The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
L.CELLNER SHOT WHILE IN BED We'll Known Travelling Man Badly Wounded. SHOT BY HIS OWN PISTOL Was in Bed With 32-Calibre
 Revolver. Alter the Operation the Doctors Say He wnr in All Probability Re-
 cover From His
 Injuries.
SHOT BY HIS OWN PISTOL

iSldore Cellner, one of the most widely known travelling salesmen in Alabama. was taken to St. Margarets Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from a pistol wound in the stomach, in- dIcted while he was in bed at his home on Sayre Street. An operation was performed on him immediately after the shot and it is thought that the wound will not prove fatal.
 Mr. Cellner was in bed convalescent From an attack of the grip when he sustained the wound from a pistol which had been under his pillow.
 Miss Bessie Dreyfus. a niece of Mir. Ceiiner. had been attending him in his recent Illness and was in the room Few minutes before the shot was fired. Mr. Cellner requested her to get him drink of water and she left the room for that purposa. She had just closed the door and taken a few steps down the hall when she heard the muffled report If pistol in the room she had
 Mir. Cellner had been tossing about on the bed on which the pistol was lying.
 Miss Dreyfus went into the room im- mediately and found Mir. Cellner in about the same position in the bed that she had left him only a few sec- onds before. He was perfectly ra- Etonal and when she entered said calm tgs T have shot myself" Miss Drey- xus started to bathe the wound at the same time calling to her mother, Mrs Emma Dreyfus. to send for a doctor. The only other words that were heard from the injured man, although he was rational when taken to the hospital were T am not going to die."
 The ball which entered oh the right side of the stomach was of 32 cali- bre and was discharged from an old pistol that MT. Cellner had carried for al no raF NyaQ tI~ oln without it under his pillow and it had been there during the few days that he was confined to his bed with Ia grippe. Those who were in the house at the time of the shooting state that he tossed in his bed a great deal and they advance the theory that the pistol must hava slipped from under his pillow to the middle of the bed and was discharged by accident. No one of his relatives or friends doubt the shot was accidental.
 During the past two years Mir. Cell ner has not been in good health and Frequently during that time he has been compelled to give up his duties on the road and remain at home for d few days.
 He came in from his regular trip last Monday night and went to bed suffering with la grippe. He had not been able to get out since. Although he suffered he was cheerful with the people in the house.
 About 1:30 yesterday afternoon MT. Cellner telephoned to NJ. l.. Greil at Gr@il Brothers and asked him to come up to see him as he wanted to talk over some business matters. At 2 o'clock Samuel Dreyfus, a nephew, left for Auburn to enter school after the holidays. Just before leaving he went Into bid MT. Cellner good bye and at that time he seemed as cheerful as he al lot ness. He bid the young man good bye and wished him success during his coming years work. After that he seemed just as usual.
 The pistol which was discharged be- ing only 32 calibre and MT CelIner being large man are two points large- ly in his favor. The ball did not go clear through the body and was easily located by the attending physicians.
 Mir. Cellner was not married and he lived with his sister, Mrs. Emma Drey- fus, his niece Miss Bessie Dreyfus, and the nephew, Samuel Dreyfus. Samuel Dreyfus was notified by wire during the afternoon and he will be back to- day.
 For something over ten years he has been connected with the firm of Greil Brothers, principally as traveling salesman. During that time he has become widely known over the State and his many friends in different parts of Alabama will be shocked to hear of the incidents of yesterday. Those con- nected with MT. Cellner at Greil Broth CTS stated yesterday that although he had been in poor health for some time he was always cheerful and was one of the most valuable men connected with the firm. He is Al years old and is recognized as one of the best sales men in the State.
 Mayer l.. Greil said that he was a valued efnploye and never gave the firm the slightest trouble.
 The attending physicians ventured the opinion that all chances were in his favor for recovery.