St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-26
HIS WOUNDS FATAL.
George r. Buchan's Victim
Dies in st. Mary's Hos
pital.
Before He Dies He Makes a
Statement to the County
Attorney.
His Wife'S Lover Commenced
the Assault and Fired the
First Shot.
Buehan Is Held to Await the
Result of the COrOnep'S
Inquest.

Joseph f. Anderson, the young groc-
cry clerk who was shot by his wife
paramour on Tuesday night, died at 1890
a. IN. yesterday in st. Mary's hospital.
Death resulted from the gunshot wounds
inflicted by George R. Buchan. Ander-
son was conscious before his death and
made statement. which does not agree
with the stories told by the woman in
the case. The story told by Anderson,
with the full knowledge that he had but
fewmoments to live, differswidely from
that given by the attorneys for Buchan.
When Buchan surrendered himself to
the police. Capt. Helm, who was acting
chief In the absence of Supt. Bracket,
said. Now | am satisfied" and ap-
parently made no effort to find out what
the exact facts in the case were, but ac-
cepted tie statement made to him by
Mis-. Anderson as perfectly true.
County Attorney Jamison, however,
caused an investigation to be made in
dependent of the police, and yesterday
he said that he was prepared to prove
by dozen witnesses that Buchan COM
menced the assault and fired the first
shot. When Anderson was taken to
the hospital MIR. Jamison in.
structed the physicians that If
a change for the worse took
place he was to be notified at once so
as to procure an ante-mOrtem statement.
About O'Clock in the morning Ander-
son commenced to be very weak, and
the physicians were satisfied that he
could live but few hours. Assistant
County Attorney Briggs was notified
and hurried to the hospital. There. in
the presence of Drs. Rockford and
Dunn. Fred Schamberg, l.. A. Lydiard
and William Roe, Anderson told the
story of the shooting which ended in
his death even before he had finished
speaking. The physicians had already
told him he was dying when County
Attorney Briggs approached his cot
and said:
"You understand. Joe, that you can
not live. You are willing to make this
last statement of the affair.""
Eyes, suppose might as WE'LL" he
said, family, and then his eyelids
drOpped and he seemed unconscious.
The doctor raised his head and the dy
ing man opened his eyes again. Some
one suggested that Schamberg, who
was standing at the foot of the bed,
should speak to him.
do you know me, Joe?" Schmberg
asked.
Anderson did not see him. but replied
Immediately. "Oh, is that you, Fred?:,
Schamberg went around to the side of
the bed and placed his hand upon the
dying mans brow.
Come. joe" he said tenderly, Il
want you to tell these boys all about it,
just how this thing happened. Who
was it shot, tell us, JOe?''
''Well-I don't know his name" Then
he stopped for breath.
"Where were you? Where did you
go? Don't you remember after you left
the house and was going to st. Paul?'
eyes, yes" Anderson replied family.
"Well - was walking down Third
street. walked up to the man. said.
Here, this is played out He called
me a ---- -. L called MIN one
-
By this time every one in the room
was bending forward to listen, but Adj
derson sank back and grOaned as If he
was exhausted. He was failing fast
now, but the doctors aroused him. They
offered him a glass of stimulant. He
would not drink. They spoke to him
again. 1t was necessary to speak louder
than before. for his senses were al
ready dulled by the hand of death. al
though he still recognized the faces
about him.
"Who fired firstP'' Schamberg asked
him..
"Well-he shot first-certainly."
"Who pulled his revolver first?"
ale pulled his revolver first. He
pulled it from his pants pocket"
1t was with the utmost difficulty now
that Anderson was persuaded to speak.
But in answer to questions he said
slowly and by bits:
II pulled my revolver-frOm my coat
it was a little bit of thing-the size
of my revolver was little 22-I don't
know-how many times he fired at me-"
He was growing very weak and was
unable to speak. He tried to turn over
Oh the bed, gave one or two gasps and
was dead. The coroner was notified at
once and the body was ordered to be
sent to Gleason & By0rum's morgue,
where an autopsy was held, which
showed that death was due to peritOni-
lis, caused by a gunshot wound in the
stomach.
Buchan was considerably disappoint-
ed when his attorney called to see him
in the central station yesterday morn
ing and informed him that he had been
unable to procure the $1,000 bail re-
Ouired by Judge Emery While ap-
parently not caring what became Of his
victim. he was not at all satisfied with
his surroundings and did not relish the
idea of occupying apartments with the
common DRINKS and Migrants who were
locked up with him. When Court Off
Ger SchWab visited the cells Buchan
asked him Ito take him out of this" and
when told that he could go to the
county Jail he wanted to be taken at
once. Just about the time Anderson
died Officer SchWab, accompanied by
Attorney Than, started for the jail.
Mr.. Than gave his word that no attempt
would be made on<the part of Buchan to
escape, and he was not handcuffed but
was allowed to walk between his attOr-
ney and the officer. Buchan told the
officer that he would like to get his
Bros restaurant where the prisoner
ate hearty meal. Walking up to the
bar he took drink, and, after lighting a
cigar. accompanied the officer to
the Jail, where he was turned
over to Sheriff Eye and assigned
| to the room on the second floor directly
over the office, which was occupied by
the notorious Pearl Wilson while await
ing trial for shooting man on Wash
| ington avenue south. The first intima-
ton he had of the death of Anderson
was from hearing the newsbovs crying
| the fact on the street. He purchased a
paper and read the account through,
| but made no comment upon it. Light
| ing a cigar he again engaged in his
favorite pastime of blowing rings of
| smoke about his head. In the afternoon
he was visited by Lou Anderson, and
the two had a long private conversation.
The charge of assault in the firstdegree
will now be withdrawn, and Buchan held
on the charge of murder, his formal ar
raignment being postponed until after
the coroner's inquest, which will be
commenced at Gleason Il Byorum's
morgue at 10 o'clock this morning.
| While in the hospital, Anderson
never asked to see his wife. He wanted
| to see his friends Roe and Schamberg,
but he had no thought for the woman
who had been the cause of his death.
| Their married life had not been happy
one. 1t is said that well-known Min