Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-10
SHOT IN THE GROIN.

"A Colored Woman Shot Last Night by Her
faramour-V Various Statements of the
Affair-Was it Accidental or INTENTIONAL
AT II O'Clock last night Ella Weleb. a
colored woman, was shot by a colored man
named Charles II. Munster, in the third
story of the building on the northeast cor
ner of Jackson and Fifth streets, The ball
entered the right groin, and though doctors
Quinn and Davenport probed for it thew
did not find it. The wound is dangerous
but not necessary fatal one. The woman
bled profEsely and was quite weak.
Hunster met the woman in
Ohlcago about year ago,
and has been living with her ever
| since. He is a cook on the Northern
Pacific pay Car, and has been in the habit
| of carrying the revolver he shot her with.
while on the road, and while off duty the
| instrument of death has been laying
around the room occupied by the parties.
Immediately after the shooting Officer
Murphy got around them and went up
the stairs to look into the matter and
found Hunster coming down. He took him
into custody, and he and Officer Pendy
took him to the city hall.
THE ROOM AND THE SHOOTING.
On going to the room about ten minutes
after the shooting the representative of
the GLOBE found about dozen colored
men IN it, one or two colored women, one
white woman, the officers of the law and
Drs Quinn and Davenport. The room is
divided by sliding doors. The wounded
woman was in the front room
on bed and the doctors
were at work probing for the bullet, while
the woman was gfoaning and screaming
| occasionally with the pain caused by the
efforts OF the doctors to find the bullet.
The back room where the officers and out
slders were, was lighted by an oil lamp
| set IN tin cup, and everything about the
| room was IN very primitive condition.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
The story of the shooting, as we'll as it
could be obtained from those in the room.
was that the woman that was shot wanted
to write letter to some one and Hunster
did not want to have her, and told her she
should not. She insisted, and finally. in
order to stop her, he took the pen away
from her, telling her that whenever she got
little mad she wanted to write letter to
some one. Some of the colored people
but they seemed to think that he did not
really intend to shoot her, and one of the
negroes said that he had no doubt it was
an accident.
THE wOMAN's STATEMENT.
At one time after she was shetland while
she was expecting to die from the injuries,
the woman made the following statement,
which was reduced to writing by a gentle
man who was present. The statement is as
follows:
Charles Hunster shot me. was going to
the trunk when he pulled up and shot me.
was going to write to my little daughter.
l was going to write home to the little
baby, and he said should not and, shot
me.
WHAT THE PRISONER SAID.
Having obtained all the information to
be had where the shooting occurred, visit
was made to the city hail. The prisoner
occupied the middle cell, and at first did
not seem to be disposed to talk at all, but
finally he limbered up and ratified along
at rapid rate. He declared
that the shooting was accidental. He said
she wanted to write a letter and he did
not want her to. He thought it was time
to go to bed, and began to make his ar
engagements to retire. Among these was
the putting away of the revolver. He
picked it up for that purpose, and had no
idea that it was cooked, but it seems that
it was, and went off without his knowing
how 1t was discharged. He was very So
icitous as to her condition, and was a
good deal gratifed when he found
she was not likely to die. His
anxiety was not based on any regard for
her, but he was anxious about it with re-
ference to what effect her death would have
upon him. He was also anxious to know
whether or not he was likely to lose his
place on the Northern Pacific. At first he
undertook to make out that he was mar
ried to the unfortunate woman, but he
finally abandoned that and admitted that
he was not married, but that he was living
with her right along. The prisoner is
about thirty years of age. He said that
when the officer arrested him on the stars
he was not going to run
away, bub that he was going for
doctor, and that he had no intention of
escaping. He evidently felt that he had
got himself into serious trouble and that
the prospects Of getting out of it were not
fattering.
The revolver was a large one with
long barrel. The prisoner admitted that
he had been drinking some, but he did not
seem to be at all under the influence of