The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-08

Marx, 400 Goodhue, His Aftanced,
Tells of His Love Affairs.
Charles Weinke, the young man who
claims to have been shot by supposed
burglars, on the porch of Mrs. Conrad
GotZian's residence, 332 Summit avenue,
at an early hour yesterday morning,
was not SO dangerously injured as was
at first believed and DR.. Stone, with
the other physicians in charge of the
case, are hopeful that the wounded
man will recover.
The operation at the hospital after
County Attorney Anderson had taken
- Weinke'S statement of the shooting
showed that the bullet had entered the
young mans left side, slightly above
the navel, following a downward
course and doubtless lodging in the
muscles of the back. Fortunately more
OF the vital organs were injured by the
ball and so far as the WOUND Is con-
cerned the physicians Say Weinke's
chances of recovery Gre about even.
II IS ADMITTED ho',, ever, that there is
a possibility Of flood poisoning.
Weinke ndssed a comforta bic day
yesterday, showing no apparent shock
IRON the wound or the operation, and
SS his temperature continued normal
the fear of blood poisoning in q
measure dimin'shed
Weinke still adheres to his original
story of the shooting, as it appeared
in The G. b e of yesterday, maintain
ing to County Attorney Anderson, as
well as every one else with whom he
was allowed to converse, that he was
shot by providers whom he interrupted
about the Gotham home. The police,
however, take no stock in his story,
and before their investigation was half
over became convinced that Weinke
shot himself
An examination of his clothing the
police say, shows that he was in the
habit of carrying a revolver CORE
spending very closely to the weapon
found by his side, on the Gotham
porch. This weapon was ruSted on the
barrel and the chamber. On the white
material Of Weinkes right hip pocket
are rust stains fitting to a nicely those
on the weapon, while the pocket is
bulged out in an outline similar to that
which might result from carrying a
pistol, showing the imprint of the bar
rel, chamber and trigger guard plain
ly. Furthermore Capt. Lowell says he
found a witness who says Weinke
showed him a revolver he was carrying
less than two weeks ago. The witness
examined the pistol at the time and
of the police yesterday, said the two
were almost identical.
The condition of WeinkeS vest the
outside garment which the bullet pen
etrated, the police claim further, cor
roborates their theory. The vest is
powder-burned in two places as though
the weapon had been held horizontally
across the abdomen, the position the
police claim, in which weapon would
rest when held by a right-handed man
against his own body. One powder
burn is from the barrel of the pistol,
while the other, separated from the
first by two inches, was undoubtedly
made from the flames venting through
the cylinder.
The weapon found by Weinkes side,
when held in the above indicated posi-
ton, closely fits these marks, with
the end of the barrel over the bullet
hole and the chamber meeting the sec
ond burn. q
THE claim of this young man that
he was about the Gotham home hunt
ing burglars at l o'clock in the morn
ing" said Capt. Lowell, of the Rondo
station, yesterday, ''is ridiculous. No
burglar ever ran up to a man and
pressed his pistol lengthwise against
his body, and, after shooting down the
victim, dropped his revolver by the
wounded mans side to furnish clue
for the police.
What the young fellow was doing
about the GotZian home" continued
the captain, II do not know but the
police do not put the least credence in
his claim of being shot by burglars.
He knew the family through their hav-
ing taken an interest in him while
boarding at the hotel where he was
employed, and it may be that he was
about the house with an idea of max
ing some kind of a 'grand-stand play
and injected more realism into his
plans than he intended doing"
OF the several persons who first
heard the shot and ran to Weinkes'
assistance, none saw any trace of men
running away.
Oscar A. Lindeke, son of A. H. Lin
deke, was just entering his house, near
the scene of the shooting, when he
heard the shot. He heard groans i'm
mediately. and, after summoning DR..
Stone and the police, located Weinke
on the GotZian steps, being the first
to reach the wounded man. Mr.. Lin
deke says he neither saw nor heard
any one running away To him
Weinke told the same story, to which
he has since adhered.
Weinke then said he saw some one
skullling near the porch and stopping
to make sure, saw the flash of dark
lantern. Fearing that robbery was be-
ing planned. Weinke said he crossed
the street to warn the household. As
he stepped on the porch and pressed
the electric bell Weinke said, man
jumped toward him from g darkenei
corner of the porch nearest the door
way and shot him. He could give only
q meager description of the man, say
ing he was tall, probably dark COM
plexion and wore a SLOUGH hat pull.
ed down over his eyes.
Special Waterman Bulman, who was
on Summit avenue, rot more than 200
feet from the GotZian home when the
shot was fired, says he at once located
the source and ran toward Weinke.
reaching him almos- with Mr.. Lindeke,
but saw no one running away.
Chief Schweitzer, when asked about
the investigation of the case. said the
police had gathered sufficient evidence
to convince them that Weinke had
shot himself, either by accident or de-
sign.
Back of all the police theorizing
however, there is love story, accord
Ing to Miss Emma Marx, living at 400
Goodhue street. Miss Marx is the
young woman whom Weinke s,ccom
panied home from the theater Wednes-
day evening, and left at her doorway
half an hour before he was shot. She
rays she and Weinke were enga ged tn
be married year ago last Nav. but
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