The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-09
SHOT THROUGH
THE LEFT LUNG
Mystery Surrounds the Shooting 0I
Frank SChults, a H0stler.
THE GIRL. HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
She Was in Company with Him and
Tells Il Garblcd Up story OF How II
Happened..Hi Condition Is Very
CriticaI..Spot Where the Shooting
Took Place Is Unknown.

tEiLcdtssSpot VueIe tne SuOotiuS
Took Place Is Unknown.
Frank Schults. q hostler In Gorman's
livery stable, was shot through the
left breast at IL O'Clock last night while
out driving with Celia Clark. an in
mate of the house Of designation at
315 Center street. Schults il row in u
critical condition at the Lackawanna
hospital, and the girl is a prisoner in
the police station.
His condition was so critical last
night that he could not furnish the
police with definite information as to
the cause of the shooting or by whom
it was done, il he knows. She is will
fully lying about the case, and con-
sequently there Is much mystery en-
shrowding it.
Schults came here from Ithaca last
Christmas and was employed In Cor
mans livery since He Is about 30 years
old, unmarried and IL dissipated. Az
ter supper yesterday he get a few
dollars from his employer and started
out to have a good time.
He met the girl Clark at Morris
saloon on the corner OF Penn avenue
and Spruce street about 2 o'clock, and
a little later he telephoned to the
stable where he worked and ordered
a horse ana carriage. His order was
not promptly obeyed and he went to
the stable and got the outfit.
Then he drove again to Morris
saloon ana there the girl got In the
carriage with him. They went In the
direction OF Green Ridge.
ASKED FOR A DOCTOR.
About H.15 o'clock Joseph A. Cross.
of Lee court. ana his uncle, william
Roberts of Farview, Luzerne county,
who is visiting him, were on their way
north on Washington avenue. At tha
corner of Olive street they saw a car
riage containing man and a wo-
man. The woman shouted to them to
get doctor ana at the same time she
jumped out of the vehicle.
Cross approached closer and the
man told him to get in and drive him
to the hospital, that he was shot.
Without waiting further. Cross obeyed
and drove quickly to the Lackawanna
hospital. On the way down Schults
grew weak and acted as If he was
about to die.
AS soon as Cross left him in charge
Of the doctors, he brought the carriage
back to Gorman's stable. Schults had
told him where 1t belonged.
Frank Stem, who works at the stable.
and who hitched the outfit, noticed
when the buggy came back that Buff
fula robe and an ordinary horse blanket
that he placed in the buggy were miss
ing. He went with Cross to the police
station and they told about the shooting
to Lieutenant John Davis, who immedi-
ately telephoned to the residence of
Chief of Police RObling, who hurried
to headquarters.
THE GIRL ARRESTED.
The arrest of the girl occasioned no
little excitement. From young Stem
the police Learned who she was. Patrol
men Bloch, Palmer, May and Flaherty
went down to Center street to find her
at No. 315. When they got to the door
it was locked. but it didn't take long to
open it. Patrolman Bloch went up
stairs to look for the girl and he caught
sight of her endeavoring to escape
through the skylight in the roof or
through some kind of a hatchway.
After an exciting chase over the roofs
he captured her and brought her to the
lookup. The other officers stood guard
to see that she would not get away
while Block was chasing her.
She was very nervous and highly eX-
citable and told impossible and con-
fiicting stories. She said they were
driving along Washington avenue be-
yond the county jail, the reins in her
hands, and without warning two men
came out from behind dark place
shaded with small trees, ana they held
them up as If to rob them. of their
money. Whether they were bent on
robbery or not she could not state, be-
cause they made no demand for money,
and i'm fact said nothing. but fired three
shots.
REALIZED HE WAS SHOT.
They drove along as quickly as they
could until they met Cross and his un-
Gle at the corner of Olive street and
Washington avenue. She doesn't know
who did the shooting. she says; 1t was
dark and the men came out of the
shade without warning and without
saying a word and fired the shots. She
remembers that three shots were fired.
but cannot tell whether they were fired
by the same person.
As to the absence of the lap robe and
blanket from the buggy when 1t was
returned to the livery stable. she as
serts she cannot account for their dis
appearance. She steadfastly proclaims
that she or he We're not out of the car
riage once after leaving the corner of
Penn avenue and Spruce street.
There was a halter and a broken
strap on the horse when 1t came back
to the stable, and the halter looked as
If the horse broke away and got
frightened at something while tied.
THEORY OF THE POLICE.
The police theory is that he couple
were out of the buggy and that they
were watched by someone who made
q mistake in their identity. 1t Is
believed the unknown assailant shot TO
kill but fired the bullet into the body
of the wrong man. 1t is too unlike
ly theory that the affray would have
occurred without any more provoca-
ton that the girl gives in her story.
The police think possibly that GER
tain young man who acted in the
capacity of lover to Miss Clark, fol-
lowed Schults and herself out and
shot him.
The condition of Schults at 5 o'clock
this morning was unchanged. Drs.
Blanchard and Fish found when he
came in that the bullet had entered
his breast above the heart and had
pierced the left lung. They made no
attempt to probe for the lead or locate
lit.
Chief Robling and Lieutenant Davis
procured a carriage at 1 o'clock this
morning and drove to the spot where