Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-09
BULLET In HIS NECK.
MR. SNYDER COMES HERE To nm
OPERATED UPON.
WAS SuOT BY JOSHUA GRUDB.
The Man Thosght He Was . Tarret
and Used HIS Pistol Promtscuous-
Iy ON the streets Of Marlon-Ths
Ball Located.

Mr.. c.. f. Snyder, Deputy sheriff Of
smyth county, arrived in Richmond ;ns.
terdsy and was taken to the Ola DO.
minion Hospital, where he will unnerge
an operation for the removal OF bulio,
from his neck.
The Deputy was shot at Marion on the
sist OF May by Joshua Grub, who WA
believed to be insane. and was labortns
under the hallucination that he was besns
followed by enemies who intended to rem.
der him bodily harm. The bullet which
entered Mr.. Snyder's neck came In CON.
tact with the medium nerve, and an
result his left arm Is partially paralyzed
Last night, In order to facilitate the
operation, Mr.. Snyder was photographer
by DR.. w. III. Taylor by means of ths
Roentgen rays. The experiment. II ex
pertinent II can be called. was entirel,
successful, and the bullet was cleari.
seen in tho negative embedded In ths
fleshy part of the neck at no great dis.
tance from the surfacA The operation
for which Mr.. Snyder Is being prepares
VIII thus be quite a simple one ami wia
not be of serious nature. The bullet
Will be removed with comparative ease
and IT is believed that the patient will b<
restored to his full yigor again.
HOW HE WAS SHOT.
The circumstances under which thu
Deputy Sheriff met with his misfortun,
are full of interest. He happened 10 b,
near the depot when the noon train pulled
into Marion Station on May 3Ist. Al
soon as the train came to stancstill
man named Joshua Grub appeared @,
the platform with a revolver in one hane
and his hat in the other. lie waved tn,
hrearm i'm front OF him as he got dowt
from the train, pointing IL directly al IN,
crowd gathered in the station.
was natural that he should under
the circumstances, be given
wide berth, and so II was. Once NJ,
twice he fired, but the bullets were wild
ana no harm was done. Deputy-Sherin
Snyder came quickly upon the scene
and fearlessiy walked up to the man
teliihg MN that he must put up his re-
voiver or he would find himself m
trouble. Grubb gave a defiant answer
and was warned once more by tins
Deputy. Snyder then turned TO WALL
towards the store where he had business.
and as he did so Grubb deliberately put
his hat on his head and bringing his
hand down. steadied his revolver uuou
1t, and shot TO kill. Snyder fell head.
long TO the ground, partially paralyzed
by the contact of the shot with the
medium nerve. The crowd scattered.
and Crubb, who made his way towards
the court, ,house. fred two rounds OF
cartridges before he was brought to bay,
INQUIRY INTO HIS SANITY.
The prisoner acted so queerIy. that
a commission of lunacy took the case
under consideration. 1t was developed al
this inquiry that Grubb was a native OF
Allegheny county. but that he had been
employed in West Virginia He became
restless, however, and giving up his posi-
tion, started home. On his way he stop
ped at Radford. ana here he became
possessed with the delusion that he was
being followed for some fell purpose.
The walls of his bedroom were filled with
bullet holes, supposed TO have been fired
by the unhappy victim of the hallucina.
ton at his imaginary pursuers. He left
the hotel suddenly ostensibly to pur.
chase some whskey. but he started oui
in the opposite direction 10 the one
which had been pointed out to him, and
when the clerk of the hotel shouted after
him that he was going In the wrong df
recton de took to his heels and fed
down the street. Later he boarded q
west-bound train and reached Marion
where he fairly had the populace or
tenter-hooks for a little iime. He shot
at several men in his mad career from
the station TO the courthouse. but Mr.
Snyder was the only one wounded.
TO BE TRIED FOR SHOOTING.
Grubbs was kept I'm custody for several
days under police surveillance. and ap.
peared 10 recover from his minds disease
At any rate, the lunacy commission de,
termined that he was OF sound mind and
he was held for trial on the third Mon.
day in July, 18th, TO answer the charge
Of attempted murder.
Mr.. Snyder will undergo the operation
for the removal Of the bullet possibly next
Monday. DR.. George Ben Johnston will
be the surgeon.
TALK WITH THE DEPUTY.
Mr.. Snyder was seen. In DR.. Taylor's OF.
flee last night after he had been photo.
graphed by the X-rays. He said the
sensation was rather pleasant, though the
length OF time 1t took 10 make the photo.
graph had been very trying TO the side
affected. He suffers acutely with his
arm, and his thumb, index, and middle
fingers are entirely useless. He is In q
very weak condition, and the loss OF sleer
through the intense pain has been very
wearing Mr.. Snyder Is a tall. swarfhy
man OF handsome appearance. and bears
a reputation in Smyth county for In
trepid bravery, which his conduct In APP
preaching Grubbs as he did bears oui
very substantially.