The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-27
shot IN WILLIAM TELL ACT.
Wan kIIIED on STtGE tT COLD
SPRING HARHOR. L.. !.
Charles Me,nei Tried 10 shoot an \prle
From the Head az John VOlkman
Before Large Aud'snce and the
Bullet v ent Through NOlknan's Bralu.

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COLD SPRING HARBoR. l.. l., oct 20. John
Workman. barber. who was employed by
George Van Au~,lall. was accidentally shot
and killed las' night on the stage of 1'hes-
plan Hall by Charles Mtincl Of the Miorobin
company, which has been giving a Two
weeks show there in connection with the
sale 81 a medicine
One of the features Of the show was
M"inel's feat OF shooting an apple from the
head OF any person who would volnntee1
10 stand up and take part in the William
Tell ACT. When no one volunteered, a
member Of the troupe performed this
service.
On Saturday afternoon NolSrnsn ex-
pressed a Willingness 20 ac a. the holder
of the apple. tu-l omcrS in the barber
| shop al the rne tried TO diS-uade him from
| takiug the risk, and one man went so far
as 10 bid him goodoy and ask where he
wished 10 he buried Nolkrn1n's employer
made every effort 10 keep him from tho hall,
even della ying work IN the shop in the hope
tina, this feature u the performance would
Ire over before Nolkman reached the hall.
Volkman got 10 the hall in time TO volun-
| teer Meine did not appear to be In good
| knOOl ing lIliIl, ana lHG lNpn lppfe0 Dul q
short time before because he had missed
| a card AZ which he had been shooting
When the apple had been put on yolk-
mans head Meinel began shooting at a
distance OF about twenty feet. The first
two shots failed to hit either the apple or
| the man, but the third struck Volkman In
the forehead and he dropped To the stage.
Women screamed and tainted. Dr.
o. -
company, wen, at once TO the aid Of the in
| jured man and Dr. Baldwin of Main street
was summoned. They extracted part OF
| the bullet but some Of IL had penetrated
| the frontal bone. and Workman died within
| an hour
| Meinel was arrested by Constable James
| Wright and held on a charge OF manslaugh-
| ter.
DIR. Gibson Of Huntington, the coroner,
| reached here this evening and examined
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II was on the night OF Nov. 30, 1882, that
Frank Frayne shot and killed Miss Annie
| Won Behren on the stage Of the Coliseum,
| In Cincinnati while performing feat similar
| TO that which caused the death of the man
| at Cold Spring HaTbor on Saturday night.
| Frayne was PLAYING In Isl Socum." a sort
| OF travesty on william Tell" The theatre
was packed. Frayne took the part Of
81 Slocum and Mrs Won Behren that OF
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