The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-02
THE ELM GROVE SHOOTING.
Tic Wounded Gambler Probably Fatal
a. lIurt-Ilc Gives n Third Name,

d. " . .
It was reported yesterday that the
shell.rame operator, shot by the Elm
Grove telegraph operator at that place
Monday evening, was possibly fatally
hurt. The wound inflicted by the forty.
iour.calibro Winchester rifle was m
awful hole. Ills lower limbs are para.
lyzed. lg' .'HC
5 Constable Anderson, who arrested the
man, was In town yesterday, accompanied
by several members Of his posse, among
them Mr.. Garrison. who has several
severe cuta on his head and body, In.
llicted by members Of the party who res.
cued tho prisoner after his arrest. Two
warrants will be Issued for the gambler,
ono for gaming aud one for resisting an
officer. Uau Ts' ..n
His name was not definitely known.
He first gave It as johnson, and after.
ward Jones. Later he admitted 10 the
physician who dressed his wounds that
neither OF these was his right name, and
that he would not say what It WINS, be-
cause his mother, living In Pittsburgh,
was old and III, and II she heard OF his
tionble It would kill her. ta''-
Yesterday he said his real name was
Tt omas Smithson. Thiswas not credited,
however, as hia cuffs were marked "Wil-
liam N. Getty"
| When he was arrested he had In his
possession q little padded 10 .rd such as
in used 10 work the shell and ball game
on, and n large piece OF green oil cloth
with six little squares marked off near
one side and numbered from one to six.
This Is used in n skin game with dice.
The members Of the gang which raj.
lied to his rescue after he was captured
are not all known, but some OF them can
be identified. Some were Wheeling
gamblers and toughs and othcrs were
from Pittsburgh. 1H'rasl4 err
The name OF tho operator at Elm
Grove was not known to anybody who
could be seer here yesterday, not even
to the Western Union people, though
tho man Is the operator. for that compa.
ny there. He fired, it is said, by order
OF Constable Anderson, bnt the man was
not pailty OF . felony, and no warrant
had been issued for him. It ia said by
lawyers that, In tho eyes OF the law, the
shooting OF the man was indeienshlc.
About ten o'clock last evening the
vile OF the man drove up to Police head.
quarters in Quincy. She is quite a
nice looking little woman, probably
twenty-five ycars old, neatly and taste.
fully dressed, and at the time OF her
arrival her eyes were red from crying.
She asked for tho Captain and was taken
In pharsc by Lieutenant Frohmc.
She 1t onls informed him that she
was the mans vile, and asked about his
condition and bis whereab outs, aud ex.
pressed great concern about him. She
had clipping from an afternoon Pitts.
burgh paper, saying that Roger OlAIara,
Assistant Superintendent Of Police, had
received telegram IRON Chief Del.
bruegc, stating that Tommy Smilhson,
better known in Pittsburgh as "Tommy
the pog,N hpH been shot while trying 10
escape arrest. The woman said she had
been much annoyed by his failure to 70.
turn home, and had no Information
concerning him until a lady friend had
brought her the clipping referrtd to.
| Officer frobme called o Quincy and
took her to the hospital, where the nurse
In charge said thai Smithson, or John.
sou, az be Yau registered in the hospital,
was resting ne easy IS could be expected,
and was ut that time taking his first
sleep. Mrs. Smithson was advised that
it wonlL not be well to wake him, and
she was provided with lodging, 30 she
could see him first thing in the morning.
The woman said that her husband had
wanted her to come TO the picnic with
him, but she had not accompanied him
because she was just recovering from an
attavk Of typhoid fever. She further
said he is n plumber by traJe, end pro,
vides we'll for her and treats Ter well.
She cried all the way to the hospital aud
was very much broken up. She says
he is twenty-three years old, and THAT
they haye Le1n married four 2e..s.
A dispatch from Pittsburgh says:
"Smithson is son Of Guy Smithson, the
we'll known Pittsburgh auctioneer. He
is disreputahlc, but has not been re.
garded as particularly vicious. lie has
a penchant for stealing dogs. which
years ago earned Tor lin The name,
Tommy, the Dog" 49,.