The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-06

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Bernard Ershowsky Of lee Essex street started
to celebrate the Fourth. shortly after 1 O'Clock
yesterday morning, BY disoharging . 9s-cshbre
revolver In the street In front Of his home.
After amusing himself by listening to the noise
and tho whistling OF bullets, which caused poo
pie to seek safety In the halls OF their houses. he
became frightened when one OF tho bullets
struck George Wolf Of l69 Essox street In the
abdomen. An ambulance was summoned, and
the surgeons said that VOLTS wound might
result fatally. Erphowsky was arrested. He
was arrsignod in the Essox Market Court later
and held without bail to await the result Of
VOLTS injuries.
An unidentified idiot who followed the same
fashion shot Aaron Bernstein in the head while
he lay asleep on the third floor fire escape OF tho
tenement at 81 Allen street. Tho bullet struck
the iron framework OF tho fire escape, glanced
OF, ploughed a furrow In Bernstoin's head, and
was fisttened against the wall. bernstein was
taken to the Gouverneur Hospital.
Frederick Weber, IN electrician. of 1873 East
F1fty.socond street. celebrated Independence
Day yesterday afternoon by firing what no
thought wero blank cartridges ont Of q double
barrolod shotgun from his front window. He had
fred oyer thirty. cartridges. whom he, saw Ed.
ehh hhohANA ltthhk nv TIC VI VII thc ~
floor of lAs East Fiity.eecond street. Weber
thought it would BIO n good joke to shoot Mt
awhile. left the window. lilo returned a few
minutes later and Weber aimed and fred at
This time the cartridge contained a ball which
struck Koehler in tho head, INJECTING a slight
wound. kochlor ran around TO the East Fifty
desk what had happened. Weber was arrested
and taken to the station house.. He was very
much surprisod whom no learned OF Koehler's
condition and offered to apologize. snying that
he did not know the cartridge was loaded. He
Spencer Brown. colorod, aged is, of 26s West
l26th street, fired a sm9ll cannon in front
Of his house. It exploded and he was badly
Theodore RcnEel OF Avenue A and Twenty.
Third avonue. was shot in the face with a blank
c~9rtriigc by u boy who ran away. He will lose
Henry Barron. 8 years old. OF 1875 East 10th
street. who watching frecrackers in East
rom rom ,hS sr ses in 1as T MSss Of IN oS s% Sss FSs
over. He wac hndly injured.
.Joscph Virtue. o years old. Of 4o6 West Fifty
Fifty: sixth street while setting or nre crackers
His skull wac fractured. Tho police took him
70 Roosevelt HOSPITAL and arrested the driver Of
Charles Misch OF 3o3 East l17th street. while
At lls!h street and Second avenue YES shot in
attended ho went home.
James Wand OF Is leonard street. while sit
ting on the roof OF his residence, was struck by
a stray bullet. He received a slight flesh wound,
which was dressed at the Hudson Street Hos
pital.
In BRooKLYr.
These arc the Casualties reported by the police
Peter EnGel. 10 years OLD. OF 1881 jefferson
taken to St. Mary's Hospital.
Ernest Vich. 10. OF 100 Atlantic avenue. ant
Thomas Stewart, aged z. OF 450 Adeiphi street
both negIpes. were badly burned ON the face
and arms by the premature explosion OF a ba|
of powder with which they wero loading a small
cannon.
Seven. year-old Isadore Zicdman OF 65l Bush
wick avenue WAS severely burned on the face
head. and arms by tho explosion of a box o
powder. He was taken TO ST. Catharine's Hos
piLal.
While the ferryboat Oregon of the Twenty
third street limo was in miustrcam on q trip L
williamsburg last evening Mrs. Mary OSeil
"a yeara old, Of 240 West sixteenth street, THU
city, was shot in The right shoulder. She wa
seated at an open window In the women's cabin
The ferryboat was on n line with North Secont
street, Williamsburg. when the bullet strucl
the woman. Sho screamed and fell forward
When the Oregon reached the slip Mrs. ONei
was carried into a waiting room and Surgeon
bullet, but was unable to ind it. Mrs. O'Nai'
who declined to 60 to the hospital, was taken u
her homo. The wound Is not serious. It /
thought that the shooting was done by some on,
on the new North Second street pier.
Harry Goldsmitho OF go Degraw street. Brook
lyn.. wGs Accidentally shot in the hip by som
celeSrstor in front OF Sc Eaat Broadway at II
O'Clock lkst night. He was taken to the Gou
veneur Hospital.