Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-04-06
SHOT HIMSELF.
The Accidental Discharge of Revolver
Wounded Major W. s. Grove.

Sergt. Maj. w. S. Grove, brother of
Editor Grove, of the Aztec Index, acci-
dentally shot himself at Manila as he
was leaving after three days absence
to join his regiment. The wound is a
serious one as bullet from 45-caliber
revolver plowed it's way through his
body. Little hope for his recovery is
entertained.
The story given in letter from Ma
nila is as follows: "a bullet from an
army revolver came near ending the life
of Winfield Scott Grove, battalion SER
geant major in the 36th infantry. The
ball was accidentally driven through
his left lung, very close to the heart,
and made it's exit from beneath the
right shoulder blade. The affair hap
pened in Manila last Sunday morning,
February II. Grove had been in Ma
Mia three days, and was preparing to
return to Dagupan and go from there
to join his battalion at Mangatarem
when the nearly fatal wound was in
f1icted. He had been stopping at the
room of Alexander Morrison, reporter
of the Manila Times, former comrade
Of his in the 1st Colorado. The room is
located in the Central hotel, stones
throw from San Sebastian cathedral.
Morrison and Grove retired on Satur-
day night at 10:30 arose next morning
and breakfasted. Grove made prepara-
tions to catch his train.
"It is against orders for enlisted men
not doing guard duty in Manila to carry
revolvers on their persons in the city.
Grove had worn his revolver when he
entered Manila, and had been accosted
by one of the guards. 1t cost him a good
deal of time and trouble to escape ar
rest and having his gun confiscated. He
remarked that when he started to re-
turn to Dagupan he would have his
weapon concealed on his person, where
the guards would not be likely to per-
ceive it. He stepped upon a veranda ad-
joining the room and scrutinized the
clock in the church tower. He returned
toward the room and remarked "It is
Morrison, undergoing a shave at the
hands of his Filipino barber, heard
shot. Grove fell forward from the ver-
anda, with his head in the room. Blood
saturated his garments. The accident
probably occurred while he was at
tempting to force the weapon down in
side his blouse to conceal it from the
guards he expected to encounter on the
way to the train.
"a hospital private who was passing
by in the street was hastily summoned,
and he applied primary dressings to the
wound, while a messenger was sent to
the First Reserve hospital. An ambu-
lance was sent from there, and the
wounded man was at once placed in the
surgical ward. He has been conscious
ever since the accident occurred, but for
two days his life seemed to hang by a
thread. Now the surgeons have an
nounced that he will recover. In spite
of the fact that he had hole bored
clear through him and fairly through
the region of important arteries, no Vi
tai spot was touched by the bullet.
Colonel Grove, brother of the wound
ed man, was summoned and reached
Manila to-day. He was overtaken by
the telegraph message while conducting
military expedition in the wids of
Zambales province Turning over the
command to his lieutenant colonel he
riding over seventy miles with an es-
cort of two mounted men, and reaching
the railway on the morning of the 18th
and coming direct to Manila Finding
his brother out of danger, hewill return
to his command tomorrow morning.