New-York tribune., 1886-05-08
THE ENGLEWOOD SHOOTING.
POSSIBILITY THAT CoE MAY RECOVER.
LARGE REWARDS FOR THE BURGLAR--MR. PHELPs's
TELEGRAM.


LARGE REWARDS FOR THE BURGLAR--MR. PHELPs's
TELEGRAM
Excitement continued to run high in Engle-
wood yesterday the shooting OF George Coe, Jr'
ut the Teaneck school-house Wednesday night The
road to tue schoo-house brought carriages and farm
wagons from many miles aud groups OF people collected
about the building eraDinng the scene o; the shooting
and following the OF the burglar FAR as they
had been detected by searching par;ios There was
little the situation far as the Identity OF the
burglar concerned All efforts thus far have been
fruItless in tracing the
better state OF thing. reported With regard TO
the situation OF young Coa. On Thurs lay ne surprised
his family by the strength he msui'ested in keeping
up after having received such dangerous wounds
The ball that was supposed 70 hSvc Pas|eed
and Curre near the spine IL was an ugy piece Oh lead
nearly the size of mans small M -er No enort was
made to probe the wound as 1t was feared thai II world
only Increase the danger Of Inflammation. on Thurs
day night and yesterday morning the patient was res
spirits. HE mind clear and nc siid that he
could bear the pain ycry well there were any ensners
family went out to the house az noon ani
after coasuls,tion with the phySSSiaHn' ySaH ros a
passed through Goes body "a at frat supposed but ta
IL detected BY striking one Of the ribs or at .ne
OF pistol slightly turned, that the bi
let had followed ;he rUs around the body To the Daek
The chance Is a one but there are a number or
instances the or wounds In TIE Re
bellion where heavy rfiebas followed THIS course ant
vital part being touched the patient recovereL The
other wound is a serious and Will require careful
treatment. but 1t Is not necessarily fatal. The best
him. aud his uncle George :. Coe, the president
OF American Exchange Bank. 1t SAID last even
Ing. had DR. Bail. surgeon OF the New-fork Hos,
ptal, and examination viii he held to-day: DR. ban
recently conducted operation in the Chambers street
Hospital that "as fully reported IN TIE IkBuNF IN
which intestnes OF were taken partly out and
up. the treatment resulting III ths lui
The young man cheerful condition last evening and
the hope ned out by tais better PROSPECT "Sre sad
that they had strong confidence that ne ne
might recover In sne ,re mem 81 the
floor 1t slightly hattened on one side ana was OF
pattern the two bullets that had Deeh ex-
traced There evidence OF any other injury on
Coe and the presence OF this ball was lncxpcape unt
second hall fired by the burglar IN scnOohouse as
Coe entered The first struck the lamb OF the coor close
Goes head and the second appears tohave MT some
hard object gsncing buried itself in his clothing
A notice printed blue Ink large piece OF brown
called a special meeting OF the Engewood Protectoa
Society in the evening An ImprSmptu meeting nsd
offer reward of $500 for any Information leading TO
Donald McKay. president of the society. received
from William Walter Phelps the following telegram;
DONALD MCKAY president Of The Engie~ood Protection
Urge the society liberal reward at its meeting this
evening viii add an equa sam as my mciydnai s@DsSrp
eau ,An Oe III HH " WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS.
More than a hundred pickets distributed over
adjacent country during Thursday night ard every
road and lane for miles In the neghDor
hSSa sns ssG'd sss several nos.. Of
suspicious character searched one OF them occupied
py a man VINO was convicted OF hOrse-stealing year
ago The not far from the school building anu
ia kept by the mans wife rumor was prevalent last
night that several articles belonging In the school mousse
had found IN the house, indicating mat tney must
have brought there by the man after ae M nsd
Coe. This rumor was denied 6y Colonel Jameson, .ne
chief marshal Nothing. be said had been found IN tne
-" have good reason TO believe he said. "that the
burglar made mis- way across the country atey
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Union Hill where these fellows nave number OF lreh
They would take him in and dress his WOUNDS, ne
could shave his beard change his dress and 20 forh
different and that easily cross over 10 New
York" ,-,-.,,.,,
There is doubt of IT, He IS one Of gang having
their homes the Bowery The hat that he left IS
and BITS are also new. though the hard hsnnmyite
handle Of brace broken over the burglars neal
The lock up" In which the meetings oftne Protection
Society held Is square brick ou'ldng near tne
depo strongly constructed 10 hold prisoners ana havg
large court The court room was nled ast night
although adriZLng rain prevailed. and meme put mem
decided 10 raise the reward to $1,000, several wealthy
ctzans the having volunteered to contribute 70
the burglar Speaking OF the matter Mr. Mckay said
Tne society is determined 20 do every ning IN its
of thieves that IS evidently MAKING Oh pre-
ing on the communities ABOUT an
IT'S efforts tracing other criminal transactions tnaV
have occurred I'm tbi. vicinity Ihe cooperation OF
%SwVotE ot,icia, will be obtained and the villains
hunted down II they can be- IL Is believed tha ny rails
ng the reward To respectable hgure important In,
formation may be obtained By those who nave some
knowledge OF the perpetrators OF this outrage Ny own
belief is that he mad accomplces or iriehds III 'he
what do you think Of Goes chances ofrecoveryi' r.
am pcirad fo thInk that there s good prospect
for him. The doctors saw this evening tna there
been no such shocks TO the system as usually
take pl.ce in severe wonnts this leads to the nope
that his injury not so bad as at hrst supposed lie
was good health ana the best physical cobuton WHICH
ali IN his favor"