The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
JAMES FIooD,s STORY.
IL Ne Joseph Clark s-Binuhamton Petoe Ne
ieve Hin q Burglar.

Il Ne Sosoph Clark s-ufnrhauton Penoo Ne
neve HIN n Burglar.
The young man who was shot at Owego, n. Y.
on Thursday morning and removed to 81
Francis Hospital in jersey City on Friday night
was able to talk about tho shooting yesterday.
although his statement sheds no light on tho
cause Of tho shooting or the person who did It.
He was visited by Inspector Lang Of the Jersey
City police yesterday afternoon, at the request
Of Chief Murphy. who wanted TO help the oweEo
authorities II he could. The wounded
man Is tail and handsome, apparently % years
old, with a curling blond mustache. He told In
spector Lang that his correct name was Joseph
Clark, and his home was at Secaucus. where his
parents still live. The reason ho gave his name
as James Flood was, he said, because he left
home nearly four years ago and he did not want
to cause his family am annoyance.
He said he had been working az q brakeman
on the Lake Shore Railroad ever since he left
home. He got paid on Tuesday and gave up his
job. He said he was going TO Susquehanna 10
got another Job and was waiting below the sta
tion at owego to catch an Erie train. He had
been around the saloons drinking. When he
got about 100 yards below owego station he
says he heard several shots and then felt 9 sting,
ing sensation in the back. He fell and whistied
agent heard him and went to his assistance.
Clark said he had no idea who 1t was that shot
trouble for his assailant. He said no was taken
TO Police Headquarters in Owego and there a
physician put q piece OF plaster on his wound.
The next day he was taken TO the hospital con-
nected with the poorhouse.
He says he felt that he was not being prop
have him transferred to st. Franciss Hospital
in Jersey City. He gould not remember having
ouarrelled with anybody prior to the shooting.
Clark is paralyzed below his waist, and the doc.
tors think that his spinal column was fractured
by the bullet. CLARK is in q very critical condi-
ton.
He was taken from st. Francis Hospital last
night TO G. A. krauss's laboratory at Grove and
Bright streets and subjected to the Y rays for
half an hour. Drs. J. d. McGill, c. ID. HILL and
The bullet was located ! in the spinal column on
the left side between the eighth and ninth ribs:
II could not be determined whether the spinal
cord was punctured or not until the plates have
been developed. and consequently no attempt
was made to extract the bullet The plates will
be developed to-day
| shooting Of James Flood, or Joseph Clark, Is still
unexplained. The theory is advanced that
Flood and a companion went to OweSo on tues,
day morning on train No. 5. as Flood was found
soon after the train pulled out from the station,
| and also that the shooting occurred at some other
place. This seems plausible, in view Of q telegram
received from Springfield, Mass. which says
the authorities there believe that Flood 10 one OF
the men who attempted TO break into tho West
was fired upon by Policeman Edwards. Ed
wards says he Is certain that he hit one OF the
men. II is thought here that Flood Is one OF
a gang OF burglars. and that he was shot In q
| quarrel over a division Of the spoils. Father
! Ryan Of Owego. who was called to the bedside
him except that he was shot by a companion
and lived in New York.