New-York tribune., 1885-01-31
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
WAS TT SUICIDE AFTER A QUARRELf
rur suoorrNs OF YOUNG sANDFoRD--sIGNs OF


THE SHOOTING OF YOUNG sANDFoRD-siGNs of
INToxICATIoN.
Henry f. Sandford, the young broker who 1 shot
himsef in frOat of the Princeton nat house 10 West
on harIday aSnfs hiSh yspstssdaV He
is not in any danger. The bullet struck hlm IN Tue
eshy part of the left breast and came out under tne
arm pit and while the wound Is painini ~ tbs
dangerous There were q number OF visitors al tne
hospital during the day, and most St tnea. nnstor
Livingston. Of NeWtJersGSy 'hs hosp}ta s early
and was closeted with him for some time, The
Senator, when he found his stepso1 only sngntly
Sandfords visitors were reticent about the affair
j. Rhinelander Dillon, his lawyer, called and had
long talk with him. Mr. Dillon SAID that ne ne
thought the shooting was purely accidentai. Gahu
ford Claimed that he was examining the pistol and
it went off He started back and slipped on tne
TO explode and the wound in the chest was inflicted
He disclaimed any idea of suicide and said that ne
had no cause for sen-destructioa. MI o,d 3iiloa
.1. w ask session 1"sss a court ia hs hospital and
INQUIRIES as to whether not the shooting was IL
tenti9na sanderds office I was ss n did a
business IN petroleum though nobody on the Petro-
leum Exchange could be found that knew MIN.
also among the callers. but he would say nothing
of the case Sandford has been given one OF the best
private rooms in the hospital. Apoliceman is con-
sanSford was engaged to Miss Katie Pier, a
daughter Of George w. Pier, the hop
merchant, Of No. los Brosd-st and. and she he
lives with her father, shortly before the shootngi
1t is supposed that it was on account OF 4uarreI
with her that he tried to shoot himself in nf cvSe H.
Piers family could be seeu yesterday: Inc porter
at the Princeton Flats, who saw Sandf0rd leave MI;
Piers apartment shortly before the snoe.,hg sa'o
that he appeared angry and shut the door WIN s
slam. The theory of the police is that sandford
went to visit Miss Pier while decidedly, under the
ina of md hat thew
account. In moment of despair ON acceunt OF ne
quarrel he had made the attempt on his lie. IN
the face of the persistent denlals on the pars oI
Saudford of any attempt at suicide and the Iact
that tbey have no witnesses to the shooting. the
police are not confident that they can hold nun IN on
the charge OF attempted salolde oap1sih w,tb
the prisoner yesterday but could not get him TO
say anything about the shooting except that ~ was
Inc cspdR deoyee wss Of reeSsm about the
matter but he attributes this to the natural desire
to have little publicity as possible gven 10 the
affair. -
Policeman Platte, who assisted Sanford, said
that he was on his beat in Eighth-aye; when boy
came running up to him and said: guess you're
wanted in Fifty-seventh-st., man has just shot
Platte, land found that Sandford had been taken
into the house and up flight Of sePS MPSat
ff Sdns S1II5sn' die carrying yRGgus '0 ae ae didn't
ss hST at the
the hospital to get his pedigree. Some OF the
papers say that was offered 500 by his friends to
keep the matter out of the papers. That is a mis-
take He said himself that he would give 500 10
keep it out of the papers. When first saw him 9e
was decidedly under the influence OF liquor. IN
fact he was drunk. If it hadn't been for the liquor
he could have walked to the hospital without any
trouble"
decided signs of intoxication when he was brought
in, although the shock of the wound had nad
SOLDERING efect on him.