New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-14
4 YOUNG WoMAy SHOT By accident
TRAGEDY IN SHOOTING GALLERY Ar COMFY
ISLAND.

TRAGEDY IN A SHOOTING GALLERY AT COMFY
ISLAND.
A lamentable accident, In the cause of which
there seems been nterninglng OF stupidity,
criminal and occurred al West Bright
Ceney Island, at l:2o p day before Yesterday
Among the of booths and shows there
lie shooting gallery kept by JohnJ oncs Neartis ma
chine constructed 10 test the hitting strength of
which Jonce, who is also its owner, calls somewhat
graphically sullivan punching machine" On Thurs
day morning left bis rife gallery in charge of
empIoyed and to Brighton with some friends The
punching machine In the OF John Pritchard,
sorne what sullcn, slow witted young man who once
was q saiior MT. Jones has wife who Is q variety
actress and is IN Stamford. Conn. For week or
ten DAYS friend OF Jones' Matte Davis Ross wife
OF commercial traveller Of Boston, has beenlying with
Joness mother at West Brighton. She Is rather
conely young woman only eighteen years old, and OF
playful disposition.
About p m. on Thursday this young woman went out
and Summoned the employees Of Jones The has two gal
ieres to dinner Prtchard took charge Of the rife gal
ory ncnr his machine and the regular enan went in to
his naeal Mrs. Ross alone In the gallery with
Pritchard and no near What happened can
only be surlnsed the admissions OF Ptchard but
at 20 D. shrek rang our over the sand and when
few persons neighbortng booths rushed into the
gallery. they found the young woman Yang ON the moor
with the blood streaming from wound near her right
eve and Prichsrd standing by. looking az her In
dazed way while OF the range rifles Ia small affair
nj the wossen parlor pattern lay upon the door In
other moment he had picked the young woman up and
was supporting she walked toward Mrs. Jones'
bou-e big drops OF blood dyong the wooden pavement
Al every step Finally she placed m wagon aud
taken 20 a physcinD's office, aud then 10 the Kings
comfy Hospital FlRtbush. There 10 was found tlat
the ballet etrated In manner thai made probing
dangerous and had glanced In an upward direction.
All yesterday forenoon tho young woman lay Ia de-
lirious condition. In which she frequently cried out
lack wouldn't shoot nfe, would you u aid pleaded
not TO Under the circumstances no state nent
could he procured from her, and there was
donbt AS how the shooting had been done Pntcf ard
who promptly srrtstcu aud lockcd up In tho town
hail rasesend told number Of contradictory stories
about H. There powder MARKS or traces OF re
IN young WOMAN face, and this fact seemed 10 DIS
proys two tchsrds Stories which were that she had
accidentally ssot herself and that he had accidentally
shot her trying 60 take the rifle out OF her hands
Yesterday morning he admitted that he had aimed the
gun at girl and discharged &C. thinking at the time 1.
was loaded. Bat II Is IN Joncss gallery not
rifle until it desired Tor and as the young
man who had charge OF tie range Is positive that no
cartridge rine when no went To dinner.
this ncupaing admission does not all the mystic
ries OF the Pchsrd sent 10 the ia In Brook
yn TO await the outcome OF Mrs Ross INJURIES Yes
terday it said nj the hospital that she
might recover - 49,
powder propelled II contained In small snell
Mr. Jones szid however that the der though small
in quantity had power sufficient IA send bullet 500
yards, Ms he had found by experiment