The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-01

volver and began to shoot. Mayors
hand was encased In iron knuckles,
which were later found lying near his
body.
At the first shot Mayer halted Sec
ond as IL hit but whether this is SO
or not will never be determined as at
least two other shots in quick success
sion were heard from Keller's revolver
and Mayer toppled over the high em-
bankment. His body rolled along the
cinders about fifteen feet and stopped.
Mayer was dead to a certainty. After
the sliding stopped, the position OF the
body did not change until IT was dis
turbed by onlookers.
WOUNDS INFLICTED.
Keller used a 3S-calibre revolver.
One bullet struck the angle Of the left
Jaw, another entered the body near the
left arm nit and a third glanced the
seventh rib, also on the left side. There
was a bullet hole through the left
bisceps and another In the forearm.
Either of the wounds on the arm might
have been made by the bullets which
entered the arm pit and glanced the
seventh rib; or the wound on the fore
arm might have been caused by the
bullet which struck the Jaw.
The men who saw the shooting agree
that there were three shots, but they
disagree, as is usual in the excitement
of such cases. as to tho number of shots
above that number.
Officer Lown started for the scene of
the shooting. He met Keller return
ing near the trestle. Keller said he
was going home and would give himself
up to the Dunmore police. He did go
home, where he reloaded his revolver
and, accompanied by his wife and
Lown, went to his fathers house on
Mill street. There Mrs. Keller remained
while Keller was in the custody OF
Policeman Fritz Beaver, to whom the
revolver was surrendered; Lown and
Policeman Jacob Fletcher, went to the
Methodist church. Burgess DAME
Powell was summoned from within and
| directed that Keller be locked up.
EELLER's STATEMENT.
Keller was interviewed in the lookup
| by Tribune reporter.
| Il shot in self-defense," said Keller
when asked what had prompted hin
| to commit the deed. He said he haC
| license" to carry revolver. Wher
| asked what he meant by that he saic
| the weapon was not conceded, that HI
| carried it in a belt, although 1t was
| hidden by his coat. The weapon is {
good one, 1t is a 5-shot, hammerles:
| Smith & Wesson.
| Keller did not seem at all worried OF
| concerned over his situation. HI
| looked and acted like a man who haC
done something about which peopl
would talk, but which he had been jus
titled in doing.
Keller was one of the men with Ruth
ven on the night of the riot
in Dunmore, when Special OFFICER
| Mink was shot. Keller received a bul
let in the leg. He left the city sool
after the affair and was absent abou
| a year.
Justice of the Peace Krotzer, in tht
absence of the coroner gave permis
sion to remove Mayors body to th
| Bender home. 1t was taken there IL
an undertaker's uncovered wagon. TIL
justice impanneled the following jury
| James o. Masters, Henry Koch, Alonz
| Price. 2. c. Langan, George Kunz anC
A. ]. Winebrake. The jury will NEE
| in Justice of the Peace Krotzer's offic
this evening.
Coroner Longstreet will go to Ben
| der's house this forenoon at 10 o'clocl
to hold a post mortem examination
He informed a Tribune reporter las
night he would ignore the jury EN-
paneled by Squire krotZer.