The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-28
kOEHLER FORMALLY
COMMITTED TO JAIL
tie Was Given q Hearing Before Alder.
man Millar.
DEAD MANS BROTHER TESTIFIED
lie Swore That kOchier Fired the
Shot While His Brother Was Sit.
ting Up in Bed, and That No Words
Passed Between Them Before the
Shooting. Another Man Who Was
Sleeping in the Same Room Gave
Testimony.

Constable Max Koelller was given a
hearing at o'clock yesterday after
noon before Alderman Millar on the
charge of numbering John. better
known as Frank, Kerycki, at Price
burg. at 80 last Monday morning. and
after hearing the testimony Of Coroner
LonCstreet Deputy Coroner Penny
packer. Alex Kerycki. brother of the
murdered man, and Constant Shulkin-
ski, who was sleeping in the room
where the shot was fired Alderman
Millar committed Koehier 10 Jail with
out bail to await trial i'm court.
The prisoner was brought handcuffed
to the aldcrman's office by Keeper w.
q. Ward. The few days of his incar-
ccration have whitened. almost bleach
cd his face. ana he appeared To have
suffered much mental torture. 1t was
extremely CALLING to him to find him
self in such a grave predcament, and
the center of many curious eyes while
the hearing was going on.
District Attorney John Il. Jones ap-
peared for the commonwealth and
koehlcr was represented by cX-Judge
w. G. Ward and Attorney Thomas i.
Duffy. County Detective Leyshon had
on hand n large number of witnesses.
but only as many were sworn as Were
necessary to make out q nrima facie
case. to warrant the alderman in hold
ing the prisoner for his appearance at
court.
DEPUTY CORONER SWORN.
Deputy Coroner Pcnnypacker was the
first one sworn. He was present at the
post mortcm examination and assist
ed Coroner Longstreet. There was a
pistol shot wound in the mans abdo-
men on the median line about two inch
es below the lower end of the breast
bone. The external appearance of it
was powder burned and the undershirt
the man had on was Cinged where the
bullet had gone through it. DR.. Ken
nedy. of PriceburC, had taken out the
bullet before the man died. The wit
ness said the pistol wound caused
kCrycki's death.
Alex Kerycki, the dead mans broth
er, was next sworn. He is a young
man, apparently not over 81 years. He
cannot speak English and Martin
WoyShner was sworn as Interpreter
The witness said he knows Koehler
only by sight. He was i'm the bedroom
sleeping in the same bed with his
brother, John, when kOeher came in
last Monday morning about 2 O'clock
Koehler took John by the shoulder
raised him up. and without as much as
a word shot him.
The brother threw his arms around
the witnesses neck and was crying. He
said I'm killed" and jumped out of
bed, ran to the other bed i'm the room,
stretched on it for an instant, then got
up and ran down stairs. where he died
not long afterward. koehler told the
witness to keep still or he'd get the
same thing.
ON S-EXAMINATION.
Attorney Duffy cross-examned Ker-
ycki. The witness could not remember
how many We're in the room at the
time the shooting occurred. He knew
that Constant Shulkinski, another
boarder was asleep in the other bed in
the room. He said his brother was
drunk when Koehler came into the
room. The witness said he was not
awakened by the pistol shot, but by
the noise of the tramping of the oili-
GERS upstairs. He was very positive
that kOehler didn't say word to his
brother but shot him.
At this point Il young fellow in the
rear of the office objected to the way
Interpreter WOyshner was putting the
questions, but ne did not follow up his
objection.
Constant Shulkinski was then sworn.
He was sleeping in the bed room i'm
which kerycki was shot. There were
two beds in the room: he was in one
bed and Kerycki and his brother were
in the other. The witness did not hear
Koehler enter the room. 1t was the
sound of the shot that reused him.
The wounded man was standing on the
floor and his hands We're across his
stomach.
KOehler was then i'm the room and
had a revolver i'm his hand The wit
ness said something about not letting
koehler get away, and to this Koehler
turned around and said You'll get the
shot, too, If you don't shut up" The
witness put his head under the quilt.
a little later he got up and went after
the priest for Kerycki.
COURSE OF THE BULLET.
DIR. Longstreet was the last witness
sworn, and he described the course of
the bullet. 1t entered the abdomen
over the pit of the stomach. and took
a downward course toward the left
back. 1t ran along to the left lobe of
the liver. wounded the colon or large
intestine. and pierced one of the kid
ncys. 1t struck the crest of the pelvic
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