Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-11
FRANK HARRIS,
A Well Known Mhssling Man, Shot
at Brooklyn, N. Y.
A Woman at the Bottom Of the Trouble
---Tae Details Of the ARRAY From
New York Papers,

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Frank Harris, Familiarity known as
dad" who was born aud reared
in the Second ward Of this city and who
more or less well known TO u large mum
Der of our citizens, was shot and very ser
iously wounded in the streets of Brooklyn,
v. Y, a few days ago. The New York
and BROOKLYN papers furnish the following
details OF the ARRAY and the causes which
led to it:
From hs B'oOkiyR Union.
There wss a lively shooting ARRAY at
Division avenue sad Fifth street, h. d.,
last evening About 7 o'clock q man,
followed by Two other men, was seen run
ming through Lee avenue. One of the pur-
suers had q pistol, which ne discharged at
he fleeing man, who was crying loudly for
nelp Reaching the corner OF Fifth street
aud Division avenue, q large crowd gather
ed and looked on, but did not dare to stop
the man with the pistol. Officer Blaney,
Of the Sixteenth Precinct, heard the noise
aad came running up Division venue
As he came along he heard two shots hred.
The fleeing man seeing the policeman
rsu into his arms aud cried, Save me
The man who hsd the weapon ran up with
10 y few wards and fred q third shot, the
ball entering the other mans lett thigh.
officer BIaney dropped the wounded
msn and quickly made q dash for the man
holding ia his hand the smoking pistol.
Policeman, if you touch me III shoe;
YOU dead" cried the fellow. The large
croEd which mad followed was hid behind
t,se boxes aud fences, being in mortal tear
Of the revolver. -.
Tie officer quick as thought threw his
club at the man. who lodged 1t, and q mo-
r.nt later found himself securely held 10
the strong grasp OF tbs officer, The revolt
yer WA taken from him and was found %
| ~ IT full cock, 30 that the slightest pes
sure on the trigger would have caused the
pistol 10 have been discharged. AT the
/ ~s,stion house he rave the name OF Wllilsm
Blown, of 10 Wilson street, but upon being
recognized admitted that ne Was Sidney
| CAombs oil l79 Taylor street.
The wounded man was Frank Hsrris,
W6o boarded a. COMBS house. Harris
WAS taken to~Uberts drug store, and after
his Sound, which was pronounced serious
had been examined by Ambulance Sur
usou Chamuuey be vas taken to the East
arm District Hospital The surgeons prob
/ cd for the bali, bat were unable TO hnd 1t.
District Engineer Frost, who saw the ar
rss,. said that il was one of the most plucEy
&C, he ever saw, as every one expected to
So the officer shot.
The trouble ia TIE result OF family
scandal. The people are Southerners, and
| Harris has only been tour years from
! Wheeling, West Virginia. He has during
/ these Jour years boarded With the Coomos
family, who foF the past three years have
resided in the Eastern District. Harms Is
| 81 of age, a box-msker and works Ia
New York. Mr.. jesse Coombs, father OF
| ths yoGug man who did the shooting, 10 IN
the feed Business at e Pitt street., New
York. He is we'll OF and is considered en-
/ Industrious business msr, His vie IS a
| cousin of Harris. the boy, Sidney, works
| 70, his father. de is % years of age aud
very ho.-hesdsd. lie claims this his
mother had been grossly insulted by Har'
ris and when he learned that Harris was
no. likely TO die he said: II am sorry;
wigh | had killed the -
F,qm ne NsC York World.
TIE mystery in the Coombs- Harris shoot
ling atfray IN Brooklyn a solved by q re
Uoerer of thc World yesterday and, as gen
| e,ally happens, thara ySs "a at the
bolton OF 1t" Shortly stteF GsrE on the
nigh: in question toe psssers-oy ~ tie
| peiyhborhood Of Division avenue and Fifth
street we're astonished 10 see two men chas,
| lrg another, the latter OF whom appeared
| 70 be fleeing for his HE. a moment later
| me two pursuers drew reyo!yers and both
fred inNhe direction of the pursued. The
| taller of the Two men, who carried two re-
~yolsers, soon distsnced the fellow marks
man and then the race between him and
the man he was after became extremely
| exciting. The former continued firing I'M
nj the latter dropped upon the sidewalk,
screaming: MY God! I'm snot! while
rhs other continued on his Way, evidently
! de ermiued to reach cover.
Il this time Officer Blsuey, Of the ely
mer street station, snd Assistant Engineer
Charles Frost, Joined ia tie pursuit. When
thu lseing man saw that q policeman TSS
after him he turned quickly and lodged De
hind a telegraph pole.
Hold up! III surrender! shouted the
man.
BE was taken to the station house, where
hs said his name was Sidney Coombs, Of
No IT9 Taylor street. Later on the other
brother was taken to the ClyCer street sta
ton, but as there was no charge sgsins.
him be was allowed to depart.
The cause of the shooting, as was yester
dsy sscsrtsined tscm en- Inconirovertlole
source, is as follows:
The Coombs boys reside With their father
aud mother at No. l79 Taylor street, snd
are in business With their father, Jesse
| Coombs. at % Pitt street, New York. The
wife and mother is a prepoSsesslng woman
OF about forty or foEtytEo years OF age
| Frank Harris, the wounded NAN. ia her
cousin by marriage, and ever since he lett
his home 10 Wheeling he has been board.
ing at the Coowbs residence, goirg daily
TO his business, which is that OF ~box-cRtter.
He has always been considered a. oEe Of
| the family, and was always respected as
such. No thought of anything of O clan
des,iEe usluse between Harris and Mrs.
Coombs ever existed until about a week
ago, when the younger Coombs ehauesd to
meet them together in the Atlantic Gar
den. on the Bogery. Even then they acted
towards each other in q no more friendly
manner tbsa they had always acted at
home, and the Young mad determined to