The Portland daily press., 1895-06-10
Two Princeton College Boys Shot
by a Negro.
ENRAGED COMRADES THREATEN
TO TAKE SUMMARY VENGEANCE.
The Police Removed the Prisoner From
the Jail and Hid Him in the Woods
Till the Excitement Subsided.

Princeton, Nj, une,9-The shooting
of two students late last night by
negro, has been the common subject of
conversation on the Princeton campus to-
day There are several accounts of how
the shooting took place. The only, facts
are that two negroes, named Connor and
Scudder are in prison in Trenton, and
the crime was committed by one of them
on Nassau street last night. But few
words were exchanged before the shoot
ing took place. Garrett Cochran of '9S
was shot in the jaw, the bullet passing
through his tongue, and F. Oil. '9S,
was shot twice, one ball passing through
his intestines and the other lodging in
his wrist. Senator Cochran of Pennsyl-
vania the father of Garrett Cochran, ar
rived today. Ohl's parents are hourly
expected. The ball was removed from
Ohl's wrist, and by a very difficult ope
/ ration another was removed from his alb
domen. He is still in a critical condition
and inflammation, causing peritonitis, is
| liable to set in. He stood the operation
remarkably well, and unless infamma-
tion should follow, he has a fairs- good
chance of recovery.
| The operation of Cochran did not result
in the removing of the bullet and it was
deemed inadvisable to probe further. DR..
Bull thinks he has located the ball be-
low the jaw. If this diagnosis be correct,
it will become apparent on the surface
| in few days when the ball can be easily
removed. 1t was feared the bullet had
| lodged in the base of the BRAIN but Coch-
ran is considered out Of danger.
Students gathered on Nassau street
| by the hundreds. A report gained cir
culation that both Oil and Cochran were
excited and demands that the negro be
lynehed went up on every side. Hang
him. hang him, :" was exclaimed and re-
peated frequently. At the lookup it
was heard that some students had pro-
cured ned rope and were T?1 marching there in in
prisoners safety handcuffed him and re-,
moved him to piece of woods about a
quarter of mile from the jail and kept
him there until after midnight. During
that time the excitement had subsidized
and the officers took Collins back to the
county jail at Trenton.
> stephen Downs, also colored, was taken
to jail at the same time. He was in the
company of Collins Immediately before
the shooting. Oil and Cochran with
some other students We're walking down
Witherspoon street a little before 10
when Collins and Downs approached
them from the opposite direction. Col
lins it is said, used insulting language
toward the students, and the latter en-
| joined sharply and there was considerable
profanity. A few minutes later Cochran
and OIL met Collins in the alley alluded
to. Downs was few feet away. Collins
stood in the door of the hotel bar and re-
viled the students and dared them to en-
ter. They undertook to do SO when the
nergo whipped out q weapon and began
firing. This is the story given by persons
who were on the scene soon after the
shooting. Downs bears the reputation of
being a peaceful man. He claims the
students assaulted him and Collins with
| fence rails.
Tonight the wounded students are in
critical conition Obi belongs in New
castle, r. l. and Cochran is from William
SPORT Pa.