Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-09

The horizontal lines in the above diagram
represent the stairs leading down into the
packing room from the floor above. just
as he reached the footof the stairs Z the
bolt Of cloth struck him. After the shot
has been fired he turned and started to go
into the stock room, but on turning
he dropped his pistol at the point A,
He then managed to get into the stock
room, and just as c was reached, on the
east side of the stock room, he fell. ID is
the exit leading out into the alley on the
west of the building. Mrs. Driscol, his wife,
on coming through the Office iEto the pass
age from II, heard the groan of a man. She
very pluckily walked through the passage
way into the stock room and, TO her horror,
found her husband lying where he had
fallen, at the point C. She attempted to get
him up and assist him up stairs, not know
ing how badly he was hurt. But he gave
her TO understand that il was impossible TO
walk While she was bending over him Off
GERS Gregory, Furniss, Waskey and Nicklas,
who had hastened from police headquarters,
where the call was sent in, came running
through the passage way into the stock
room. Here they found the injured hus-
band lying in pool of blood and the grief
stricken wife bending over him. The off
GERS Immediately carried Mr.. Driscol through
the stock room upstairs into his sleeping
room, where he was placed in bed. DIR.
Russell was Immediately called and arrived
in about twenty minutes, together with DIR.
Howe, the celebrated surgen, of Cincinnati,
who happened to be in the city. The ply
sicians Immediately set to work examining
the wound. Upon first sight they gave it
as their opinion that if the ball was still in
side ii would be almost impossible to
get it out. They traced it from the place of
its entrance up to within a half an inch or
less below the nipple of the breast Here
they found it impossible to go any farther,
as they could feel the heart beating against
the blade of the knife. The ball had taken
an upward course and whether it had gone
in a straight direction or swerved over to-
wards the right it could not be aseertained.
The skillful surgeons remained with the
wounded man until six O'Clock this morning,
keeping him under the influence of anas-
thetics all the while. They again visited
him, at about ten O'Clock this morning, and
at that time reported very little change in
his condition, with all the chances
against his recovery, but that if he
could be kept quiet until the middle of the
afternoon the faint hopes then entertained
for him would be slightly strengthened.
The room which he now lies in is kept
darkened and none are allowed to enter but
members of the family and physicians in
attendance. Not the slightest noise was
made, as almost everything now depended
on the patients extreme quietness.
Several times before Mr.. Driseol has got
ten up out of bed upon hearing footsteps,
and gone down to the shop to see who was
there. The large quantities of the finest
carriage trimming cloth that have been
missed lately is attributed to the work done
by these thieves at night
George Driscol, as has before been stated.
is the oldest member of the firm, his age
being forty-one the eighth day of January
He has been married for about eighteen
years and has several children. Their home
in the second story of the building is beauti-
fully furnished and has all the comforts of
an elegant residence.
Three large rooms connect each other by
sliIi,.ar and
the street. and across the hall are three |
other rooms, the dining-room, kitchen |
and another sitting-room, and also a large |
,cOm at the end of the hall used as the |
children's nursery. The father was pas
sionately devoted to his wife and little
Dnes, and no comfort which would tend to
make them happy in life was ever held
from them. For the happiness of such a
owing and thoroughly affectionate family
10 be thus destroyed by the work of a cow
ardly assassin is terrible to contemplate.
'sUsPECT" CAPTURED.
As the officers were on their way to the
scene of the catastrophe, about 4:15 this
morning, they met Henry Slater, colored
nan, at the corner of Fisher and Columbia
streets. They accosted him and he told
hem that he was on his way from the
House, where he had stayed all
hight, TO his home on North street, near
Spring, where he was going to change his
clothes. They let him 60 at the time, but,
when they learned what had happened. he
,ecame an object of suspicion. They