The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-09
SHOT IN A BAR-R00N.
oTro FRA USER PERHAPS FATALLY
WOUNDED BY q. RABLHEAU
The shooting Occurred Absut $50 OClseA
Yesterday Mssnisg o. Wsss breed
stsest-Besh Were Dsishing.

About $50 o'clock yesterday nornins,
without any apparent cause for ME
so doing. J. f. Rabineau drew pistol
and shot Otto Frayser in the abdomen.
iniicting a wound which will pro-
baby result fatally, The scene OF
the difficulty was in Patrick McDonough's
bar-room, at the corner OF Broad ana
Munford streets.
Rabineau is the bartender at the Alder.
marie clubhouse. He Is a married man
and has three children.
He Is about thirty-five years OF aSe
and lives at No. i25 west Main street.
Frayser is about twenty-three years OF
age and has wife and one child. He y
son OF Policeman Lewis Frayser. and
lives at his fathers house. No. sol Gather
Inc street
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
Just how the shooting occurred no
one seems to know. These men had been
making "A night OF 1t In McDonongbs
saloon. They had been drinking together
and at the time OF the shooting were
standing I'm front OF the bar. according
10 the statement of J. T.. Woodsop. who
says that they appeared to be on the
best OF terms, when suddenly Rabineau
Another eye witness, Hutson Ford. who
lives on Leigh street, west of Hancock.
says that the men were talking together,
when suddenly Rabineau, without any
seeming provocation. drew his pistol and
fired.
Robert Mays, who was In the saloon
at the time. says that Frayser remarked
10 Rabineau:
III you haven't any money, put your
gun up" and In short while Rabineau
took a pistol from his hip pocket and
put IL In the pocket OF his coat, which
was sack coat.
The men seemed to be in a good
humor when he took the pistol from hts
coat pocket and Aired 1t. He md not
raise II to take aim. but fired with his
hand about on II level with his pocket
At the report OF the pistol Frayser stag
gered back and Mays caught him. at
the same time asking him II he was
shot Frayser put his hands on his ston-
ach and said: Yes, l am shot In the
bowels"
THE BARKErPER's STORY.
McDonough saws the men had been to-
gether In his saloon some time, and while
they had been drinkink they were not
drunk. The bartender says that they
drank five or six small glasses OF beer.
Some OF those present were inclined to
think that Frayser was ''guying' Rab-
neau about something. as he is known
TO have a great propensity for Joking
at the expense OF his friends
After he had shot Frayser Rabineau
laid his pistol, which was thrty-two
calibre British bulldog. on the bar
counter and waited until Officer r. NJ
Angle arrived. when he was taken 10
the Third station.
In the meantime DR.. Charles V. Car
rington had been summoned. Upon his
arrival he ordered the wounded man TO
be removed 10 the Virginia Hospital,
/ where he was operated on about 93
al lxT H. tsI bsr
| Or. stuart Mcclure. The ball entered the
| abdomen 10 the left and above the navel
| and inflicted five different wounds In the
| ntestines.
DIFFICULT OPERATION.
| The operation. which consisted OF the
removing OF about fourteen inches or
! one Of the intcstlnes. Is one of the most
| difficult known to surgery. The wound
! Is most probably a fatal one, rs only
| about ninety per cent. or such cases
get well. - q
! When first taken 10 the station, Rabi-
neau said that he and Frayser had gotten
| into a quarrel Wednesday night over
] some dice. They had been throwing. for
/ ten cents a corner. he said. Frayser kept
| guying him. When he asked him TO STOP
| Frayser struck him In the eye. .o
| '"T'his morning" he continued, I'VE
| met in McDonough's place, and he began
! annoying me again. I told him I'd shoe
him II ne didn't let me alone. That's al"
! there Is TO IT,"
! Later on Rabineau refused TO talk, as
he had been advised TO say nothing ny
! his counsel Messrs. Wendenburg anu
Meredith. At one time Rabineau kept
/ bar below Fourteenth street, ana pear
| an excellent reputation as iaw.apihiHs
| citizen. Fraysers father and mother ana
J wife were nj the hospital. They were
greatly distressed over the sad Tragedy
/ The case will be called In the Police
Court this morning. I learned from =
gentleman late last night, friend Oh
Rabineaus and 10 whom he made q
/ statement, that he said the shooting Was
! accidental, and that he was In the act
of changing the pistol from one, pocke'
I To another when II was discharged
Rabineau's reputation among the mem I'M
hers Of the club IL excellent. One OF the
/ members. In expressing his opinion, said
! that ne considered him man OF very
J 1ulet and unobtrusve nature not ElVfh
/ .o raising disturbances. He added, nov :
| ever that ne was positive tina: kabln" u
! yyas strongly under the Influence OF liquor
M n o'clock Wednesday night.