Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-25

SHOT In BREAST.
Ed Harrington Wounded by
Frank Day at Peninsula.
Men we're Drinking Wine and Playing
Poker with Nails for SpOrt-G0 into
Dispute-Day has skipped.

fOker Win Nails Tor SpOrt-U0t INTO
Dispute-Day has skipped.
Ed Herrigton was shot in the
breast and neck by Frank Day
about o'clock Sunday night at the
Peninsula building operations. Her
rington is now in the City Hospital
with good chances for recovery.
Day is badly wanted but cannot be
found.
The particulars of the sad affair
are as follows and seem to have been
the result of wine, Kentucky blood,
and loaded pistol.
w O. Freeman who is a carpen-
ter sub contractor at the Peninsula
under Capt Benjamin has number
of carpenters in his employ who are
keeping bachelors hall at one of the
houses east of the glass factory.
Mr.. Freeman is away on visit to
his home at Ceredo, w. Va, and his
son is left in charge of his contracts.
1t seems that his men thought it
was an opportune time to celebrate,
SO they procured barrel of black
berry wine, invited in some of their
friends and were having merry
time Sunday evening.
After getting pretty happy with
the wine drinking the men engaged
in game of poker for amusement
using nails for stakes As the spirit
of the wine worked on the spirits of
the men they became more argue
mentative, and began to disput-
about politics, one man declaring he
was a better party man than the
other. Among the guests at the
banquet was Frank Day, who was
Waterman at the Marila glass fac
tory He is said to be a Kentuck
ian from Louisville, and of course
he had a gun. His Kentucky blood
began to boil when he was opposed
on political questions and drawing
his revolver he fired three shots.
One Of them entered the right breast
of Ed Harrington, and another
made flesh wound in his neck.
The third shot went wide of the
mark. The shooting occurred about
9 O'Clock but it was an hour or more
before the doctor could be reached
over the telephone DR.. Gibbons
was summoned and had the wounded
man who was rendered unconscious
taken to the City Hospital The
ball which entered the body came
near severing the Carotid artery,
which would have caused death
quickly from bleeding. The ball
lodged in the upper part OF the
breast too deep to he reached last
night. The wounded man is get
ting along very well to-day with
fair chances for recovery. Mr. Her
rington's home is at Ceredo, where
he has a wife and two children.
A warrant has been issued for
Frank Day, who did the shooting,
and the officers are in search Of
him, but he cannot be found and
has probably left the city. He is a
married man about 80 years old,
and would weigh about 100 pounds
His young wife and child live in
cottage on the Austin property
across Decker's Creek from the new
Marilla Glass factory, She is kind
ly spoken of by those who have met
her as being a cultured young WON
an, evidently from a good family of
people. Mr. Day was formerly To-
connective engineer, but left his job
from some cause, and came here to
take the job of Waterman at the
new factory.
The difficulty in getting communi-
cation over the telephone line to the
Marilla Factory Sunday night has led
to the suspicion that maybe Day had
cut the wire in order to give him time
to make his escape. The affair is very
unfortunate and will be regretted by
the sub-contractor Mr.. Freeman as
much as by any one for he is said to
be a good peacable man, and might
have prevented the trouble had he
been there.