The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-10

Her Crib.
An S-months-old baby girl, sleeping
peacefully in it's cradle, was shot at
1890 o'clock yesterday morning in a
tenement house on Larch street, Dun
more, and the man who fired the shot
from a big 3S-callibre revolver is the
father of the child, George Svetz.
The bullet passed almost through the
body of the baby and was taken from
its lodging place under the skin by
Coroner Longstreet at 6 o'clock last
evening, five hours after the child died.
The shooting was accidental.
George Svetz, the man who fired the
fatal shot, conducts a boarding house
for foreigners in a big building on
Larch street, near Johnsons patch.
Saturday night there had been general
drinking of liquor in the house and it
was after II o'clock when Svetz and
his wife, who were in their room on the
upper floor heard three shots fired out
side the building.
The shooter was John Mumear, who
only a few days before and against
the advice of Svetz had been admitted
as a boarder in the house, through the
WISHES Oh hTS. SNelH'
TOOK THE REVOLVER.
Svetz, upon hearing the shots, went
down stairs in an angry way and see
ing Humaer with the revolver he took
it from him. 1t was a five-shooter and
three shots had been fired into the culm
dump across the street. Going up
stairs again with the revolver in his
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"See," he exclaimed this John HUI
maer your boarder, shoot some one.
He is no man to have here; he must
go"
AS he was speaking Svetz pulled the
trigger of the revolver. The first shot
narrowly missed the woman and the
second entered the body OF the babe.
At 4 o'clock word was sent to DR..
G. L. Thompson and half hour later
the dying infant was taken to Thomp-
sons hospital on Wyoming avenue,
where the sufferer died at 1 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
After the shooting Svetz disappeared
and when the Dunmore police-Chief
Patrick Healey and Officers NJ. L. Dol
phin and Patrick OHara-went to the
scene at 6 o'clock the house was
searched, but Svetz could not be found.
1t was supposed that he had run away.
HOUSE WATCHED.
All day yesterday the house and
premises were watched by special Of
ficers, constables, etc, and at Q o'clock
last night County Detective Leyshon,
Constable Timothy Jones and Detec-
tive Skipper went again through the
house, but no trace of Svetz could be
found. No one knew anything of him,
only that he had put some tobacco in
his pocket and had gone.
County Detective Leyshon arrested
John Humear, the man who owned
the revolver. and he was lodged in the
central station house.
As a Tribune reporter was leaving
the scene Of the shooting at $50 o'clock
Undertaken John Majeruyik, agent, ar
rived to take charge of the remains.
Upon going upstairs to where the body
of the child lay, Undertaken Majern-
jik talked to Mrs. Svetz about the
shooting. He explained to her that be-
cause the discharge of the shot was
accidental there could be no dire pun
ishment inflicted upon her husband
He did not mean to kill the child that
was certain.
Mrs. SwetZ listened to the advice OF
the Undertaken and when he said that
Swetz should not have run away with
out word as to her intention she left
the room. A few minutes afterward
Swetz himself walked in and uncon-
cernedly greeted the Undertaken
Svetz was in his shirt sleeves. While
q ino h.,
| how he didn't mean to shoot the child
Detective" Skipper came into the
| room. you are my prisoner" he
shouted; you must come with me-"
"All right" was Svetz's answer and
walked to the county Jail, where he
now is. His hiding place is a mystery
HOUSE WITH A RECORD.
Svetz is about 50 years of age and
has three children in the old country
| The baby who was killed was born in
the house where the shot was fired
| The building has a bad reputation; sew.
eral assaults have been committed
there and the fact that Svetz eluded Sc
many officers for nearly a day shows
that crime has some good hiding place
| There are five families living in the
| house,
Coroner Longstreet empanneled g
| jury yesterday afternoon to inquirJ
into the case. They met in DIR. Thomp,
sons hospital and adjourned until mex
Monday night, when Coroner Long.
street will give his report of the effect,
of the shooting, and County Detective
Leyshon will have arranged his evi.
dence. The jurors are: j. F. Mitchell
John E. Kern, Emerson ID. owen, Wal
lace G, Moser l.. p. Hofling and FREQ
Kuhlman. Coroner Longstreet in max,
ing a post-mortem examination yester,
day found that the ball had entered
the baby's body on the right of the
medal line and lodging just under
the skin of the back.