Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-12

an unmarried man, aged 20, of No. 5000
Jacob street, was walking up the west
side of that street with a friend, chat
ting pleasantly, and unconscious Of even
the remotest danger, he was
struck in the upper portion of the left
breast by a stray rifle or revolver bull
let, and fell.
He died at ten minutes Of nine at Dr..
Morrison's office, near by, after suffer-
ing the greatest agony.
At late hour last night there was no
certain clue as to where the shot came
from, or who fired it: but a thorough
investigation will be made by the au-
thorities.
Baunberger had been working at
Little Washington with his father, and
came home about a week ago, leaving
his father there. Yesterday afternoon
he was at the Riverside steel works in
search of employment, and last evening,
after supper he left his home and meet
ing William Jeuncke, friend, the two
started up the west side OF Jacob street.
They had proceeded about half way Of
the block between Thirty-eighth and
Thirty-ninth streets, and when just in
front of AlOnzo Marshall's residence,
No. 1917 Jacob street, and while BAUM
berger was telling Jeuncke about his
trip to BenwOod, he suddenly threw hiA
right hand to his left breast, and erie:
Something hurts met
Just as he threw up his hand,
Jeuncke heard peculiar and sharp
sound, which was undoubtedly caused
by the bullet striking the stifly starched
front of Baunberger's shirt
As the wounded man reeled, Jeuncke
caught hold Of him, and as he did So,
Baunbergers coat flew open, and
Jeuncke saw a small hole in the breast
of Baunbergers shirt. Jeunoke called
to Andrew Meyers and Jacob Slicker,
who were in front of the latter's saloon,
and told them Baunberger had been
shot. The three men at once removed
the wounded man to the Office Of Dr..
Morrison, close by, and sent for DR..
Haskins. Upon the arrival of the lat
ter, the wound, which was about four
inches below the left collar bone, and
almost directly above the heart, was
prObed. and 1t was ascertained that the
ball had entered at descending angle
of about thirty degrees. The ball could
not be reached with the probe, however.
While lying ON the floor of the office,
Baunberger suffered intense agony and
several men were necessary to hold
him. He moaned and grOaned unceas-
ingly, and once said
ooh, let me goi Let me go home! l
never did anything to hurt anybody"
About ten minutes of nine death
came to the relief of the wounded man.
Before death ensued, Mrs. Baunberger
and her daughter were notified, and
hurried to DR.. MorrisOn's Office where
Miss Baunberger tainted, and was
taken home by sympathizing friends.
After the death of the victim, a tele-
gram was sent to Mr.. Baunberger, at
Little Washington, notifying him of
the mysterious and tragic fate Of his
son. Coroner Schuhze was also mott
fed, as was Chief Bennett, and while
the police at once began a searching in
vestigation, the Coroner summoned DR..
McGrail, the county physician, and or
dered the remains removed to Frank
Schraders undertaking establishment,
where the autopsy was held later.
When Baunberger and Jeuncke were
walking up the street, Baunberger was
on the inside, and perhaps four or five
feet from the west building line of the
street, facing the north. The ball which
struck him In the breast, therefore
came from the north, and the descend
ing angle of the wound shows that it
was either falling when it hit the vic
tim or was shot from an elevation. AS
Baunberger appears to have been fac
ing squarely up street, and no report
was heard by Jeuncke, Slicker, Meyers,
or any one else in the vicinity, the
most general inference was that the
shot had been fired long distance up
town. probably as far away as Cald-
wells run. if it was rife ball. This
scarcely appears possible, however, as
it is two thousand feet from the point
where Baunberger stood to the B. & o.
tracks at Thirty second street, and
they are quite a distance belONahe run.
1t is much more probable that the shot
came from a second story window
somewhere about Thirty-eighth street,
or from the top of house in that Vi
entity.
The autopsy was conducted by DR..
McGrai, assisted by Drs. Mccoy and
Lavelle The course of the bullet was
traced between the first and second ribs,
and the ball, which proved to be .9S
calibre revolver bullet, was found in
the apex of the left lung. The fact that
the ball came from a revolver, shows
that it was fired at a comparatively
short range, probably not over two hun
dred yards as the extreme limit, and it
must therefore have come from the vi
cinity of the corner of Thirty
and Jacob streets, towards which the
two men were walking when Baunber-
ger received his death wound.
This fact being settled, the police
should have very little trouble in run
ming down the guilty party.
The coroner's jury will probably be
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