Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
Charles S. Robbins Seriously
Wounded in Saloon Row.
ARTHUR SCOTT ARRESTED
Quarrel Began When Huckster Ask
ed Woman Proprietor to Drink.
CIGAR SALESMAN OBJECTED
Pair Were in Struggle When Vic
tim 1nterfered and Got Hurt.
Accused Admits Shooting.

charge of assault and battery with
intent to kill was preferred this morn
ing against Arthur Scott, thirty years of
age. who is employed as a cigar drummer
for George B. Skinner in business at Gus
tom House avenue and Water street, Bal
timore.
Scott resides at $40 7th street southwest
1t Is charged that he shot and seriously
wounded Charles s. Robbins. thirty-sev-
en- years of age. whose home is at 614 H
street southwest. during a row in the ga
loon Of Mrs. Ellen T. Hannah. 7th and
F streets southwest, about $40 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon.
/ Scott and four other men we're arrested
last evening and held by the police to
await the result Of thorough investiga-
tion of the shooting. All who were in the
saloon at the time it occurred were close
ly questioned. None would say who had
fired the shot that had sent q bullet into
Robbins head
The ball struck him beneath his right
eye, but did not enter the brain. 1t had
not been extracted by the surgeons at the
Emergency Hospital this afternoon.
Robbins Accuses Scott.
Detectives Pratt and Hewlett went to
the hospital with Scott and others this
morning. AS each man entered the room
in which Robbins was under treatment
the injured man shook his head. When
Scott entered he turned toward him and
said:
Hes the man."
The detectives and prisoner then with
drew and went to police headquarters.
where, the latter was questioned by In
spector Boardman.
Mr.. Skinner. the wealthy wholesale
dealer from Baltimore, was in the saloon
at the time Of the shooting. but had dis
He left Immediately after the shot was
fired and returned to Baltimore.
Last night the Baltimore police were
communicated with. They would take
no part in the investigation unless there
was a warrant in the case. 1t was known
that Mr.. Skinner had taken no part in the
shooting, the police here merely wanting
to hear his version of the affair.
This morning Detective Vermillion went
to Baltimore and questioned Mr.. Skinner.
Later he telephoned Inspector Boardman
the result of the interview.
Mr.. Skinner said he was in the place
and the conversation he heard indicated
that the widow who conducts the saloon
been said to her. possibly the invitation
to join huckster in drink. A man
was knocked down. he said, and the shot
was fired from the part of the room in
which Scott was standing. although, he
declares. he saw no pistol.
Pistol Has Disappeared.
Mrs. Hannah turned over to the police
the only pistol there was in her house,
but said she had no idea it was the
weapon used. The police are satisfied it
was not, as its condition indicated it had
not been discharged for years. 1t is said
the weapon belonged to Mrs. Hannah
husband.
What became of the revolver that fired
the shot the police could not ascertain
last night. Six arrests were made. The
men were held In custody until after
Robbins accused Scott of the shooting.
1t was stated at the hospital this after
noon that Robbins has a good chance to
recover.
The police and detectives were unable
last night to ascertain much about the
shooting, those who were in the saloon
at the time Robbins was wounded de-
claring they had not seen who fired the
shot. A numbe1 of men were in the es-
tablishment drinking. Scott and his en-
ployer were there at the time trying to
sell cigars.
Robbins and Samuel W. Stewart, the
latter a barber in the neighborhood, went
to the saloon together. and had been
standing at the bar some time before the
shot was fired.
From what the police could ascertain
James w. Garner, huckster, who lives
at 631 Park road, was the occasion for
the trouble. Garner wanted to Sell some
pears. He was anxious to make a SALE
and. in order to win the favor of Mrs.
Ellen T. Hannah he thought he was do
ing the proper thing by asking her to
join him in q drink.
1t was stated to the police that the
huckster was accused of Quitting In. and
that Scott. who has known Mrs. Hannah a
number Of years, engaged in an alter
cation with him.
Robbins Interferes.
Garner, it was stated to the police. was
being worsted when Robbins interfered to
stop the row. He thought 1t was case
of the stronger man getting the better of
the weaker. 1t is said. He Is believed
to have said something to Scott that was
calculated to offend him.
"Then," the police were told. 1.-The shot
was fired"
The wounded man staggered and fell
against his friend. Stewart, saying: Sam,
l guess I'm done for"
Two minutes after the police received a
telephone message from the saloon Capt.
Mulhall and a number of policemen ar
rived there. Robbins was found lying
upon the floor with blood gushing from
from shock and hemorrhage, although, 1t
is stated, he never lost consciousness.
The ambulance from the Emergency
Hospital reached the saloon in few
minutes. The wounded man was hur-
ried to that institution.
Mrs. Hannah became greatly excited
and suffered SO much from nervousness