The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-04-02
DID He SHOOT2
A Married Man Makes Love to a
Canton Girl
And Calls on Her While Intoxicated
The Girl and Friends Claim He Attempt
ed Murder---Both Sides of the Case.

Albert Bemis, an employe of the Hamp-
den works in finishing b, created a SEN
sation in East Fourth street Saturday
evening, and is now in jail on the charge
OF shooting with intent to kill.
A year ago Bemis became acquainted
with Miss Carrie Schweitzer, who lives
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Smith. He soon
became enamored with her, and she for a
time apparently reciprocated his affection
receiving his attention and accepting his
escort. Bemis had a divorce suit pending
in common pleas court. and Carrie did
not like the idea of receiving the atten-
ton OF a married man, so declined, 1t is
said, to receive further attention from
him.
According to the story of Miss Schweit-
ger, Bemis has been annoying her with
his attentions for some time, but be has
persisted in meeting her and walking with
her to her work at the Canton Steam
Laundry. He has not been so attentive of
late, and had not seen Miss Schweitzer
for about seven weeks until Saturday
evening.
On that evening Miss Schweitzer, Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Nancy Nave, a sister-in-
law OF Mrs. Smith, we're seated in the par
lor OF the Smith residence, when at
o'clock they heard loud rap at the door.
Miss Schweitzer opened the door slightly,
and recognized Bemis standing on the
endeavored to pull down the blind on the
glass portion OF the door. AS she was do
ing this, the three ladies say that they
heard shot, and saw the flash Of revol-
yer. They screamed loudly and at
this time Bemis thrust his hand
through the broken window and endeav
ored to open the door. The inmates con.
tinued to scream and in a few moments
he left the scene. The police were noti-
fled and Bemis was found in the bar room
of the Hurford House shortly afterwards
by Officers McCort and Stackhouse. They
landed him in the police station and then
made search of his room at the Hurford.
Bemis had badly lacerated his hands on
the broken glass while attempting to
open the door at the Smith residence, and
there was every evidence that he had
been to his room and attempted to stop
the flow of blood. There was blood on
everything he had touched, and basin Of
bloody water was standing on the wash
stand. His revolver was in plain sight on
the dresser, but there was nothing to in
dicate that IL had been lately used. Every
chamber was loaded and the revolver was
perfectly clean. 1t is not probable that it
had been touched by Bemis as there was
no blood on il and there was blood on
everything else which had come in con
tact with his hands, SO profusely were
they bleeding from cuts received.
No revolver was found on bis person
He was drunk at the time and had consid-
erable money. Miss Schweitzer, Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Nave positively assert that
a shot was fired and that they saw the
fash of the revolver. IL he did he must
have used used revolver other than his
own.
A ANEws-DEMooRAT reporter called at the
house this morning and examined the
window. There was small hole through
the lace curtain which was draped on the
window, and ii might have been made by a
bullet. There was also discovered a hole
in the wall, about inches below the cell
ing. This might also have been made by
q bullet
The reporter called on Bemis at the Jail
and from him CLEANED the story of his be-
ing enamored with Miss Schweitzer. He
said that they had been good friends at
one time but that she had gone back on
him. II used to GO with herr he said,
"until we had little misunderstanding
and then she wouldn't have anything
more to do with me. We often went to
the opera house toget',y. md Carrie and
Mrs Smith have taken Dime. with me at
the Hurford House. | went down Satur-
day evening to show her some letters, but
she slammed the door in my face. l was
drupk at the time, and hit the window
with my fist breaking the glass and cut
ting my hands badly. | then left. | posi-
lively did not shoot as | had no revolver
with me. Carrie would never listen to
me when l wanted to explain to her about
my wife and went down to see her in or.
der to have an explanatory
Bemis is the man who went into Attor-
ney Charles G. Upham's Office last Novem.
ber and asked him TO misrepresent the
facts in his divorce case. Mr.. Upham re-
fused and Bemis thereupon became abus-
i've. Mr.. Upham knocked him down with
a poker. Nothing has been done in the
divorce case since that time. Bemis is 81
years of age, short and heavy set, and
while he is not man who would set a
young girls heart to tluttering on first ac-
quaintance, is not unprepossessing.