St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-24
May Be A MURDER.
frank Newell Dangerously
Wounded Last Night by
Albert Weese.
They Quapreled Over a Paii
of Skates and Then
Fought.
Loss Of a High-Priced Crook
Through an Officers
CareleSSnesS.
L. III. Foote on Politics anG
Convention District
Court News.

FRANK NeWeIl, q IdTUlcT IeSluluS Oli
Fcrty-secOEd street, near the Lake Har-
riet pavilion, was shot. probably fatally,
IN his own dOOryard last night by Albert
WeeSe, a railroad laborer, who has been
working for the Great Northern road.
Weese Is a single man, twenty-five
years of aye. and makes his home with
his parents. who reside west OF Lake
Harriet. For some time past he has
been keeping company with Miss Bertha
Olson, who lives at Newell's house, and
calling there last evening became en-
gagged in a quarrel with Newell, which
led to the shooting.
Weese delivered himself into the
hands of one Of the officers of the Fifth
precinct, telling what he had done, and
was locked up III the central station on
the charge Of assault in the first degree.
which later developments may change
to murder.
The story of the shooting and the cir
cumStances which led to It are related
by Weese as follows:
Il had been keeping company with
Miss Bertha Olson, who resides with
the NeWeIls, and frequently took her
skating. ! used to leave my skates at
their home because it was nearer 10
the lake than mine and made it very
handy for me if l came I'D from town.
We went skating on Sunday night and
l left my skates under the front porch,
with Miss Olson's permission. Tonight
l called there at o'clock ard finding
the skates gone, went to the door and
asked the girl If she had seen them.
She said she had not. Then
Newell came TO the door and asked me
if | thought his women folks had moth
ing better to do than to look after my
skates. | said of Course | didn't, and
we had some angry words, and he Or
dered me off his lot, calling me ag-
d. ] started to go, saying
that did not want to have any trouble
with him on his own ground, and he fol-
lowed me and struck me in the back OF
the neck with his fist. He then went to
the wood pile, where he got heavy
stick of wood and again started after
me. AS / went down the bank to the
walk / dropped nv OyercOat and drew
my revolver. He saw it, and said:
you've got gum
II said, yes, | have, and it's loaded,
too.'
II fired in the air to show him that it
was loaded and to scare him back. but
he still followed me, and made.a motion
at me as if to strike me. | fired the gun
in the air again, but he still followed,
and, picking up my coat, started of
with it. | fired in the air again, but
not very high, and Iguess the ball came
pretty close to him. Then1 fired again
and hit him. AS soon as l saw he was
hit ran to him and said: Frank,
where are you hit"
ole said: Lou, go and get doctor,
quick
! L.. i 4 70,
help him into the house. but he said no;
he wanted me TO 20 after Dir. Russell at
once. i got DIR. Russell and then went
home. l told MY mother what ! had
done and that | was going atDncesto
give myself up to the officers. | changed
my clothes, putting on some things /
thought | would need, and then started
for the police station, but on the way i
met a policeman and gave myself up to
him, telling him who was and what l
had done.
II suppose from the way Newell acted
tonight he did not want me TO 60 with
the girl any more; but he never said
anything about it before and never told
me to keep away from his house.
I'VE never had any trouble before,
but about year ago my twelVe-year
old brother did. Newell slapped my
father, and he SAID he would tell my
brother and me. Newell told him then
he could lick both ny father and me,
and my brother told me, but L never
said anything about it.
81 have never had any trouble with
the girl, Bertha Olson, and she encOur-
aged me TO come there and 10 leave my
skates there.
On being asked how he happened to
have loaded revolver with him WeeSe
said that he frequently carried a re-
VOlver, but did not generally have it
loaded. He happened to 90 to friends
house to play cards yesterday after
noon, and seeing some cartridges in a
stand drawer which fitted his revolver,
a 3S-calber, he loaded the weapon and
replaced it in his pocket. He had 10
intention of using the revolver when lie
loaded it.
Weese told his story in a straight or
ward manner, but at times his eyes
filled With tears and his voice waVered.
When asked if he intended TO hit
Newell when he fired the last shot he
said:
Now you've got me. 1 was so ex-
cited that | don't know whether L did
or not"
Newell was taken in the Central
patrol wagon to the city hospital,
where an examination revealed the fact
that the bullet had entered the body
just above the left hip, The ball itself
was located in the abdomen, just below
the skin. DR.. Russell. who is attend
ing the patient, advances the theory
that the course of the bullet was turned
by one OF the ribs, which kept it from
penetrating the wall of the stomach,
and expresses very strong hopes of his
recovery. Newell is about thirty-two
years OF age and married man. He
declined last night to talk of the affair.