Evening star., 1895-09-07
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING
Willie Tagger Plays With a Pistol and
Shoots His Friend
Henry Willinmx Now Lies Seriously
wounded at the Emergency Hos
pital-Tasger in Custody.

Willie Tagger. a young white man, shot
his friend, Henry Williams in the boarding
house of Mrs. McCauley. 523 18th street
northwest, al 10 o'clock this morning
II was another case. as a bystander re-
marked, of two fools and a gum"
Tagger, for four months, has been table
waiter in the boarding house. He goes Of
ten to the Central Union Mission. and there
he made the acquaintance of Williams
The latter was a jeweler, and has been out
of work for several months. He was in the
habit of going frequently to the kitchen of
the McCauley house, attracted by the dou-
bic interest he felt in Tagger, his boy
friend. and one of the women servants en-
ployed there.
This morning Williams dropped in to see
Tagger. When he met him he said. ''Wil
lie, will you go with us tonight?"
To which Tagger said, Just as soon az
ever 1 get my work done I'll CO."
The Fatal Pistol.
Following this, Williams drew heavJ
3S-caliber revolver from his pocket an{
remarked: There's a good gun" and ex,
plained that he had got it from a frienA
named VIII, and he had kept away from
Win the night before because he had his
pistol
Tagger took the weapon in his hand and
began pulling the hammer rapidly. 1t was
self-cocker, and as the cylinder turned
quickly around all of a sudden there was
report, and both men gave a cry of
alarm, and Williams bent over and groaned.
Mrs. McCauley was at market. There were
two men upstairs. but they did not hear
the report. Tagger supported his friend.
and they made their way through the base
ment to the street. the two women serv-
ants accompanying them, and making a
frenZied outcry. Tagger began to cry, and
Williams groaned continually with pain.
Williams Sent to the Emergency.
DIR. Minor next door, seeing the two men,
went to their aid and helped get the
wounded man up to Hendershots drug
store, where stimulants served to make
him little more comfortable. The Emer-
gency Hospital an bulance was called, and
in few minutes took Williams to the hos
pital
Dr.. Minors office boy took Tagger weep
ing and moaning in great distress at the
thought of his unlucky deed, to the first
precinct station, where he said he had shot
man and wanted to be locked up. He was
placed in a Cell, and las sat crying all day,
repeating over and over. Il didn't go to do
1t. l didn't go to do it,
At the Emergency Hospital it was found
that the ball entered Williams abdomen
on the right side, just at the diaphragm.
part of his suspender buckle was carried
into the wound. The wound was a large
and ugly one and bled copiously. The
wounded man was unable to talk, but his
friends at the McCauley house said lie
came from New York. that his father is
dead but his mother, brother and sisters
lived there. He worked last at the jewelers.
trade somewhere in Virginia.
Woman's National Press Association.
At e meeting of the woman's National
Press Association at the Riggs House last
night announcement was made that the
managers of the Atlanta exposition had
rendered the association two days on the
program. This will give the members op-
pcrtunity to appear October "a and %.
A large frame containing the photograph
of the members of the association will be
sent to Atlanta. but a more important fea-
ture will be the literary exhibit of work
done by the various members of the Press
Club.
The Woman's Press Association will ac-
cept the invitation to visit the city Of Nash
vile during the fall