New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
THE BROADWAY SHOOTING.
SUTTON SAID BY THE PHYSICIANS TO
BE IMPROVING.


TROUBLE ADMITS THAT SHE WAS NOT MAR
RIEp TO THE WOUNDED MANA SPENT
BULLET FROM JOHNsON's RE-
voLvER HITS AN OLD MAN.
William r. Sutton. the young man who was shot
by William Johnson at Broadway and Twentietn-s'
on Wednesday afternoon believed 10 pe mn
proving at the New-York Hospital yesterday Ar'e'
the surgeons removed the bullet from MS Ora'h vi
Wednesday evening he appeared to De easier, nc
recovered from the effect Of the ether whicn mao
administered, and he appeared to suner no ser"us
shock from the operation. He was conscious anu
able to talk yesterday, but he was kept as quet as
possible The surgeons at the hosptai said 'hey
thought he had chance for recovery.
The young woman who was the cause OF INC '"oo'-
ing was allowed to see Sutton on Wednesday even
ing and she allowed TO visit MIN again ye'.e'
day She calls herself Mrs. Mema sutton, out' IN
talk with CAPTAIN Chapman. of the West Thirueth-
a. notice station she admitted that she nan noe
been married to Sutton. She said she formerly lived
in Minnesota, and her parents live there YET.
II will not tell my real name" she said, because
do not want my people to know OF my trouoie.
She first became acquainted with Johnson In MINI
ne,ota she saId and her acquaintance with him con-
tinued after shc to live with Sutton In chicago
and Johnson was employed as bartender IN thae
city, Yesterday afternoon the landlady OF the mousse
No 43 Greenwch-ave.. denied that the young woman
ton about her.
Tho bod, of johnson was at the Morgue. and 1t was
said there that there had been inquiries about him
by relatives IN Chicago or any other place. his oooy
probably will be buried in the Potter's Field. Cor
oner Hoeber examined the things when nad oeen
found In Johnsons pockets but the only addresS was
on a card and read: First fiat Illinois and Lasaiie
Chicago ILL., April TO- Virginia Hotel" There also
was a slip of paper a messenger blank. on when was
written: please deliver to Mabel Leonard On she
p,ner was printed General Delivery Dispatch A
stranger left a note for Coroner Hoeper yesteiuiy'
saying that Sutton. the man who was shot oy 1oin
son. was a son OF .,ra William sutton. OF 81
Thomas Ont and the Coroner said ne would try TO
ascertain II there was any truth in the statement
VaseIias Kenezaeus. the Armenian pedier VINO was
accidentally shot by Johnson In Twentieth-st' was
doing so well yesterday that the surgeons said tnere
was no doubt OF his speedy recovery.
II was ascertained yesterday that one OF the ran
dom shots which johnson fired the heads OF the
pursuing crowd in Tweneth-st.. when he was max.
Ing desperate efforts to escape a aus, The bml
let. after spending much Of It's force In ne air.
ded Itself in the leg Of d saaS Who %as rdns
on one Of the opencars Of The Broadway able road
Mr. Braunsfeld is inmate Of the Home for AGED geo
a aS.h-st near Columbis-ave On Wednesday he
visiting friends downtown and ne GcarGeu
before D. m lie engaged in silent meditation
as the car rushed northward: At Twentie,h-st. ne
felt pain as II his leg had been slightly driven IN
contact with something hard but he did not try 70
discover what had hurt him. When he reache,i me
home a hour later he could account for slight
hole in his trousers just above the knee soon after
no began 10 talk of slight soreness In his leg Dr
= X Leo was present and made an examination,
which revealed the. fact that Mr. Braunsfelds Leg
had a bullet lodged in il. just above the kneecap
There was a cut half an inch deep where the lead
had penetrated. The bullet has not been extracted
yet. ,,, $4,000, .,,
grounds Of the institution with the bullet In ms leg
He said he remembered that there was some excite
ment among the people the car at the time ne
felt the sting of the bullet and some o. the people
got off the car but he heard no shots DR. Leo SAID
that the wound In the old mans leg was not serious
hut the bullet would probably be extracted soon