The herald., 1897-02-17
THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING

one pickle dealer named D. M. Geb-
hardt, the other the brother of the in
tended victim, Harry Anderson.
A TRIVIAL QUARREL.
The shooting was the outgrowth of a
quarrel which had started over trivial
matter between Keith and a young man,
who was drinking in the saloon, in
which Anderson interfered and thus
drew down upon himself the wrath of the
would-be murderer. In company with
the Anderson brothers and several other
parties. Keith had been drinking, and
finally picked a quarrel with youth,
whose name was not learned. Keith
slapped the lad in the face several times
and was abusing him, when Bob An
derson interfered and took the part of
the boy.
BLUFFS AND BLOWS.
This precipitated a wordy wrangle,
which. after several bluffs, finally end
ed in blows. Anderson jumped on Keith,
5ammed him up against the bar and
struck him several times in the face
bruising one eye and causing the claret
TO How. The row was stopped at this
3uncture and Keith took his departure.
TWO SHOTS.
A few minutes later while the balance
OF the crowd were standing at the bar
the front door was suddenly thrown open
and Keith, with blood streaming down
his face, appeared armed with a re-
volver. Without word he opened fire.
discharging the weapon twice, getting
Viotlm each time, but missing his in
teh0ed mark. Then he backed out the
front door and made his escape, although
at the hour, just before p. M, the
streets were crowded with pedestrians.
INOFFENSIVE VICTIMS.
HIS first bullet struck Gebhardt, an in
offensiVe bystander. Gebhardt is the
proprietor of a pickle factory at 1885, 1858
Ahso street and called, at the saloon to
leave keg of pickles. He arrived lust
after Keith had taken his departure and
did not see anything of the row. al
though the remaining members Of the
croWu were Violently arguing in a
drunken manner. Delivering his pick
les, GeDhardt received his pay from the
bartender and stopped to buy a cigar.
he had Just received 1t and stepped back
from the par when the front door opened
ana heitn stepped in. 1t happened that
Gebhardt was in an almost direct line
between Keith and his intended victim,
and owing to the poor workmanship of
the former he received the first bullet
fair In the middle Of the back. Before he
realized that he was shot a second re-
port was heard and Harry Anderson
fell to the floor writhing with pain.
GEBHARTS WOUND.
Gebhart staggered out of the front
door and into the millinery store of
Madame Clarion next door at No. 3441h
where he sank on sofa groaning witt,
pain. The police were quickly on the
scene, and telephone message was sent
for the patrol wagon, in which Gebhart
was laid on stretcher and hurried to
the receiving hospital. DR.. Hagan at
tended him and found that the bullet
had struck the spine on the left side
low down on the ribs and hitting n
bone, had been detected, passing clear
around the body under the skin, making
It's exit nearly over the stomach. Geb.
hart's escape from fatal wound was
almost miraculous, for had the ball
struck half inch higher or lower it
must have gone clear through his BODY.
ANDERSON'S STORY.
While Gebhart was being fixed up a
hack was hurriedly driven up to the po-
lice station and young Anderson was
carried into the hospital. An examina-
tion of his wound showed that he had
been hit In the groin, .inflicting q most
painful, but not necessarily dangerous.
wound. After he had been put to bed