The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-10-20

NOV WOTuN tACbDUUH TemAFkh ABOUT
playing q game Of cards by Eols and the
reply OF Obernesser.
SCOTT SMITH,
the man who was probably fatally sho.,
was taken to his home at No. 231 East Fifth
street, In an express wagon by Officer
Brisbiu. News DEMOCRAT reporter call
ed at his home this morning, but the at
tending physician Dr.. Il. J. March had left
instructions that no one should be allowed
to see the injured man.
Smith 10 a man of 25 years of age and is
employed by Joe Dehn the stone mason.
He had been laying brick e for the past few
night without any premonition that he
would be sent home In the terri.
BILE condition he afterward experienced.
While there Ellis came in and suggested
game of cards. Then Obernesser made
the remark about playing him the best
game, etc., and thereupon whipped out
revolver and shot four times. The first
bullet took effect in his left side Just above
the hip, while the second leaden missile
did not take effect. He
staggered into the backyard of the
place, where he lay when found by Officers
McCort and Reed, his clothes soaked in
blood. He was picked up and taken home
in an express wagon. DIR. March was
called, who probed for the bullet. After
entering the left side II imbedded itself in
the flesh about an inch
right %Its %tSouvs ana quite cOHTs1a ssq,sn 'Gs is
location, no attempt as yet has been made
to locate IL. Smith is we'll known In the
city. He suffers considerable pain, and
there Is but slight hopes for his recovery.
Conrad Eugster and Otto Kneubhl, two
young men were In the saloon when Ellis
| first came in. They stated that the man
picked W a deck of cards lying on the
table, and asked them TO play game with
him, which they refused to do. They
| started to leave, when the man called to
them and said he would show them
trick or two with cards. They did not
trouble of some kind. To them ELS did
not appear as quarrelsome, but he only
asked to play game OF cards.
"THREE FINGERED JACK"
lay on couch in police headquarters
this morning, gasping for breath. A Curl
| GUS crowd was on the outside and many
persons were allowed to go in and see the
injured man.
Two ragged holes are in his breast, one
on the right side and the other on the left.
The ball on the left side entered the
breast about three inches above the nip
PIE, Tona and little .So ,s,, to the .,do left
just q little higher than the one on the
left. The ball entering there went
into the lungs.
Ellis was In bad way and was suffering
great pain. The NEws-DEMoCRAT man
spent about an hour getting his story from
him by piecemeal, as he had only brief
intervals when the pain left him so that
he could talk. In substance he said:
MY name is John W. Ellis and l live with
| my aged father at Augusta, Carroll county.
My father and l live alone, as there are
no others in the family. am Az years Of
age and am unmarried. l was married
once but got divorce from my wife sew
eral years ago. l came here yesterday
from home. In the evening could not
find my rig. A fellow had taken 1t to the
livery stable and 1 had to get an officer to
go along to identify me so that could get
my rig. wanted to go home then but as
wanssd sSqId to not get diS nY nG 5s Sd wh'n
| could have secured my rig would have
been at home with my father and this
would not have occurred. l was born at
New Lisbon. do not know any thing
about the shooting. He had no cause to
shoot me. We did not have quarrel or
any thing of the kind, He just commenced
to shoot. l never saw him before and
have no idea why he wanted to shoot any
body as no one had any trouble with him.
This story was elected under the greatest
difficulty. Ellis was In dying condition
and IL was thought once that he was going
| VI CEObs tue DOEueT, Dut uo TBVlVeu. ne
suffered the most excruciating pain and
his agonizing call for morphine was pitt
ful to hear.
~ know 1 have to die" he said "but ]
want something to make this awful pain
stop. Give me some morphine or any
thing to kill this pain.n
Ellis was taken to the hospital at about
half past nine o'clock. Drs. Post and
Marchand took charge of him there
The bullet was removed from the left
side but the one in the right lung could
not be extricated. The hospital physicians
will recover. City Physician Hudson, who
frat attended him, states that he cannot
get well. He has bled much internally,
modification will set in and that will enc
matters.
WHAT STELLA SAYS.
Stella Wilson was interviewed by a re.
porter at noon today. She said: ~ was
in the Greub saloon last night when the
shooting took place. Jessie Keefer and
few minutes past II o'clock when we
heard voices outside the house. One oi
! the men, whose voice sounded like that o.
Three Fingered Jack, said, "You 60 aheat
I'll stick to you again." Then Smith ant
Jack and somebody else came In. hearC
you find" Then Smith said, "How do yol
know you are as tough man as you say p
How are you going to prove 1t? Obernes
, ser replied, VI will show IL to you betweeI
: this and daylight" During this colloqu.
the men were standing, ut the bar, ant
. some one had just said, "Let's have
!, | drink" II was nearly o'clock when tn
3 shooting took place. Jessie and were II
| the room and the man who did the shootin
r just stepped back from the crowd, pulle
a ! out a revolver and fired at Smith. III
y fell to the floor. Then / screamed and ra
9 into the saloon, unbolted the front doc
a which had just then been bolted, and lef
v the place. l didn't hear or see anythin
q of a quarrelsome nature going on in th
n room at the time. Nobody was fighting
K | didn't see the man shoot Jack. ran oil
n of the room at the time. think the wore
}, between the men in the room angere
n Obernesser and he then shot these men,
'r JESSIE KEEPER
4, is held only as witness in the case. ST
Q. was arrested with Obernesaer and r.
10 NAMED in the city prison all night, wit
1t the wounded man, Three Finger Jac
8, lying in front of her cell door. She WI
le much agitated when a reporter talked wi
Dr. her this morning. She related the AHA
ID much the same as did Obernesser, as r
lie CARDS their meeting and the way she su
I'd sequently spent the evening. She said 81
oil | was in the side room when the shootiI
th occurred but that she rushed out in tia
ne to see Obernesser fire the last shot. 81
I'd said he was standing up and did not see
mt to be firing at anybody in particular. 81
I'd could not remember much about the a
le fair as she stated that she was very mu
ut frightened. She heard but two shots al
cd one of these she heard when she came O
he of the aide room. 1t was evident that q
or was not to blame for the occurrenC
Q. hence she was released after being su