The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-13
STATEMENT.
He Declares that Chambermaid
Could Exonerate Him.
Amanda Mersheps Brother May
Take Her to Boston.
Justice Noorhis Considers Her
Charges Worthless.

Because the physicians in the New York
Hospital were unable to say this morn
ing whether or not Amanda Mershel will
die of the pistol shot wound. received in
Shick's Hotel, .TweEt tx eighth-strce and
Seventh avenue, last Saturday, the ex-
animation OF Wallace Ladue. who Is
charged with the Shooting, was adj
journed In Jefferson Market Court this
morning, until Saturday at $50 a. NJ
Justice Voorhs was indignant at the
certificate given out by the hospital ply
stefan. 1t simply said that her condition
was unchanged. The Justice instructed
the policeman to subpoena the doctor for
Saturday next, unless IA proper certii-
cate is made out.
Miss Mershel had "A rather bad day
yesterday, In consequence of the number
Of visitors. Among the latter was her
brother, from Boston. who had not seen
her in fourteen years. She wept when
she saw him. He Is Il contractor there,
and says he will take her home with
him In the event of her recovery.
Her condition, in fact, was 80 bad
yesterday that the attending physician,
DR.. Matheson, wrote on the back or the
certificate this morning:
Give no more passes to-day.
MS was lHlfIItu blllN lOl Nllt 'ltl II
In the hospital but the policeman
handed It to Justice Voorhis, saying 1t
was intended for the latter
Then the Justice got angry After
whether they had issued passes to
visitors, and finding that they had not,
he said he had never issued one him
self Then he directed the policeman
to go back to the hospital and ask what
was meant by such II message.
Ladue spoke freely to an Evening
Morid' reporter. and besides reiteratinS
all his previous -protestations of inno-
cence made a statement that suggests
further investigations.
II neyei was In that hotel before in all
fe" he sad but Miss Mershe w yS
stopped In the place the night before"
The hotel people say that the house
Is respectable, and that the woman had
never been there before. The police affect
There is a chambermaid in that hotel,
Ladue continued, who could, II she
would, exonerate me- She saw. me on
the stairs on my way down before the
shot was fred That being the case. how
could have fired the pistol?
She was coming out of her room, on
the same landing, and ! was on my way
for II drink for Miss Mershel. ! guess ]
had gone down about seven steps when
the pistol7shot rang out The chamber
"That woman tried to XIII herself for
what reason | do not know. l had no
hand In 1t whatever"
The chambermaid referred TO IL n
daughter-in!1aw OF Shick. the hotel pro
prletor.t. -rttn b. -..'
She declares that she did not see
Ladue on the stairs before the shot was
fired. but that she was in her room.
when she heard the shot. on the in
slant. she DECLARES, she opened the door
and saw Ladue going down the stairs,
The door OF the other room, where the
shooting took place. was closed.
Even this admission goes a good way
to exouerate Ladue, as II IL contendcd
that. he. could not, in such brief
space of tin1e,' have shot, the woman,
thrown the pistol to the place where 1t
was found, then opened and closed the
door and have gone part way down
stairs
Justice voorhis is of the opinion that
the statement made by Miss Mershel to
the Coroner, in which she charged La
due with the shouting. is not worth
anything. 49,
THAT was not an ante.mortem state.
mcnt." he said, THE woman did not
believe she was going to die, so she
could have said anything she pleased.
We will know more about 1t by Sat
urlay