The sun., 1900-11-08
MRS. KERR 70 WE'D TO.DAi.
sequel 20 IN. shooting Accident In the Adj
rondacks.

rondacks.
Mrs Selma Coe Kerr, whose leg was ampu-
'1ted recently IN the Adirondacks. rs the result
OF cunning accident, will be married at noon
to-day to Mr. Charles r. Bailey, whose fnthcr
il President ~ the BAILEY. Ranks Bldt.e
Company Of Philadelphia. Mr.. Bailey Wa
deer hunting with Mrs. Ke- on runway
near the Tahswus club In Essex county when
the accident occurred and was wounded 10y
the same bullet which hit Mrs. Kerr The shot
was fred nv DR. Charles T Dado OF 90 Fast
Fitty-.iSth stree ia friend Of Mrs Kerr's brother
T. Holloway Co-. at whose lodge nearby he was
= guest
The marriage ceremony will be performed
at the homo Of Mrs Kerrs mother. Mrs. +.
Frank Coo Gee Flfth avenue None but mem
bcrs Of tho families Of tie bride and bridegroom
will be prs sent Mrs Kerr il tll confined 10 her
room which she has not left since she was
brought back from the Adlrondsc ks several
weeks ago She was engaged To Mr. Bailey be-
fore the accident occurred. but the engagement
was not announced until recently.
Guide. in the nsishborhood of Tahawus
assert that Dr Dado, when he shot al Mr. Bailey
and Mrs Kerr, was suffering from an unoun-
troll able desire to shoot at everything or anv-
thing which sometimes comes over people
in the woods This state of mind or di sedse
il sad 10 be rampant among amateur sports
men who visit the Adrurdlcks In the deer
hunting season, and many fatal shooting ac-
ciients have been attributed 10 II Mr. Bailey
wore a reddish brown shooting Jacket and l'r
Dade mistook hir' for n deer Mrs Kerr
who il her self a crack shot with the rifle, and
VINO has slain twelve dear was sitting beside
Mr. Bailey waiting for ZANE She happened
10 glance to one side and saw pr Dadc with
,t,, a la. hon
oh, look." sh" cYcl1med to her complnion.
He Is going TO shoot as"
vt that instant Dr Dade fired and the hall
struck Mr. Bailey in the small " The back,
was detected and entered Mrs Kerr's thigh,
.rna-liur the bone Mr. Baoy's wound vas
,air frI hut rD' serious Mrs K"--'- four 49, -
year-pld on. Coe Kerr who vas III the hunt
ing party r,r two miles TO the lodge Off HALO
WAY zoe fur assistance \ litt"r was made OF
limb. of trcc- and twelve woodsmen took turns
in groups ol ~N in carrying Mr. k"rr I" the
lodge. Phy-icl1n- and nurses from this city
we're sent FOR AID II i- likoly that Mr. kerr's
log would have been saved had not blood
uosoning act In When told that the oper-
Axiom would have To- he performed Mrs herr
dill no, nlpch ~ fa.' she displayed I'1n'k-
ar- courage throughout the tire ordeal
Iicr leg was cut of above the knee and -hs
...lipIal exCflClAlluE torture NllHoN toUl-
paint for many DAYS after the operation
DR. Dnde was overwhelmed by grief at tho
tragic result of his shot lie remained at the
lpi.e. however, and gave assistance In the
,ralt,nent of Mr., Kerr Mr.. Bailey also suf-
fp.si gralt pain from tho wound in hi, back
buj he has recovered
When Mr. Kerr was brought back {" this
civ -ns vent Al once to he homo = her N thor
She had Myei in the Bolkeuhayn a. tiF-
eighth street and fifth avenue. where he
leased the apartments formerly occupied by
W Bourke Cochran When the Bolkerlayn
was taken by tho savoy Hotel. WHICH ddloins
, T.. Mir. harr moved to her mothers home
II was there that her engagement was an
uounred a Few days ago 70 Mr. Bailey. and he
Wedding was 81 for April next Why tho
date was changed has not been told
Mr. Kerr +, the daughter of the late l. Frank
Cpa. who made 4 very .0rge fortune m the Ter
'Ulzar business When he die le left n million
dollars 70 Mrs Kerr She is n '0Il, fno-'oohing
woman of n and was splendid hor ,awnm n
eswell n a crack shot Her husband, CIIrn"ey
Kerr di-l about two vc1r~ ago lie H0d an
inieoeri"~' 'rr'uno 1n' was a nn'Nd lwl'"ur
golf player Before taking ~ g'f h" Ta' an
ar,.telr baseball PLAYER lie AMI hi- hrot' or
yver. rnrr1hor- nf ~" famous ball telu Of tlo
Staten Island Athletic Cub During her hus-
1 band. i'n NJ Kerr - mt a great '"Ql Of time
, nj Lsk,-vo7i wte-n sln l. w"'l known She
baa "A country home at New Winden, y. Y