The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-13
A MURDERED STUDENT.
Great Excitement at Princeton
Over the Death Of Young OIL,
THE BODY TAKEN TO HIS HOME.

The Preliminary Hearing to Take Place on
Saturday, and Several Students who wit
messed the Shooting viii Remain to Aid
In Bringing the Murderer TO Justice.
PRINCETON, n. J., June 13-Frederick
p. Ohl, the young student who was shot
by the negro Collins on Saturday night,
died yesterday of peritonitis. His father
and mother were up all night with him.
There are many stories atloat regarding
the murder, but from the general evidence
and from young Ohl's excellent character
it would seem that John Collins, the negro
who shot the two students, most certainly
has been the aggressor. The dispatches
stated that the shooting was the result OF
a row between Students Cochran and Obi
and the negro The fray took place in an
alley in front of the side entrance to An
| derson's hotel. Collins is a laborer, 26
years old. He had had words with the stu
dents and, in a fit of rage, drew "A revolver
and fired first at Oil, then at Cochran, and
again at Oil. All the shots took effect.
| The bullet fired at Cochran struck him in
the mouth. Both of Ohls wounds were in
the stomach. The students dropped to the
| sidewalk and were quickly removed to the
| College hospital and Collins was arrested.
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in the county Jail at the same time. He
was in company with Collins immedi-
ately before the shooting took place.
The version of the affair told by the stu
dents is that as Oil and Cochran, with
some other students, were walking down
Witherspoon street a little before 10
o'clock Collins and Downs approached
them from an opposite direction, and Col
Inns used insulting language, directing it
| toward the students. The latter rejoined
sharply, and there was considerable pro
! family. A few minutes later Cochran and
Obi met Collins in the alley. Downs was
a few feet away, Collins stood in the door
of the hotel bal and reviled the students,
and dared them to enter They undertook
to do So when the negro whipped out his
weapon and began firing.
Collins declares that he was first abused
and then assailed by the students, and
that he fired in order to frighten them,
and not intending to kill them. According
to the statement of Downs, however, Col
Inns was the first to use threatening Ian
guage, and that the students then followed
them and started the fight,
The remains of young Oil were ten
derly lifted into the express train at GAO
last night by his classmates Mr.. Oil, the
father of the unfortunate student, re-
ceived the sympathy of the faculty and
students, and before leaving personally
thanked all who had given him their as
sistance and sympathy. Two of Ohl's fel-
low students accompany the body to New
Castle, Pa.
County Physician Cantwell, who per
formed the post mortem examination, re
ported that Oil met his death from peri
tonitis resulting from the wound in the
stomach The preliminary hearing in the
case will be held on Saturday. The coro-
ner has empaneled his jury from the most
public spirited citizens In town. Sew.
eral students who were witnesses OF
, the shooting have been subpRnaed, and
will not leave for their homes until they
have done all in their power to bring the
murderer to Justice
COchran's temperature is a trifle higher
and he complains of tenderness in his
mouth. DR.. Denton stated that the bullet
had not been found and that there still
exists a possibility of its causing blood
poisoning, in which case Cochran's recov
cry would be doubtful. At present, how
ever, he apprehends no such calamity.