Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-27
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
0, E, shisler, Roundhouse Foreman, Shot
and Dangerously Wounded,
oUTGROWTH OF ANOTHER MANS QUARREL
Earlier I'm Day Another Person is
MysteriOusly shot in Leg by
Someone Unseen by the
Victim.

o. L. shisler, night foreman OF the Bur
lington roundhouse near Thirty-second and
NJ streets, was shot and dangerously
wounded last night by one Of two men who
assailed him while he was en- route to sum-
mon q crew to go out on train. The bull
let struck him in the abdomen and made a
dangerous wound, but the doctor does not
think it win prove fatal He was taken to
the South Omaha hospital, where he is now
resting easily
The men who did the shooting fed at
once, but one of them, Felix Johnits, was
arrested later. His companion. Peter Usti-
wants, has not been apprehended Both are
Polanders.
The injured man was unable to give any
reason for the shooting as he said he did
ont know either of the men and had not
had any trouble with anyone which might
induce them to attack him. The police,
however on investigating, discovered that
the two who did the shooting had been Wis
| iting with friend, Peter Weitkenwicz, who
some time previously had a controversy
| with some railroad men and this came to
mind when Shisler CAME along with his
lantern. All railroad men looked alike to
/ them and they proceeded TO take a shot at
! the roundhouse foreman
Mysterious shooting Array.
Andrew Kubersky, 2SSO Washington. was
severely wounded by a rife ball yesterday
afternoon. The ball passed entirely through
the thickest part of his thigh, narrowly
missing the bone. The curious part of the
affair was that Kubersky could not discover
where the ball came from. lie was walking
north on Twenty-seventh street, between .
and r streets, when the ball struck him
from the front. No one was to be seen on
the streets in any direction except woman
with a little girl.
Kubersky and his friend, Carl Gloup, with
whom he has lived for the last five months,
were coming up TO attend the German
American democratic meeting at Twenty
fourth and N streets, and had just arrived
at the spot mentioned when the accident
happened. He felt the sting Of the bullet
ana both men looked around for the cause,
but the pain was so slight owing to the
numbness of the wound that they paid little
attention to it, thinking IL was only a spent
ball or a missile from a boys slngshot.
They had heard no report. They walked
on to the meeting, where Kubersky noticed
blood was trickling down his leg. He then
discovered he had been shot. He walked
down 20 DR.. McCTanns Office where the
physician took the ball from the back of
his leg, where it had nearly passed out
through the skin. The ball was 22-caliber
less than half an inch long, such as is used
in the 22-csiiber short cartridge. The course
of the bullet had been slightly DETECTED
by contact with the bone. The wound will
no doubt be a serious one and will conhnt
Kubersky for many days and perhaps
weeks He is a section man working fol
the Rock Island railway.
As soon as the case came to DR.. McCranr
II was reported to the police, who began an
Investigation. They are of the opinion tina
the shot was accidental and that 1t wal
probably fired by some boys who were GU
practicing with a small rife at a point be
meath the Q street viaduct. A couple o
the patrolmen were detailed to make
search for the parties who fired the shot
II is not likely that they would, il caught
be charged with any more serious charg
than the firing Of deadly weapons within
the city limits 1t is hardly to be suppose
that they would take a shot at a MAJ
walking the streets out OF pure malice
Kubersky was returned To his boarding.
house as soon as possible before the woun
became too painful to admit of his moving
More Talk of Viaducts.
There is considerable talk in some cir
| GleS on the QhtsAlbA VI AiiF NAdnuNlS q
South Omaha. II Is stated the repre-
sentatives OF the engineering department
OF the Union Pacific road have been j
conference with 1.-The city department re
spectng the grade of F street, which
being established by ordinance now pend
ing before the city council It is under
stood that the Union Pacific asked a moo
ihcation of the grade to such an exter
as TO accommodate the terminals OF a via
duct which, 1t Is intimated, will be cor
structed on West + street No definii
announcement has bee6 given out as ye
but It is held as one OF the possibiliti'
OF the near future. Nothing further Ia
been done with respect TO the Q stree
viaduct. An investigating committee wa
appointed several months ago TO examir
the condition OF the same, and If n
case warranted il to condemn the stru
ture. There have been no further repor
with regard TO the viaduct. Repairs ha,
been ordered since the appointment OF a
committee, but there has been some he
itancy In passing a condemnatory ord
for the reason that the street car oompaG
would then refuse 10 allow their cars
pass over. This would practically clio,
West Y street. Il is believed that In n
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