth-ave. near Twenty .third-st.,
Saturday afternoon about O'clock and i~1uired
at what hour the doors were locked for the night.
Upon being informed that they could come in at
any hour they engaged room No. 10, and after sup
per left the hotel together Their names appear on
the register rs M Forts" and g. Forest"
both from Poughkcepsie. n. Y. About o'clock yes
ter.jay morning they returned to the hotel alone
the proprietor declares said they had been play
ing pool up the avenue" and went directly to thelr
room.
In about fifteen minutes the bell rang in the office,
and turning to the Indicator Herbert Carpenter
Of the hotel proprietor, saw that 1t was run 9
from the room which had been assigned 10 THESE
yonng men. Before 1t could be answered 1t was
rung several times very violently and this was
followed by the ringing of the hall bell on that foor
Going upstairs Mr.. Carpenter saw the younger of
the two men, rushing up and down the hall, dressed
only in his flannel urdercothes, half frantic, wiring
ing his hands and calling for some one to help him.
saying that his friend was shot. Lying on the bed,
with his face turned toward the wall was
the youth who had given the name off,
Forest" On the bed by his side lay harmonicOn
and Smith & Wesson No. 80. calbre revolver with
one barrel empty Forest was asked how he had
been shot but only murmurred don't know" He
was very much intoxicated and soon vomited pro-
fuSry The ball had entered his abdomen on the
right side but hal not come ont. NJ ssengers ere
at once sent the Thrteth Street Station and to the
New-York Hospital. Detective Schmttberger an =
swored In call from the station and found the me II
in le ROOM Forest was still lying in the bed and
Forts waSdresSeI. 70 It's then gave the folio wing
statement in reference to the shooting:
I'VE registered under ia SO nomes," he said. My
NOV ia oh / Iilh Aiv Ippng n
shoe store in aiding, Pennsylvania. His address il
No. 1874 North Eighth-st. My friends name is
ps ana ne R'eS o a. JSoI
We both attend Eastman's Business Col
lege. in POughkeepsie and board at No: SO Acad-
emy-st. | am seventeen years Old, and Weinmullcr
is two years older We came here Saturday after
noon to remain over Sunday. In the evening we
played pool in q saloon uptown. but can't tell
where. Neinmuer drank beer and whiskey at the
end of each game but only took cigars, and here
they are, dozen of them. Ibid not drink any thing
all the evening.
After sc retired we lay awake for few
ments. Wcnmuller put his revolver under his pil
low AM was PLAYING on on, whe f sud
yo I;S by by m nav Side. and at once
knew that my chum was shot. do not
know how h9 was shot. The only person know IN
knows my family my father bieng customer OF
his"
Before he had finished his story nm ambulapc.
from The N'w-fOrk Hospital had arrived, and thee
wounded youth was given glass of brandy to re
vve him. The surgeon tnen asked him who shot
him, to hch he replied:
"Who shot met l don't know
did YOU shoot yourselfr' " | don't know
"Did your friend shoot YOU" don't know"
The wound was then examined and found 10 be
very dangerous one. The revolver had been held 50
near the body that the powder had blackened the
shirt. After dressing the w0nnd, which had been
bleeding for nearly an hour, Weinmuler carried
downstairs on stretcher, and taken to the hospi-
tai in the ambulance.
High was at once arrested by the detective and
taken to the police station. Before leaving the
hotel he was searched and No. 22calibre revolver.
with every chamber loaded. was found in his hip
pocket. He had nothing else in his pockets except
four pennies and highly sensational and not very
proper poem. In Weinmullers pockets were found
So SO in money and valuable gold watch aud
chain. He also wore q heavy gold ring and college
society pin. His gold cutf-butt bear the initial
letter AZ" There were no letters found on either
person. High mentioned the fact that the president
of Eastman College was Mayor White and telo-
gram was AT once sent him from the hotel inform
ing hiIr of the shooting.
Detective SchmttbeTger yesterday morning took
High TO the hospital and to Welnmullcrs bedside,
and asked the wounded man the same questions
which had been so unsatisfactory answered before
but he simply repeated:
=" don't know how it happened"
The prisoner then Ia ken before Justice Smith,
in the Jefferson Market Police Court and after lis
tenng to his story and to that of the detective the
Justice remanded him TO prison without bail %
await the results of the shooting He IS very de
spOudent, crying for his father, and vOwng that if
he ever gets out of New-York he will never come
here again. lie still maintains his Ignorance Of the
affair saying that his chum playing on the har
InouicOn at Che time the revolver shot, and he
does not soc how it could have been taken from
der the pillow without his knowing II. lie was
asked to 20 to the place where they were playing
billiards, but he says that he IS Stranger the city
and does not even know what street it was in.
Robert Campbell, of the shoe firm of Powell 81
Campbell, to whom lilgh referred was visited yes
terday, and he said that he had customer named |
William High in Reading; tuat he was a German !
and kept retail boot and shoe store. Until two
wear, ago he was member of the firm of High d
GamDbell a n
in his fathers store about the age given by the
young man III custody lie did not know his first
name and, though he was at Reading in Mr.. Highs
store last Thursday nothing sad about the son
being Poughkeepse at school, but he does not re-
III nber seeing him that day. lie promised To call
at the prison this morning TO sec il the young man
Is his customers son, and II 50 to offer hilA any
assistance possible.
e. White Mayor of Poughkeepsie and the presi-
dent of Eastman's Business College, came to the
city late yesterday. lie seen by TRIBUNE
rep rter last night, TO whom he made the following
" Yesterday morning az IL O'clock received n
telegram from New-YOrk, stating that Weiumuler
had been shot III a hotel there. / at sent my
secretary TO his clearinghouse TO learn at,what
time he left there and found that in company with
High he had lert Poughkcepsie Saturday afternoon.
! he two boys came to the col eye abOdt the same
time-Hgh, August %, and WeinmueT August 81.
They were pursuing different studies, Weinmullcr
taking special course in telegraphJ ANA High regn
and were the best Of friends, had never
had the slightest difficulty always together,
ana can SEQ no pro L OF TINS shooting being any
thing but accident.
"They were nearly through their studies but
Weinmullor had expressed the desire to return
after the holidays and take special course in pen
manshIp. | am surprised TO know that they came
here with ut my permission There are 500 boys |
the college and the roll is called twi day. ex-
cept on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday morning
the roll is called at O'clock. At that time the
boys both present. After that hour
the students are at liberty until Monday morning at
the same hour We give the boys permission to
visit West Point, Albany and New-YOr whenever
they ask Tor IT, In fact We rather encourage them
to visit this city, telling them to 90 around and see
the interesting places. Or course deprecate the
carrying firearms and forbid the use OF intOxicat
ing liquors. cannot understand how they were und
the influence of liquor, especially Weinmuller who