The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-14
MYSTERIOUS SHOT
Scholl, the Suspected Man,
Died Three Hours
After 1t.
MADE NO CONFESSION
Victim, a Young Boy. Serious
~ Hurt-Police I'm
certain.

A mysterious shooting affair occurred
about 4:30 yesterday afternoon on Fulton
avenue, G%reenville, when William Hoover,
aged ten years. of No. 10 Old Bergen
road, was shot in the right hip. Peter
SchoIl, a saloonkeeper, of No ll0 Fulton
avenue, is thought to be responsible for
the shooting. Scholl died a few hours
later from an attack of Bright's disease,
without admitting his guilt.
Young Hoover and a few companions
were returning home from School No 10,
ON Dwight. On reaching Fulton avenue,
they stopped to tease a goat gazing in d
lot oppos. tie Scholl's house. The Hoover
boy said tina Scholl came out of the store
and ordered them to desist. The boys
paid no attention to him. Scholl then re-
turned to the house. A few seconds later
a shot was heard and young Hoover fell
to the ground shot in the hip. William
| Lair, one of Hoever's companions, ran
| toward Ocean avenue and notified Patrol
man Hoffman,, who hurried to the scene.
When he arrived ~neighbors were carrying
the wounded boy to Scholps yard. Hof1-
man then sent word to Patrolnan Bose
to summon an ambulance. The lad was
taken to his home, his father refusing to
have him sent to the hospital. DR.. Lime
burner was summoned, and ordered the
| boy sent to the City Hospital.
Young Hoover when questioned, said
| that Scholl did the shooting. Young Lair,
who notified Patrolman Hoffman, states
positively that Scholl fired the shot that
wounded his companion.
Hoffman, on entering the saloon, found
Scholl propped upon two chairs in the
raar nf t1no Sa1non Civ PHYSICIAN
Everett, on arriving on the scene, found
the saloonkeeper in a precarious condi-
ton.
A charge of atrocious assault and bat
| terry was preferred against Scholl by the
wounded boys father. The prisoner could
not be removed to the station house be-
cause of his condition, and therefore
Captain Nugent. sent Patrolman John
McDonough to guard the house.
The Captain and Detective Bennett,
caIibre revolver with all chambers oaded
an empty doubie barreiieder rife With the
Darrell broken off from the stock. The
break is a fresh one. This leads the police
to think that SchoIl, after having fired
the shot, destroyed the gun in order TO do
away with evidence, as the physicians at
the hospital. have not probed TO rthe bui-
let in Hoever's hip. the police are not
positive in their statements that this gun
was used by Scholl. This will be deter
mined later.
Scholl became so i'll about nine o'clock
thai DR.. Lewis was sent for. Before the
physician arrived Scholl passed away.
Captain Nugent said that Schol refused
to be questioned regarding the shooting
and never opened his mouth TO speak
once. Mrs. Scholl was out at the time or
the shooting and her two children, a lad
of ten ana a girl OF six, who were up
stairs, appeared to know nothing of the
affair.
Detective Bennett made a tou of the
neighborhood last evening but failed to
find anyone who had seen the shooting.
Young Hoever's condition is serious. TIL
physicians will probably probe for the
bullet some time today.