Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-24
WHO sHoTa
The Temple Street Mystery
Being Unraveled.
BROTHER AND FATHER IN JAIL.
Arthur w. Dickens is the Nephew Of
the Great NOvelist-His
History.

The shooting of Bernhard Weyermann
on Monday night turns out to be highly
sensational affair. The young man may
recover, but he is still very low. 1t will
be remembered thar in his statement to
the police the wounded man took pains
to assert that neither his father nor his
brother were near when the shot was
fired. The detectives into whose hands
the matter was placed did not accept
this as true, and began Immediately to
investigate the relations of the brothers
to one another. Witnesses were speedily
found who testified to many and re-
peated quarrels. On one occasion, when
engaged in q fierce fight, they were
parted by J. G. WINNER, who heard
Arthur, the elder one, say to Bernhard,
II will kill you yet"
The wound was inflicted with bullet
from 32-calibre revolver. Dan Liebert,
q butcher on First street, had loaned
Arthur such a pistol some months
since. Yesterday morning Officer
Bowland, who, with Detective Metzler.
had been working on the case.
told Arthur that the Chief wished
to have some conversation with him.
When he entered the Office the Chief
opened the conversation by asking point
blank, "Where is that gum" The young
man was completely unnerved BY the
question and told confused story OF
having given the weapon to Texan who
had left the country several months ago.
The man was locked up and the police
made search of the house. The revol-
yer was not found. Arthur's wife, ON
being questioned, said that the pistol had
been given to the Texan, but her state
ment of the time did not tally with that
Of her husband.
In the evening Chief Cuddy asked Ar
thur If he had anything more to say and
the young man broke down entirely, adj
mitted that he had not been telling the
truth and would make full statement
of the affair exactly as it occurred. He
said that he and Bernhard had walked
little ahead Of their father and that when
they came to the corner of Fort street his
brother drew out q revolver and shot
himself. This statement, which was not
what was expected, was subjected to
q lively cross examination. He admit
ted that his brother was not in the habit
of carrying revolver, and that he could
not tell what became of the weapon.
When asked why he ran down the
street, he said it was to tell his father of
the occurrence.
The dramatic incident of the effair took
place when the Chief went to see the
wounded man, who was in great deal
Of pain and partly under the influence of
of morphine.
"Where YVES your brother when that
shooting took place ?" asked the Chief.
"He was half block away"
"But he says himself that he was
standing by you, and that you shot your
SELF"
The wounded man was silent.
"Now, didn't Arthur shoot you? You
are about to die; let me have the truth"
"Nol 1t does not matter what brother
says, he did not shoot me. It was some
unknown man."
The Chief had too much respect fer
this display of brotherly loyalty to press
the matter further. Bernhard admitted
that he and his brother had quarreled
about the latter's wife, but to the end he
was firm in the statement that Arthur
was not his assassin.
When the matter was broached to the
father, who had also been arrested, the
old man broke down and cried, but re-
fused to make any statement.
One other witness has been found, q
lady, who says that she saw the shot
fred and that the would-be murderer
stood near to his victim and then crossed
the street to shoot. This makes the
chain OF evidence seemingly complete.