Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1900-02-08
DID THE BOY DO TIP
Ihere Seems to be a Great Deal of Mys-
terry Concerning the Death of oliver
#. Fisher, at Carmel.


#. Fisher, at Carmel.
CARMEL, Feb. 6th.-The Coroner's in.
vestigation into the death of Oliver Frank
Fisher has resulted Enthusiastically. Not
that the Coroner did not do his full dutv.
but he was not able to bring out sufficient
testimony to clearly establish the respon-
sibility of the death of the little colored
fellow.
coroner McPberson's jury was made up
OF farmers principally, of this place and
Rosenhayn. There were no Hebrews
called. After the jury was empanelled
and sworn, the gentlemen viewed the
body and County Physician Diament
demonstrated in the presence of the iury
how the bullet had entered the boys
head, and what course it had taken. The
bullet had entered the left temple about
two inches above the left eye The probe
indicated that the course of the ball had
been downward, entering the nose. Scat
tered over the left side of the face we're
powder marks, which plainly indicated
tnat the revolver had not been held at
close range, and probably was a longer
distance from the boys head than he
could have held it himself.
The testimony showed that some time
since the little Fisher boy had come to
his work late, and there was quarrel
between him and Fl. Fishman, the watch
man. The boy was discharged. When
A. Pressman, proprietor of the coat fac
tory, came down from Philadelphia and
learned of the discharge, he promptly
re-instated Fisher.
IL was thereafter noticeable that Fish
man was angry and used little Fisher
cody On the morning that Fisher met
his death, 1t was shown that the only
people in the room at the time of the
shooting were Fishman and Lewis
Charleston. Both of these young men
declared that the revolver of Fishman
was left lying upon the table. Fisher. it
was said, came in the room, picked up
the revolver, and accidentally pulled it
OH. Both Fishman and Charleston ipdi-
Gated where Fisher fell, but some dis
tance away were blood spots upon the
floor, which seemed to point to the fact
that the body had been removed after it
had fallen.
Fishman tells different story concern
ing the revolver from another witness.
Ffshman admits that he borrowed the
revolver and that it had but one cartridge
init-that he placed it there himself. The
man who loaned the revolver said that
weapon had three cartridges in.
Again it was shown that the left hand
of young Fisher, when found directly
after the shooting, was covered with a
heavy home made cloth mitten without
fingers. The revolver is a self. cooking
instrument and pulls hard, making il
aim 1St impossible to pull off with the
thumb, and the trigger is enclosed with a
guard.
The jury listened carefully to all of the
evidence and finally rendered verdict
that Oliver Frank Fisher came to his
death onthe Sd day of February, 1900, by a
pistol shot wound in the head, inflicted at
the hand of some person, to the jury
unk Known.
The general impression among many
people here is that the killing of young
Fisher was not premeditated. The peo
pie think that Fishman and Charleston
were trying to frighten Fisher, and that
the revolver was accidently fired, infiict-
ing the wound.