The sun., 1904-08-29
pINNER SHOOTING MYSTERY.
DID MRS. HERMANN STANCH HIS
WOUND AFTER FIRINGr
She Was Angry when She Learned OF His
Secret Marriage-son OF the Last
survivor Of Gen. Kearncy's Stan-Mrs.
Hermann Laid Up With sprained Ankle.

Hermann lAlu Up WIN sprSineu AhhAe'
Roger A. pinner who was shot In the
face by Mrs. Augustine Hermann In his
Office at 122 Water street on Saturday
night, it was said last night at the Hudson
street hospital has good chances OF re-
coyery. The surgeons found the bullet in
the heshy part OF the back OF the neck
and say it did not fracture the base OF the
skull, as they feared.
Pnner's father and mother, who went
to the hospital late on Saturday and stayed
until O'Clock yesterday morning. wanted
to remove their son to their Elizabeth
home, but the surgeons said that would
not be safe for several days
Mrs Hermann Is laid up in Bellevue Hos
pital with badly sprained ankle, and will
not be able to appear In court for at least
two days As she stepped from the, patrol
wagon at the Oak street station Saturday
night she turned her ankle on her high
French heels Subsequently she was taken
to the Hudson street hospital and yesterday
morning was transferred to Bellevue,
The ambulance on the way picked up
Esther Cahl, homeless old woman, at
the Cortlandt street ferry. Mrs Hermann
was very indignant at being forced into
such company. She was curt in her
answers to the DOCTORS questions. She
has spoken hardly a word since. The
police have been able to discover little
about her past history. and beyond the
statement by Pinner that she had bee
angered when she learned three months
ago of his marriage and had threatened
him several times since, they have learned
nothing as to the immediate cause OF the
sh oOtinG.
The divers, who lived on the same floor
with Mrs. Hermann at 354 Mott avenue,
The Bronx, told yesterday Of brief note
Mrs. Hermann had shown them. She re-
ceived it from Pinner on Tuesday. 1t made
an appointment for Thursday. Mrs. Her
mann was put out because the whole thing,
even the signature, was typewriter. On
Thursday night. the divers say, man
whom they ,o,da dd not 1..sr know Called lhey
The next day Mrs. Hermann told them
that Pinner had not fulfilled his appoint
ment but had sent his partner. Mrs.
Hermann they said ,,;ad had appeared ab aats much
Pinner has refused to say anything about
the shooting since Mrs. Hermann was
brought before him for identification, when
he remarked:
:, Yes Yes Il tha,s It's ta,t the woman Let her CO.
Piuners father il bitter toward Mrs.
Hermann. The police, say that he has
known of his sons intimacy with her for
some tltne anu tIldl lHTet IloHtHS dSo lLC
elder Pinner sold at q sacrifice the house
in The Bronx in which Mrs. Hermann
lived in order that his son might not have
occasion to visit it to collect the rents.
water s's street rect Office Of to the Old Slip police
station can be traced by the blood on the
sidewalks and paving stones: This trail
shows that Pnner turned from Water
street west into Wall toward Broadway
as If he were going toward the ferry for his
home, but after travelling nearly to Pearl
he turned and made direct for the polio,
station.
The white silk waist and big white straw hat
Of MTs Hermann ann were We're i1und to be @ stained si
of the waist were deeply dyed and the police
think that she tried to stop the flow Of blood
before Pinner left the office. She con-
ceaed the stains by putting on jacket and
a thick veil over the hat 80 that they were
not seen at first
Pinner told the police that he had not
seen Mrs. Hermann for three months, but
they found letters from him on her, which,
they gather that he had been giving her
money and that she had received presents
from him. One was dated Aug. 4.
Pinner was married several months be- e.
on Christmas, 1902, and kept the wedding
secret until April, 1903. His wife was
Effie Woodruff IT Waverly. and her family
had been opposed to her receiving atten-
lions from ElnnCf. runner b laUneT WAS
much displeased with the marriage and
the two families, although neighbors,
have had little to do with each other since.
The Primers have boy baby
On Saturday night when Pinner and Mrs.
Hermann were at the Hudson Street Eos-
ptal each asked to see the other, but they
were not allowed TO do so. The police
doubt that any court proceedings will fol-
low
ELIZABETH, n. j., Aug 2s.-Capt. Morris
pinper fat har of Roger A Pinner. who WAS
shot in his Office in New York by Mrs. Her
mann, said at his home here tonight that
he had never seen the woman til! she was
!, brought into the Hudson street hospital
however, from his son.
Il formerly owned the house in Mott
avenue where this woman lives said Capt.
Pinner. Mrs. Hermann, who, / under
stand, has been employed in a millinery
house, was idle for some time and got be-
hind in her rent. My son spoke Of putting
her out of the house. l advised him to let
her remain there for while as she might
soon get back to work again
Mrs. Herman paid part of the back rent
last month In making out the receipt my
son made mistake and credited her with
payment Of the rent for the month OF July.
The receipt should have been made out as
payment for rent due. / do not know how
my son came to make that mistake"
Shortly after this the Mott street house
was sold to man in New Yorx namei
Shafer, whose address do not know. i
have theory that when the new owner
Of the house called to collect the rent dus
from the time the house was transferred
to him Mrs Hermann showed him thu
receipt for July's rent which she got from
Roger and refused to pay.
He may have threatened to put her out,
as my son had formerly done. Imagining
that Roger was behind her troubles the
second time, she went to his office and
shot him. That is my theory. saw my
son at the hospital last night. but he was
too weak to go into particulars and did
not question him.
Mrs. Hermann is just an ordinary tenant,
working woman, and any suggestion Of
an intrigue is very ridiculous indeed. My
son Is a married man and his wife is splen
did woman to whom he Is much devoted"
Mrs ltoger A. Pinner went to New York
this afternoon to visit her husband. Her
father-in-law said that she was much affected
by the shooting Of her husband. She is
avery good looking woman. little younger
than her husband.
Capt. Pinner is the last surviving officer
Of Gen. Phil Kearney's staff. He is n
years old. Before the war he was the
owner and editor of an anti-slavery paper