The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-28
"HE WAS LYING IN. WAIT
BEHIND The DOOR. 7"
Mr.. D. G. zeigIer Fatally Wounded by
Mr.. Eugene Hogan, Jr.
THE STORY OF THE TRAGEDY,
1t Was Determined Effort to Slay a
Fleeing Man-Three of the Five
Shots Were Fired as He Leaped
Down the Stairway

I rom lQS OoiIy $1,000 - = -
Yesterday afternoon witnessed one
of the most deplorable tragedies that
has ever occurred in Sumter. Mr.. D. G.
Aeigler. architect, was fatally wound
led by Mr.. Eugene Hogan, Jr., whom
he had once employed as an assistant
hraughtsman. Hogan used 32-cali-
bre pistol and emptied every chamber
of it in an effort to kill his man. Three
iof the balls took effect, two being
;iexeremely dangerous wounds and will
likely prove fatal, the other grazed
nhe arm near the elbow and is of lit
tile consequence.
| The details Of the tragedy are about
as follows:
h Young Hogan had, some time pre-
wious to the shooting affair, been in
the employ of Zeigler as his assistant
in his architectural work: Zeigler had
never paid Hogan the full amount Of
compensation due him for services,
(which provoked him to so great an ex-
| tent that he resorted to drastic means
for the collection Of the balance due.
Yesterday morning Hogan went TO
Sheriff Epperson and laid the matter
| before him, stating that Zeigler owed
him $4,000 which he was unable to
collect. and asked what means he
could employ to get the money due
him. Sheriff Epperson gave him the
advice asked for and the conversation
ended there.
| In the afternoon about 4 o'clock
Hogan went to the Office Of Zeigler
and called him out to discuss the mat
ter; Zeigler told him that he did not
desire to have anything to do with
him, shut the door in his face and
| locked it. Mr.. Zeigler waited in his Of
fee for about Is minutes, and then
picked up number of letters that he
| had to mail and started to the post
Itoffice with them. He was descending
the fight Of steps leading from his Of
fee to the entrance on Main street
when a pistol shot rang out and Zeig-
| Ter was struck under the pit Of the
arm; instantly he turned to see who
| had shot him, when he was hit again
! aho,,+ three ;rches helow the first
.wouad He rushed aoHn lie stairs
,s,-1. tics,g.,,. while t:2ree more Sno>s
sxele ared al him. oaly ore ot when
hit him. tlis wound being s.ie ore pc
Nious;y described as lne 1iesh wound OF
the arm. The wounded man reached
the street in a staggering condition
and was about to fall when he was
grabbed about the waist by DR.. c. H
Durant and carried to the rear Of his
drug store.
Mr.. zeigler was placed in a chair,
and it was evident that he was labor
ing under great exciteAent He show
ed no sign of pain for fully five min
utes. but his body gradually began to
! grow cold and ghastly pallor spread
itself over his face. He begged for
water which was given to him in small
quantities, and requested to be fan
ned.
why did he do it, Mr.. Zeigler?'
some one asked.
I owed him some money he said,
and I refused to pay his1. until he re-
turned some instruments (drawing)
that he had taken from my Office"
He then threw MS head back and
began to breathe more rapidly. He
was beginning to show signs Of pain
and moaned little.
Il was coming down the steps; he
was lying in wait behind the door,
i,he said and then continued in de-
jected tone: 81 did all that could for
him, and to think that he would have
done SUCH
, The poor man then began to suffer
| intense agony; his means and groans
were heart-rending. He told Sheriff
Epperson that there were letters in
his pocket that would explain every
thing, and they were taken out and
safely put away.
By this time Drs. Archie China and
Walter Cheyne arrived. They had the
wounded man placed comfortably on
a counter in the rear Of the store and
examined the wounds. His intense ag-
ony there was horrible to witness. A
hypodermic Injection Of morphine
alleviated his suffering to a small de-
gree. When the nature Of the wounds
Twas discovered the patient was placed
in an automobile and taken to the
Sumter Hospital.
One Of the most touching incidents
to the lamented affair was the kind
and gentle ministrationS Of Mr. Eu-