The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-05-14
SHOT in THE FACE.
Frank Printz Seriously Wounded
In a Difficulty with Igna-
thus Nei9gle.

Last Sunday near the hour of
midnight IN the tenderloin district
of Lafayette a shooting ARRAY took
place which almost resulted in the
death of one of the participants.
The wounded man is Frank
Printz, the tall and portly machinist
who supervised the construction of
the waterworks and electric light
plant for the Consolidated Engin
eering Company. Two loads Of
No. shot fired from a gun in the
hands of young man, named Igna-
thus Weiggle, Inflicted the wound.
A short while after II O'Clock
Marshal Veazey and one of his dep
uties, Henry Hebert, heard the re-
port of two shots fired in quick sue
cession. They hurriedly rode to
where they believed the shots had
been fired, and in less than two
minutes they were by the side of
Frank Printz, who was lying on the
ground in front of Sallie Davis
house of ill-fame. The giant
form of the wounded man lay up
on the earth. His face was covered
with blood and an ugly wound was
bleeding profusely. In his right
hand he held a pistol. When the
officers arrived on the scene there
was no one around. The officers
washed his wound with cool water
and after having relieved him, they
summoned medical help. Drs.
Martin and Tolson were with the
wounded man shortly after and they
dressed his wound. 1t was ascer-
tanned that one of the loads had
taken Judgment in the mans face,
causing total blindness in both eyes.
Though in a pitiable condition
Printz stood it with an unusual dis
play of nerve. He did not have
much to say. Upon the advice of
the ply sicians he was taken to New
Orleans for treatment. Sheriff
Broussard left with him on the 2
O'Clock train for that city.
1t appears that the trouble be-
tween the two men began in the no.
torious house kept by the woman
Sallie Davis, and it is presumed
that the cause of it was the way one
of the inmates disposed Of her affec-
tons. After the exchange Of some
words. difficulty followed in which
~ II a
Weiggle threatened to strike Printz
with chair, but the latter, who is
powerful man, avoided the blow
from the chair and struck his antag-
counter it seems that both men went
to town, but unfortunately returned
to the house armed for fight.
Weiggle tried to borrow a pistol,
but failing in this, procured a shot
gun and returned to the house,
where, meeting Printz, he fired both
shots at him with the above results.
Printz and Weiggle have made
contradictory statements. Weiggle
claims that Printz fired one shot a,
him when the trouble began and
another shot when he (Weiggle) re-
turned with the shotgun. Weiggle
claims that he was on the porch OF
the house and he fired while Printz
was advancing toward him. Printz,
on the other hand, claims tina,
Weiggle was lying in wait and was
hiding when he did the shooting.
Printz disclairs any knowledge
of having fired his pistol, but when
examined two chambers we're found
to contain empty cartridges which
appeared to have been recently
fred. A we'll sharpened butche,
knife and several cartridges were
found upon his person. Both men
are said to have drank heavily be.
fore the shooting.
From all appearances both men