Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-28
BOYISH LOVE IS. SERIOUS
Done Howard Shoots Himself Because BE
Believes Rival Wins.
SURGEON BELIEVES He WILL RECOVER
Shooting Occurs In Room where Rival
and Subject of Cupid's Conflict
Are Having an Inter-
view.

Dorre Sanford Howard. aged 16. had so
deep a boyish affection for wilhelmina
sadler, aged is. that he twice shot himself
In the breast yesterday that he might not
be an obstacle to her marriage with his
older and more prosperous rival, Walter
W. Daily OF st. Louis, who has been inter-
ested in the girl since she was an infant
and who is said TO have assisted financially
In having her we'll and thoroughly edu-
Gated at Mount st. Mary's convent, Cas-
tellar and South Fifteenth streets.
The shooting occurred at 3:45 yesterday
afternoon In room at the Arcade hotel.
Thirteenth and Douglas streets, which was
the apartment of Daly's friends, Richard
Schuman and wife, and to which Miss Sad
Ter had been invited by both the gentle
men. DR.. Powell, who attended the boy,
reports that one OF the bullets OF the 81
caliber revolver ne used glanced off the
sternum, or breast bone, to the left and
did no harm whatever, aud that the other
entered at the median line to the left OF
the sternum between the seventh end
eighth ribs, passed to the left through the
chest wall and lodged between the ninth
and tenth ribs, from which he extracted 1t
after the lad had been taken to the Gem
nOsplldl Ut GGlH OeWdTu LIT.
Powell further believes the boy can be
about again In a week, providing no COM
plications develop. In that case the wound
might be very serious.
Girl and Her Lovers.
The girl is the daughter Of Mrs. M. A.
Sadler, proprietor OF the employment
agency and rooming house at 119h North
Fifteenth street, but has not been living
with her mother since December 20, at
which time she became Of age, and because
of what she describes as an estrangement
between them went to room at 1909 Cali
fornia street. Her youthful lover is the
son Of y. s. Howard, proprietor OF the
Cumberland rooming house, directly oppo-
site Mrs. sadler's, on Fifteenth street. He
was in her employ until she became
alarmed at the attachment forming be-
tween him and her daughter. Later he
was with the A. d. T. company as a mes
senger boy, and for the last two weeks
has been disengaged.
DAILY Is a member OF a st. Louis adver-
tising firm and came to Omaha the day be-
fore Christmas to be the guest Of his
father, @. c. DAILY. who Is manager Of the
Evans-snyder- Buell. company, and rooms
at the establishment OF Mrs Sadler, whom
he knew seven years ago, when both fam
lilies lived in Fort Worth, Tex.
story of the Girl.
In an Interview given at the hospital by
the girl late last night she stated that Il
was during their Fort Worth residence that
DAILY took a fancy to her. She stated fur
ther that she did not see him again until
he called at her California street rooming
place Christmas day, remaining but few
moments Later he invited her to call at
the room Of the Schumans at the Arcade,
and upon her doing so, he proposed Inn
mediate marriage, she says, which she de-
clined, because too young, and for the fur
ther reason that she had a very strong
liking Tor Dorre Howard Friday she met
Daily on the street, by accident, and he
urged her to call again at the hotel, which
she promised she would do at o'clock
Saturday morning. After this meeting she
encountered the boy, told him what had
transpired and was persuaded by him not
to go. At 1880 yesterday afternoon, she re-
lates, Daily and his friend Schuman came
to her California street room Just as she
was packing her trunk to go to the home
OF the Howards to live. They insisted,
she says, upon her coming to the hotel, and
finally. Ito get rid Of them" she promised
to call at $3.50 II they would go. They did
so, and she went. as she had promised,
though young Howard was protesting and
accompanied her to the hotel, pleading to
be allowed to go to the room with her.
She found the room vacant and had
started down the stairs when she met
DAILY and schuman coming up with
Christmas package in the latter's hands.
Mrs. Schuman Joined them at about the
same time, but both the Schumans left
shortly and DAILY, she states, renewed his
request for her hand.
Loved and Lost.
At this juncture Dorre knocked and was
admitted by Daily, who led him out agaiL
into the reception room and there told him
OF his (Daly's) long interest in their
common friend The boy was angry and
tempestuous, the girl says, and finally she
persuaded them both to go into the greater
privacy Of the schuman apartment, where
she perched upon the left arm Of the chair
Dorre was occupying and sought to soothe
him. At this tears came to his eyes. which
so mortified him that he apologized to
DAILY for seeming babyish in his presence.
/ It is the girls story that DAILY Answered
that he rather admired him for It and
walked to the north window with his back
toward the two.
A minute later Dorre is said to have re-
marked as tragicalIy as a boy his age could,
that he "had loved and lost" and was
going" He grabbed his hat from the bed,
the girl states, ans "rose abruptly, turn
ing his back toward her c1d thrusting both
hands into his overcoat pocSsts, with his
hat under his left arm.
The next she observed was the fash Of
his pistol as he fired the first shol with
the weapon pointed toward him. She
grabbed his shoulder, but he fred a second
time, instantly. and fell over against her.
She let him sink gently to the moor,
screamed. and ran from the room. Turn
ing, she saw him reaching for his pistol.
which had fallen from his hand and still
contained, as she afterward learneG three
shells. Rushing back. she grabbed It up
and laid It upon the dresser. Behind her
came Mrs Kelley. the housekeeper, and
Very soon a sufficient number Of others to
fill the room. The boy was helped after a
time to walk TO the elevator and out to
a hack, which bore him to the hospital,
the girl seated at his eide with his head
upob her shoulder, and DAILY and a hotel
employe on the seat opposite. At the