St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-24
May Be A MURDER.
rank 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.

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 NewelPS 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 t are lelated
by Wcese as follows:
Il had been Keeping company with
Miss Bertha Olson, who resides With
the Newells, and frequently took her
skating. ! used to leave my skates at
their home because it was nearer 10
the lake than mine and made 1t very
handy for me if | came I'D from town.
We went skating on Sunday night aud
| left my skates under the front porch,
with Miss Ols0n's permission. Tonight
| 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 a g
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 OvercOat and drew
my revolver. He saw it, and said:
you've got gum
Il 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
III liAC al dStAiils Gilb lAC GUN AOiAOHNNi'
and, picking up my coat, started OF
with il. | fired in the air again, but
not very high. and guess the ball came
pretty close to him. Then l fired again
and hit him. AS soon as / saw he was
hit | ran to him and said: Frank,
where are You hit"
ole said: Lou, go and get doctor,
quick
! asked BIN if be did not want me to
help him into the house. but he said no;
he wanted me 10 20 after DR.. Russell at
once. / got DR.. Russell and then went
home. | told my mother what ] had
done and that was going atpnceto
give myself up to the officers. l changed
my clothes, putting on some things /
thought | would need, and then started
for the police station, but OH the way
met policeman and gave myself UP TO
him, telling Tim who | was and what
had done.
IL suppose from the way Newell acted
tonight he did not want me TO go 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 a 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. never
SAID anything about it.
81 have never had any trouble with
the girl, Bertha Olson, and she encOur-
aged me 10 come there and TO 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 III a
stand drawer which fitted his revolver,
| a 3S-callber, he loaded the weapon and
replaced il in his pocket. He had nc
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. l 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 mad entered the body
Just above the left hip The bali 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 a married man. He
| declined last night to talk of the affair.