The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-25

Az was chronicled excluSively2l the
,r,en,gencer yesterday mornings fatal
md sad shooting affair occurred a few
s,I,es cas-. of Elm Grove Monday after
,,op. The details and the names OF the
rduc!pals could not be learned in time
~ publication yesterday morning, but
No facts OF the case were given.
Az a result OF the accident, George
p,I,cr. n popular young manSon The
south Side, Is dead, and thef trlends
Who accompanied him on the hunt
,or Trip are almost Frustrated by grief
ma story OF the sad accident wae tod
- an Intelligcncer reporter last night
nv Frank Albingcr and Is SUBSTANTIALLY
IS follows: ,,,,,,
uankrmlllcr, Ed Mack, George Balzer,
and myself, had made up the hunting
rIrtv the day before, and left here
about 1 o'clock Monaay morning. In q
wagon. We took coffee and lunch, in
, Win: 10 make a day OF It In the woods.
W. drove out the pike about eight miles
,Sst AZ Elm Grove, where we started
"a 10 stir up Il rabbit or two. Our luck
%,s bad and up to dinner time we hadn't
seated n single cotton tall" We were
rsor the home of Mr.. Joseph Connolly
I'D went there to heat our coffee. After
dinner. Mr.. Connolly said he would show
ma where we might strike something
and directed us up the road. about a
mile.
I'VE hunted around and finally Bal
,sr brought down one rabbit. Poor
Rol-er only had a chance to fire his gun
Hace and then he missed his mark. He
,sloaded and we tramped over the hills,
h,re and there. for PROBABLY two hours
and q half, when ! sighted q large stump
sanding in the middle OF the wheat
fed. 1 went over to 1t and sat down,
resting my gun at my side, with the
barrel against the stump. The other
bows saw me and cana over and sat
on the ground near the stump. BalZer
was the last to come; ne sat down about
five o. six feet from the stump. He
handed me his gun, telling me~1o rest
Il beside mine against the stump, which
] did.
I'VE sat there for probably half an
hour and had decided to try our luck
hunting over In Ohio next week, and
after we had settled on the time, VIII
Meukemeller pulled out his watch and
SAID: Boys its exactly 4 o'clock; sup
pose we 30 homc?' With this We start
cd to get up. when we were startled by
the report OF one OF the guns and look
.nr around We saw Balzer fall.
In the excitement Of the moment
none OF US noticed how the guns were
Standing. for we ran toward Balzer to
lend him all the assistance possible. I
haven't the least idea how the gun an
70 be discharged, and the statement in
the News that I shot him Is entirely
false.
the charge struck Balzer under the
right arm, showing that his-arra was
r.lsed when the sho. struck-hir. We
Immediately went for assistance and
summoned Drs.. Shields, Of Tradelphia,
aai Crucraft, OF Elm Grove, who rem
tgrei all the medical assistance possible.
NJ. Connolly n some Of the neighbor5
b1aght = sled and we hauled him over
. Connelly's house, wherc he died at
o'clock this morning. He was con-
sclous until shortly before he breathed
bis last, and exhibited @ great deal Of
nerve, walking with assistance from the
slel into the house and 10 the bed.
AT the suggestion OF the physician,
We sent for Father Paauin, OF Elm
GMve, who administered the last sacra-
rent to the dying ran After this the
priest told Balzcr that he could not live,
and at BalZer's request. witnesses were
called and he made his will"
He left the house in which he lives, on
Market street, below Thlrty-third, and
the lot upon which It stands to the on
gregation Of the church OF the Immacu-
late Conception. on the South Side; hls
Martins Ferry property tojthc Little
Sisters OF the Poor at Elm Grove; $50
10 Ed Mack, SIS to Mr.. Connolly. in
whose house he died, and all his per-
soHal property, to Mrs. Henry Beisner,
who lives next door to his home; His
kodak he left to johnnie Tucker, a
South Side boy, and about $1,000 which
remains in cash will be used to defray
the funeral expenses and & sct q monu-
Iaent.
The coroner's story OF the accident
and the circumstances which led to 1t
Is about the same as the above, as are
those OF the gentlemen who: were pres
ent wnen the shooting occurred.
Fnther Paquin says the Statement
that Balzer had left anything to the
Orphans Home at Elm Grove is q mis-
take. The body was brought to this
CITY yesterday morning and taken to
The Undertaking establishment of Louis
Bertschy, whcro 1t was prepared for
burial. The funeral will take place
from his late residence at No. 1918 Mar
ket street. tomorrow morning at half
pas. eight. Mass will be saiI.over tho
Iena!ns at the church OF the Immacu-
late Conception at 3 o'clock, and the in
'eFmcnt will tax: place at Mt. Calvary
cemetery. r
Coroner Schultze investigated the
sho9tinG yesterday. and will hold an In