National Republican., 1882-11-27
PROBABLY A MURDER.
SHOOTING AFFAIR AT THE ST. MARC.
]. T. Ansney, Guest nt the Hotel, Shoots J. IL.
Wilmot, His Brother. In Law, and Thomas
II. TurnbulI, wouudlpE the Former
SerieuslJ - His Statement.

The loungers and guests Of tho ST. Marc Hotel
were startled on Saturday night by the report OF
pistol. shots issuing from room 81, and upon some
ofthe employees rushing up stairs they found a
man lying OH the floor, writbing with pain, and
another man standing in the center OF the room
with smoking pistol in his hand, while another
man had rushed down stairs, his right arm bleed
ing. During the excitement following, the man
who did the shooting rushed down stairs into the
street. entered the Metropolitan Hotel, and dc.
maLded a room. The clerk noticing tho agitated
appearance Of the man, refused TO give him
ASKED TO HAVE THE POLICE CALLED.
Lieutenant Kelly, who was in the vicinity, came
in placed the man under arrest, and took him to
police headquarters, where 1t WAS learned tiel
his name WAS j, I. Angney, the Pittsburg agent OF
the Equitable Life Insurance Company, of New
York, lie arrived in Washington cary saturday
where room 2l had been assigned him. In tho
evening he went TO the house of J. II. Wilmot. NO.
5OO Ninth street northwest and then he, Wilmot,
ard Colonel Thomas X. 1urnbull returned to
the ST. Marc Hotel. When they reached his room,
Angney handed Wlmot document 70 read, and
us Wilmot began reading Ansney lulled revol-
yer from his pocket
ASD COMMENCED FIRING.
Que shot struck Wilmot in the forehead, glanced
eff and euterld d his shoulder, nni Turnbul, who
attempted to knock the revolver from the hand Of
Angncy, was shot in the right arm AnotherShot
entered Wilmots abdomen, and third struck
him in the back, probably entering his lung;
great nerve, and walked to lol!ce headquarters,
where DR.. rownshend was called in and probed
for the balls. lie pronounced the wound In the
back as a very DANGEROUS one. The police ambu-
lance conveyed Wilmot und Turnbull TO Provi-
dence Hospital, where i was found that Turn,
bulls wound was very slight. and no was allowed
10 so home, but WimOts injuries were Of q seri-
Gus nature. He began splitting blood, and there
were othe signs of internal bleeding. He seemed
TO be resting very quietly late last night, but the
physicians say that it will lie some time before
they can determine his real condition. REpuB-
LIGAN reporter saw Mr. Angney Sunday night at
police headquarters, and obtained from him
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
"Wilmot and are brothers i'll. law, having mar
ricd sisters. Soon after my marriage he became
indebted to me for thousand dollars, and after
making several fruitlrss efforts to obtain the
money peaceably threatened to sue him. AT
that time was IN the wholesale dry goods bust,
ness in ChalnberSburg. Pa, aud when he received
my notice that intended to sue him he joined
me at Chambersburg, aud we started for the
mountains together, on the way up while stand
from the train unless | executed a release to him.
] refused to do 1t, aud lie then rendered me two
$500 notes of the Real Estate Trust and Loan Com
any of this city, which were not worth the paper
they were written on. came TO this city TO
endeavor to obtain some satisfaction regard
ing them, and he in company with another
man enticcd me iuto building OH Seventh street.
and, although have never said so before, hon
estly believe they drugged me. At any rate, Will
have been signed by me which have 10 recol-
lection of signing, and by these means he made
me iail III business. linen wenttO Columbia, ana
while living tliere.hc induced my wife to leave me,
through her sisters influence, aud wasseparated
from her and my two children for fourteen
months, and did not see them until two weeks
ago. last night went TO his house for the pur-
pose of obtaining retraction of letters lbeling
me which he had written, and which have He
wanted to sec the letters and / asked him to 90
to the hotel, where l would show them to him.
Alter we arrived there / demanded a retraction,
which he refused to give, and threatened TO sue
him for libel. lie then com mmenced to abuse me
and demanded the letters, and when refused to
give them up he endeavored to draw his revolver
when
GOT THE DROP ON HIN
and shot him. l was expecting the attack, and
had my pistol in my oyercoat pocket, and when
he made his threatening gesture ! drew it aud
fired :lle has been the bane Of my life. and
whatever business have entered he has bounded
me until aa physically, financially, and men,
tally wreck. lie wrote letters to the insurance
company in whose employ am, stating l was a
iorger and thief, and so prejudiced their minds
that was informed would be required to give
bonds to insure the prompt remittance OF my col
lections for them. When Winot had my chill
dren in his charge he ill-used them and num-
-. y iy ns-'eeI'ved ayreI sq8 ITS enough
iian iniunieation between us broken or He is a gam
pier u hnu villain, and has been engaged I'm n
h Jumper OF fraudulent schemes, among which was
T tIe heal Estate trust and Loan Company and thp
5as 5Mt Se.t insurance Company. He was put nm.
u oonus ~ columbia for attempting to shoot NV
vile Wiie mother, and can prove Il humber 4r
swlndling operations on his part in New 'fersev VI
ana because l refused to become his acoo,n,ii1y,
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