The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-28
HEFLED, ARMED WITH RIFLE.
FOGGHT FOR LIFE WITH EXTEM.
PORIZED LI'NCHING PARTY.
Two Men Shot In the Leg at Q Third Ave.
nue. shooting Galiery-The Nights
Mob In the Street Attacked the Pro.

Two mon, shot through the legs, are in
Bellevue Hospital and one man is locked
up In the Fifth street police station as the
result OF fusillade of bullets fired In a
shooting gallery in basement of 9s Third
avenue last night. The prisoner sought
the protection of policeman after he
had been chased up Third avenue and
through Fourteenth street by crowd
who were shouting:
Tracy, the outlaw! Kill HIM"
With a Winchester over his shoulder.
his face cut and bloody. his collar ripped
of and his shirt torn. the pursued man
didn't look unlike desperate.
He was David Wemmer. who runs the
shooting gallery. lie said he hadn't shot
anybody. One of the injured men. Will
liam Saunders Of 800 Sixth avenue, happened
70 he walking past the gallery when the
bullets began to fly into the street The
other injured man, according to Wemmer,
was responsible for the shooting. He is
Louis Rassler Of 500 Sixth street.
Wemmer told the police that he an d
Rassler had a row not long ago over Mrs.
Wemmer going 10 Rasslers fat TO see Mrs.
Rassler
About o'clock last night Rassler, with
two other men, walked into the shooting
gallery. Wemmer says that he didn't
recognize Rassler because Rassler had his
hat pulled down over his eyes. There
we're five loaded rifles on the counter and
hoy was shooting at the dancing balls.
Wemmer says:
-Rassler told me that had gone to his
house witt nine men to do him. ! denied
IL and he told me was liar. One of the
men picked up rife and said. oh. let's
Kill him on general principles He pointed
the rifle at my head and pushed 1t aside.
After struggle | knocked the rifle out Of
his hand and ran upstairs.
came. The three men followed me and one
of them kicked me in the face. There were
several men standing around and think
they were with Rassler One of them said
Wait around and see the fun Invent down
stairs again and began TO unload the rifles
The three men followed me and one of them
picked up a hair-triggcr rifle and pointed
II AT me. knocked it down and il exploded
Then number of shots were fired and !
grabbed rifle and ran out"
When Wemmer appeared on the street
his face was covered with blood and hs
clothes were torn lie dashed up Third
avenue, the rifle swung over his shoulder.
A crowd gave pursuit shouting, Murderer"
He killed a man" and There goes Tracy
Wemmer jumped on the back platform
ol u Eourte"nln street car gong west
and asked the conductor to get a police
man for him. When the car got to the
Academy of Music the conductor. who
evidently wanted to get rid of his passon-
ger. said There's a policeman.
Wemmer jumped on. but found no police
man. The crowd closed in around and
several men tried to hit him. Weminer
pointed his gun at them and threatened 20
shoot. An opening showed in the crowd
and Wernmer dashed through IT,
At Fourth avenue he was grabbed 10y
clothes Wemmer pointed the gun, when
Wer7ansky said he was policeman.
Thank Godl" said Wemmcr This crowd
want TO lynch me.
Wer2ansky had trouble in getting his
prisoner around to Third avenue. The
crowd followed. Saunders had been car
RED into drug store at Twelfth street
by two policemen. The three policemen
pulled their revolvers and cleared the
store of the mob.
Rasser was found lying on the side
walk unconscious in Twelfth street near
Second avenue. He had been shot through
both legs Saunders had a bullet hole
through his thigh.
Mrs. Wemmer told the police that Wem-
mer had forbidden her to see a couple
named Ed and Mamie Devine, who live
in West Eighth street, and that Devinc
had frequently gone into her husbands
place and chased out customers ard
threatened her husband. She SAYS Mrs
Devine told her las, night that Dcvine
had been shot.
Rassler when he recovered conscious
ness denied that he was Devine. He said
he and his friends had row with Wemmrr
over payment for some shooting Ac-
cordtng to RarSler, Wemmer shot him