The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-06-13
a MURDERED STUDENT.
Great Excitement at Princeton
Over the Death of Young Oil.
TIE 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
I in Bringing tho Murderer to Justice.

&ho tehEhhR To lhho Alhcc Uu
Saturday. and Several Students who wit
messed the Shooting win Remain to Aid
in Bringing tho Murderer to Justice.
PRINCETON, N. j., June 18,-Froderick
p. Oil, 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 afloat regarding
tho murder, but from the general evidence
and from young Ohl's excellent character
1t 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
row between Students Cochran and Oil
and the negro. The fray took place in an
alley in front Of the side entrance to An
herson's hotel. Collins Is laborer, 26
years old. He had had words with the stu
dents, and, in fit of rage, drew u 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
Mo stomach. The students dropped to the
sidewalk and were quickly removed to the
College hospital and Collins was arrested
Stephen Downs, also colored, was lodged
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 little before 10
o'clock Collins and Downs approached
them from an opposite direction, and Col
lins used insulting language, directing it
seward the students. The latter rejoined
Aharply and there was considerable pro-
fpnity. A fow minutes later Cochran and
OH met Collins In the alley. Downs was
n few feet away. Collins stood in the door
Of the hotel bar and reviled the students,
and dared them to enter. They undertook
% 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
Shat he fired in order to frighten them,
and not intending to kill them. According
90 the statement Of Downs, however, Col
1ins was the first to use threatening lam
Nuage, and that the students then followed
them and started the fight.
The remains of young Ohl were ten
aeriy lifted into the express train at 8:40
last night by his classmates. Mr.. Ohl, 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 Ohls fel.
low students accompany tho body to New
Castle, Pa.
County Physician Cantwell, who per
Formed the post norton examination, re-
ported that Ohl met his death from peri.
honitis resulting from the wound in the
stomach. The preliminary hearing in the
pase will be held ON Saturday. The coro
ner has empaneled his jury from the most
public spirited citizens in town. Sew
sral students who were witnesses Of
the shooting have boen subpmnaed, 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. DIR. Denton stated that the bullet
had not been found, and that there still
sEists a possibility of its causing blood
poisoning, in which case Cochran's reeov.
Ery would be doubtful. At present. how
sver, he apprehends no such calamity