The sun., 1890-11-18
DID HE SHOOT WENNERi
~ps xopER DID NOr SEE NARrJx fkL-
s.hOFSkY FIRE

~. s.v the Latter RsnnsHe Toward
w..,er-There Was . Lstsls sasks
over Weuner's Head, Nat Ness ever His
A. the inquest held last night In the hall Of
,hs hook and ladder company ct Queens. Long
,.,.na seysra additional facts wsro brought
~, in regard to the death Of Jacob
W.rrsr. who, while out shooting with
Msrtjn Pslko'sky last Thursday. received .
mound In the left side OF his neck. either from
W.. nwn aun or that OF Pslkofsky. from which
y. d,sd An inquest held that day resulted In
= ,srdict Of accidental death. but later infor-
n,aton resulted in tho arrest OF Pelkofsky and
. dscision to hold q second inquest
Dr philip NJ Wood, who examined Wenner
.,,sr his death. was Of the opinion that the
vound was such as would result from . gun
ared At about thirty feet distant The shot had
.ntersd the right side OF the face Just below
,hs mark and had cut the jugular vein and
carotid artery and broken the jaw bone.
Death resulted from hemmorrhage. None Of
,hs sbot was much more than half inch below
w.. M stn. while many only lust stuck In the nesh.
1i TSis together with the fact that the course
Q. oHif .he shot was from the rear and downward.
Oss snss from es shs assd %s eeea
which. Which The doctor said vas SLIGHTLY discolored
Ssye "a e been possible for Wsnnsr to have tnniot
d tss wound himself ns f:n BY sociSsn,d ,dsnd
So SosIa sHan have besn there 4 the gun had been
only few inches Of foot from wsSns6s W,i, hs1S
Mood sns Who assisted in the examination corob-
GRATED the testimony OF hls son. .
shsrs a: Ws:a on
iss s SsrI, IN assns sSns Ss ;e: se1:
S. T sasss s.' sna
isst from the barn sssnd: spsll Ssl
nIsUsq Mrs sopsr % was In her Kitchen Ironing last
Ts1 sn
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ss hennsr hs oa s%r Ssr as sss, a VIZ. sss sns
sS q & asa.p sah Ii. %Ss
Pr ffR .ns sna
snothsI shot .und and. running t. The door;
iiy that she remembered but oyer Werper's
sss. a:s'h Ia Ssss hs ou & q called
sty d!dn's reply Sn.Mii g hs ;i hsa Issshsd Wennsr
s1hi seS fe Is almost dssd. Mrs: sSgsr.
sos.s .nd sSS ss.d ss 'S OF hs sas
together they hurried back. Wenner was
there lying on his back and still breath.
Ing. but whom tho two men carried him
house he died almost Immediately. shortly
after Mrs. Soper returned with her husband
she found Hsnner's gun leaning against the
barn. but whether her husband or Pelkoisky
put It there she does not know. When MI.
Eoper and Pelkofsky returned alter tax ing the
dying man home. Pelkofsky told Mrs.
Soper. to say nothing about the matter
and then went away, !ostensibly to 60 down
to Springfield for Mrs. Wenner. who was
away from homo for tho day. In about half
an hour he was back again. He took Wenners
e nre "a the charge IN one Sf The ba@TEsls, @ for
Mrs. soper was also requested to keep quiet
about.
He went away. and soon Mrs. Loper heard .
gun 90 of down In the fields. but whether 1t
was Wenners or not she could not swear.
Whom the charge was drawn from the other
we're found TO 6e . mixture Of numper
u or mustard seed" and No. 8. On the day
Of the shooting Wenner used No. 8rand Pol
kofisky No. IL. Il 10 said. The shot taken from
the wound were Of the smaller size.
Pelkofsky was In the best Of spirits last
night, and whom asked II he felt worried, re-
piled. NO. for have nothing TO worry nh. I
have not done anything. shall come out all
right"
e 4nf;:ns Ssnnot b,,Pz thsRs:lyss
animation will be continued at o'clock to-
niGht In th0 AAnnA hall