The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-19

SHOOTING
SCRAP: |:
Rap MIN, BAD WOMEN AND BAD
5 VEssKEY MAKE @A BAD PLACE
IN "a VERY SHORT TIME.


:sEMsAIioNAL SHOOTING TOOK
PLACE AT He DELM oNico
LAST NIGHT-DAvfD Will
SON SERIOUSLY IN
EJURED.
Last evening at the Hotel Delmon-
z:aeo. W Ts sL.$Protznlan shot and pain
s injured David Wilson. AS re
suit Protzman is in Jail and Wilson is
m the City Hospital. The story OF the
:shnoting isztold in many different
ways. but from what can be learned, 1t
seems to have been done malsciously
and without cause. What seems to
Ene the eEre1iab1e story is that some
time yesterday afternoon, Protznan.
who IS proprietor Of the Delmcnicc,
Brought his little four-year-old step
ssIaughterzto the front of the house and
advanced an opinion as to what she
would be when She grew up to woman
hood TWAS a terrible thing to say
+ and Wilson, who was sitting there.
cursed him and told him that it was
shame for him to talk that way Le-
Iores and about his daughter. Nothing
more was done or said until about
800. clock. About that time Wilson,
who had been drinking somewhaE,
started to his room in the Delmonico
30 go5 to bed Arthur Mccormick, a
plumber, went with him to see that
Re did so. They had gone up stairs
and were at the door to Wilson's
room The latter had removed his
coat as he went up the stairs and
sMhgn Met Cormick found the door lock-
Ad. he reached into his pocket for the
s key About that time Matilda. Brown,
sfonowed byfProtzman, came out of
4 ssase par1or door. Protzman said to
WILSON, You son of what did you
say TO me this afternoon" and as
Wilson opened his mouth to answer,
9Ehe former. shot him, the bullet enter
Ing his mouth, breaking his jaw, then
passing down his neck and lodging
and the left shoulder blade, where
ii was found. Neither Wilson nor Nc
.Gormick5 had gun and after the shot
lProtznan went back into room, VIII
son went into a different room and
ATcCormick went down stairs for,
physician and an officer. Officer Hess
came and when two men started
where Protzman was. The latter was
q sSsiixing window blind and said that
sshe had snoIs Wilson, but in self de-
Tense. A 3s caliber IverJohnson re-
voIverzwas found in his trousers pock-
set and after a few minutes officers
sRidge1y and Fleming came and he
was taken to Jail.
S Wilson was found in the room he
had entered holding his shirt to the
wound which was bleeding profusely.
D5s. Jamison soon arrived and the bull
sIetSsWas taken out and the wounds
dressed. The city ambulance was
called and arrived about nine o'clock,
and the wounded man was taken to
the City Hospital. The injuries,
though painful, are not dangerous un-
esscomplicationss set in. The above
TlsSThe story as told by the persons who
were in "a position to know; ,saa
80 PrptZman came here from Morgan
town several months ago and was well
Thought of but rumors have been
abroad since he became the owner OF
The lDelmonico June 6: This was for
/ rner1 Y the McCray hotel and is stu
+ated on Madison street.
EssfS W. E1lSCn&lS& q sDdFDeIs ny u dNie e'hA l c
cent1 worked in Dick Sl.erwooa's
shop He is well spoken Of by the
people who know him. He has board
ed ssat that hotel since September. His
home is. in Wheeling, where his wife
lives. Protzman's wife was taken to
one OF our hospitals a few days ago
.9Sa--5 surgical treatment.
There is a lssmor ahoat that the wo-
man above mentioned is mixed up in
thefs Affair." but nothing can be learned
Sabodt this.
Protzman has very little to say this
morning. He was brought before JUS
sice Amos this morning aud his hear
ing set for tomorrow morning at nine
o'cIock. He was put in the county
JaII- Attorney Tusca Morris will look
after his case.
#s Wilson rested very well last night
zsarss it is thonght he will soon recoE-
&.r. #
Ne; Game at Shinnston. @ s 8 !S
AaS The local ball team goes to- Shanns-
ion for a game this afternoon: