Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-11
MoRt SHOO NC AT STEVENS POINT
LOUIS "Iesner Shot Four Times by an Age
Nan and Killed Instantly.

Man and Killed Instantly.
At about 1880 o'clock Monday
morning OF this week another shoot
ing ARRAY occurred at Stevens Point
Iiiis Time resulting in the sudden
death OF Louis NIcsner. a wealthy
saloon keeper and horse dealer Of that
CITY Intelligence of the tragedy
was telePhuned to the tWin cities
before noon and the unexpected news
spread rapidly here owing to the fac
IildU MI. NleSner was very generally
known IN these communities He
mas visited our cities for the tran
Sactlon of business almost every week
IN 1879 and he has sold many horses
nereaboutS, during a time last
summer operating a sale stable in
Grand Rapids under the firm name of
Curran & WieSner.
Adolph and Sigmond Green of
Stevens Point also deal in horses and
nave likewise piled their business
here, at Stevens Point and elsewhere,
IN competition with Mr.. WieSner.
Inc rivalry between these parties has
been known to be strained for long
TIME and when the barn of Green
Bros. at the Point was fired and con
Sumed recently, together with four
teen or sixteen head of horses,
suspicious arose and the case became
an extremely heated one. The fatality
OF Monday was the price of the
quarrels, and Gabriel Green, aged
father of the Green Brothers. inflicted
the wounds with 3S calibre, double
action. Smith & WeSson revolver.
-Four shots were fired at close range.
all of them took effect and the victim
was dead in five minutes. Two bullets
entered the back on the right side of
spine, one at the fifth and the other at
tenth rib. The upper one passed
through the heart and the lower one
through the liver. OF the other two,
one grazed the top of the right
shoulder, and the other entered the
neck and came out at the cheek. Mr..
WleSner was 81 years old, born in
Prussia Poland. He leaves wife and
seven children, also two brothers.
The body was taken to Appleton
Wednesday morning where funeral
services were conducted in the Jewish
synagogue by Rabbi Gerechter
Deceased was a member of Stumpf
Lodge, No. 225, [. 0. O. F., of Stevens
Point.
We take the following from the
Daily Journal issued Monday evening:
Immediately before the shooting
WieSner had been to Frank Pieckert' S
shop to get shaved. He went directly
from there west on the south side Of
Main street, then crossed over to
speak to Leonard, and then on to his
death, only few feet further west.
W. j. Leonard, who was the last
man to speak to Wiesner, did not
notice where Green came from before
the shot was fired. From another
source, however. it is learned that
just prior to the enactment OF the
tragedy Green went into the store of
J. w. Shafton. He had two packages
Of meat in his hands, and saying that
he wanted to leave the meat there a
little while laid it down near the door
and went out. The presumption is
that he must have seen Wiesner
coming down the street, and after
leaving the meat he went diagonally
across the street to the place where
the shooting occurred.
After the last shot had been fired
Green recroSSed the street and ran
east. He carried the smoking re-
volver in his hand, but partially
concealed under his coat AS he ran
he kept shouting ut the top Of his
voice and could be heard several
blocks away.
At first people little distance from
the scene Of the shooting did not
know what had happened and so
made way for the old man as he came
up the street. But Sheriff Leahy had
heard the shooting, and followed
Green. The latter, however. was
first stopped nearly in front of Reton
Bros, & Co. IS store by A. A. Hinchey,
Sheriff Leahy and Ed. Nolan coming
up about the same time. At first
Green was very much excited and
made considerable resistance. but he
was Immediately handcutfed and
taken to Jail. At the time of his
arrest Green's pistol was taken away
from him and handed to Samuel J.
JOY. who is travelling for Frank
Sturgis, a bicycle dealer in Chicago.
Later JOY turned the weapon over to
the sheriff. 1t is 50 calibre. double
action, Smith & Wesson, and had five
chambers, all of which were empty.
After being taken to Jail Green
appeared calmer, but requested to be
placed where no one could shoot him.
lie Is seventy years Old ana speaks
comparatively little English. He
lives with his wife at $50 Brown street.
and his two sons, Sigmond and
Adolph, keep store at the corner of
Clark and Second streets, and deal in
horses, under the firm name of Green
Bros.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
The Gazette says that Gabriel Green
was arraigned before Judge Murat,
Wednesday afternoon, charged with
the murder of Louis WieSner, upon a
warrant sworn to by Sheriff Leahy, and
entered a plea Of not guilty. The
state was represented by Dist. Atty.
Owen. and Judge Cate appeared for
the prisoner The examination was
adjourned until Thursday morning. at
which time Green was bound over
for trial before the circuit court.