The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-07
SHOOTING IN OAK STREET.
An Italian Seriously Wounds II Negro
Taken TO HOsnitnI.

An Italian Seriously Wounds II Negro -
Taken to Hospital.
Frederick Jasper, colored man, who
lives on Day street, was shot about 5
O'Clock yesterday afternoon by an Ital-
ian named Francis Antonio Pasquale in
the latters saloon at the corner of Oak
and Dow streets. Patrolman John STAN
ford of the Dixwell avenue precinct
was on his way home after having been
down town, and was going up through
Oak street He had reached the corner
OF oak and Broad streets, when he
heard a shot, the sound of which came
apparently from Pasquales saloon,
block up the street. Stanford started
on Il run for the saloon and opened the
side door and stepped in just in time to
see Pasquale fire another shot, point
blank, at a colored man.
Pasquale, seeing the patrolman,
Whom he knew, although he was in cit
1zen's clothes, opened the hinge of the
revolver and dumped out some car
tridges. Stanford at once placed both
both men under arrest and sent for the
patrol wagon and the police ambulance.
police box at the corner of Oak and
Broad streets, and when they reached
there the colored man sank down ex-
hausted from loss OF blood and the eff
Tects OF his wound. On the way from
the central police station the ambu-
lance, which was in charge of Patrol
man John Moore, picked up Police Sur
geon Butler on Church street Arriv-
ytlrr at I
the Italian and the negro, Dr. Butler
examined the latter and attended his
wound. He found that Jasper had a
bad shot wound in the chest and order
ed him taken to the hospital at once.
1t was at first thought that he could
not recover, but at the New Haven
hospital last evening it was thought
that he would recover, although he was
dangerously injured.
The stories as to the cause of the
trouble between Pasquale and Jasper
are conflicting. One is to the effect
that Jasper entered the saloon to buy
a pair of secondhand shoes from Pas
quale, a deal which the two had previ-
ously talked over. According to the
story as told by those who pretended to
know Jasper took the shoes, but said
he had no money and wanted Pasquale
to trust him. This the Italian refused
to do, and the trouble ensued. No one
besides the two were in the saloon when
the trouble began, but Pasquales wife
entered soon after and just before the
shooting, and the above is the story
which she told of the affair. She said
that when her husband refused to trust
Jasper he gave the colored man a glass
of beer, but this did not appease Jas
per's anger and he went behind the bar
to attack her husband She says that
Pasquale attempted to put him out, but
was unable to do so, and then drew the
revolver and shot. Only two shots are
known to have been fired, and of these
one took effect.
Another story is that brother of Jas
per few days ago took a pair of the
latter's shoes to the saloon and pawned
them. According to this story Jasper
yesterday afternoon demanded his shoes
from Pasquale, who refused to give
them up. At any rate, it is quite GER
tain that an old pair of shoes was the
cause of the affair. When Pasquale
was taken to the police station and
searched about s27 was found upon his
person. His wife called at the station
last night and he directed the money
to be given to her. She was accompa-
MED by an attorney, Martin Conlon,
whose services she had secured to de-
fend her husband. Although it was
stated early last evening at the New
Haven hospital that Jasper had received
but one shot wound, it was stated by a
police officer later in the evening that
he had received three, one under the
right arm, one grazing the abdomen,
and the serious wound in the chest.
Two bullets were found in the saloon,
one of which was given by the finder
to, Detective Donnelly and the other to
Patrolman Gallagher. At the hospital |
last evening it was stated that the bull |
let which entered Jaspers chest had not |
yet been removed. The shooting was |
done with a five-shot 3S-calibre revol- !
yer.
Patrolman Stanford was highly COM
plimented on his work in securing Pas |
ouale at once. 1t is said that when |
stanford entered the saloon and ap- !
preached the italian to arrest him Pas |
uuale threatened to shoot him, but that |
Stanford grabbed him and dsarmed |
him, regardless of the danger to him
self.