The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-16
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was written the following apparently the copy
OF an advertisement,

London, and small slip Of raner unon which
oil an advertisement:
A GERMAN AMERICAN gentleman having formerly
services 10 rscSss American bsnGinr house or rail-
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Tho prisoner was. or pretended to be- in a
lection at all of what had occurred. denied that
ne had shot any ono, and comrlatncd that he
PAD been Assaulted with chair There was a
but the blow did not seem to have been serious
enough to account for. his apparently da2eG
statement or TO send Tor any friends or for
lawyer, and was locked M until 2 oclock, when
s eted % sS %Gs sa wis Es
in his hands or looked about the court room In
al y hss sort Of Way. When ne was arraiHn.
stated the circumstances OF the case, and
asked that the prisoner he remanded until to-
day m to give time for getting Witnesses Justice
Onor to The Custody o cant ant liSG O prs
ter at this point to Intimate that lie would like
him to Howe 4, Humme. After, an, interview
Mr.. Reynolds had meantime been taken in
an aHoulance TO the Chambers street Hospi.
had entered on the left side at the tenth rib
and had gone into the abdominal cavity. Be-
yond that they could not say; as the patient
was suffering so from the shock that II was un-
safe to mako any thorough examination Of tho
wound or to probe for the bullet. They pro;
that there was fighting chance for him.
Coroner Levy was notified and went to the
hospital to, take an ante; mortem statement
MIR: Reynolds was so weak that the doctors
IA was snot said Mr. Reynoids IN my Of
ing with him to become reconciled 10 his
mother and be kind and devoted to her. l
told him had advised her TO seek the Drotec-
against him. and had obtained IN injunction
upon him and the safe deposit company He
me. He said nothing. There was nobody pres
ont in my Office at the time Of the shooting.
There were clerks In the outer Office. He shot
Mr.. REYNOLDS was so weak that he could not
sign this statement but only affixed his marx.
and two children. telegram was sent 10 his
wife Immediately after the shooting asking
her to come at once to the Office she was met
where she first learned how desperate was her
husbands situation. The shock was a terri
bic one to her. She remained at his bedside
MIR. Reynolds ia SO yenrs old and was one Of
the most peaceable and moderate men in the
to them inconceiyabe that he could have
given young Stephani any provocation wat;
evinced Violent diepostion on other a 6ccasons
than the one on which he assaulted his mother.
and at Mr. heynoldss otiiCo 1t was said that the
great mistake in the whole matter had been
the failure TO institute criminal proceedings
against the young man for what was alleged to
have been a felony in the abstraction Of prop
ertV belonging to the estate OF his father Such
proceedings. 1t was said. would either have
kept him ont Of the country permanently or
would have put him out OF tho way Of doing
harm II he came here.
Nobody came TO the. Oak street station last
night to see Stephan. At the hospital last
night it was said that there was aust a posi-
biity that Mr.. Reynolds might not die but no
predictions were ventured. He was suffering
from shock and they were administering slim
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