Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-16
HER FALL WAS FATAL.
Miss Blanche Baldsley Dying at the
Allegheny General Hospital.
SAMUEL SHARP TO BE ARRESTED.
Charles Herricks Seriously Wounded by
His Gwn Rife.
HARRY PAINTERS MYSTERIOUS HURT

| MiSs Ii6ncue Dalusley, OI SouueAsfihe,
who has been at the Allegheny General
Hospital since last Friday evening. may be
dead by the time this paper is issued. At
II o'clock last night the hospital physician
said that she had been in an unconscious
condition since Sunday evening and that
nothing could be done to aid her. She was
| injured internally by her terrible fall over
| the rocks and her death was expected
| hourly.
There is something mysterious about this
| case Samuel Sharp, the man who fell over
with her, is at the hospital with a broken
leg. He and Miss Baldsley have told diff
ferent stories. He said that she slipped on
the brink of the cliff, and pulled him over
as he reached to save her She said that he
suggested that the hill would be an elegant
place to fall from, and seized her as if to
throw her over. She began tusseling with
him, when the earth gave away and both
went down together.
Several Arrests Will Follow.
Miss Baldsley had been visiting mar
ried sister on Jefferson street, and on Fri
day evening went out with a lady friend
for walk. The police have been investi-
eating the case, and have the following in
formation: The two young women, while
walking on Federal street, met Sharp and
companion and struck casual acquaint-
ance. The quartet, after walking few blocks,
turned west into Ohio street, and proceeded
through the park to Monument Hill. The
police are not inclined to believe either OF
the stories told by the injured persons.
Superintendent Muth said last evening that
if the girl should die Sharp would be i'm
mediately placed under arrest. A thorough
inquiry will then be made into all the cir
cumstances The police have the names of
the two other persons who accompanied
Sharp and Miss Baldsley, but will not yet
make them public.
There is doubt as to whether Sharp is the
real name of the man. He represented him
self to be travelling salesman for tobacco
named Samuel Sharp who is a passenger
brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, running through Connellsville, Miss
Baldsley's home.
Shot Himself In the Side.
gheny General Hospital yesterday after
noon severely wounded by gun shot. He
gave his address as No. 80 Cherry street.
He said that he was with camping party
down the Ohio river opposite Shousetown,
and yesterday afternoon went with a COM
panion to shoot at blackbirds among the
reeds by the river. His rifle trigger was
caught in some matted grass, the weapon
was discharged and the ball entered Her
rick's side at the fifth rib. 1t passed up
ward and caused a very serious wound,
which seems likely to be fatal The man
was brought to Allegheny on a Ft. Wayne
H. h., hoI ,ak
been able to find the ball.
Harry Painter, cork worker living at
No Sc River avenue, Allegheny, was con-
veyed to the General Hospital shortly after
o'clock last evening, in an unconscious
condition. The circumstances connected
with his injury are rather peculiar. At
about 4:3O o'clock DR.: McCreight, at No AZ,
Anderson street, was hurriedly called to at
tend an injured man in stable about half
block away.
MysteriousIy Wounded in q Stable.
When he went there he found Painter
lying on the stable floor unconscious, with
a long cut on his head just back of the
forehead, and blood all over his face and
clothes. Three men were present, and
they had bucket of water and sponge
They desired the doctor to attend to the
man right there and fix him up. They
SAID the Wounueu man nau Deen IN ngnL
DR.. McCreight refused to be a party to
keeping the matter quiet, and
went for policeman. Officer
Neumer was found, and when he
reached the stable the three men had fled.
He called patrol wagon and sent Painter
to the lookup, under charge of disorderly
conduct.
AS soon as his condition was seen there |
he was sent to the hospital. Under the care
of the surgeon and nurses he recovered con-
sciousness last night, but was too weak to
be bothered with questions concerning his |
assailants. The cut on his head is three |
inches long, but the skull was not fractured. |
The wound could not have been made with |
a mans fist. Painters assailant is said to |
be a man named Dougherty.