The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-10-18
ASSAILANT
IS ARRESTED
Sends Bullet Through Own
) Hand in Extricating
~ Cartridges.

Considerable excitement was caused
in the business district OF Hammond
at noon today when Delbert Wanzer.
q negro. employed at the c. o. D. laun-
dry, called George Williams, the ne
gro porter, employed at oscar PLACE
mans barber shop. to the door, and
after accusing him of slapping his wife,
his him over the head with a club and
then shot him in the thigh with ss-
caliber revolver.
wanzer made his escape down the al
ley in the rear of the Lion tsore fur
niture department and in attempting
to extract the remaining shells from
his revolver shot himself in the hand.
He was captured soon afterwards by
Officer Herman Miller. who learned that
a negro had gone TO DR.. Alva Young's
office to have his hand dressed and
arrested him there. Miller was on the
job Ave minutes after the shooting oc-
Cured, and after hastily gathering the
facts about the shooting and securing
a description of the man, he made
thorough search of the business district
with the result that he captured his
man.
How Trouble Started.
Mrs. Delbert Wanzer explained to a
TINES reporter exactly how the trouble
started. The Wanzers live on the first
floor OF two-story frame cottage, 3s
Plummer avenue, where they board
with another negro family.
Along about IL o'clock Mrs. Wanzer
went to the residence of Ed. Smith,
ali In LJar -
reputation. and while there George
williams. Plegemans porter called and
stated that some of the negro people
about town had been slandering him.
He finally turned to Mrs. Wanzer and
said. Il mean you" Mrs. Wanzer de-
MED that she had said anything about
&EFilliams and offered to go to the col
Il pred people in town and prove that she
'shGd not made any derogatory remarks
about Williams.
The argument became heated and
finally, according to Mrs. Wanzer. VIII
liams slapped her in the face and broke
her eye spectacles. There was a fight,
in which Mrs. wanzer threw a chair at
williams and then he left.
Tells Her Husband.
Mrs. Wanzer went at once to her hus-
band. who was working at the laundry,
and informed him of what had taken
place. As soon as he was through with
his work he secured a club and a re-
volver and went directly to Plegeman's 5
barber shop to settle things with Will
Iiams
The porter staggered back to a chair
and fell into it with groan wanzer
departed without interference and soon
there was great excitement about the
place.
Doctors were called. H. E. sharrer
and B. W. Chidlaw responding. The
negro was taken to the hospital in DR..
sharrer's automobile, where he was at
once operated upon.
Tries to Escape.
AS soon as Wanzer left the barber
shop he ran down West Sibley street
and turned into the alley in the rear
of the Lion store furniture department.
Here it was that he shot himself in the
hand in the effort to remove the car
tridges from the revolver. 1t was this
accident that lead to his arrest
DR.. Alva Young. who attended Wan
ger, says that the bones of the little
finger on the left hand have been splin-
tered by the bullet and that the hand
may be crippled as result.
DR.. Sharrer reports that Williams will
probably recover. although the bullet
splintered the thigh bone in two places
and then lodged in the back. He suf-
fered considerably from the loss OF
blood. but the intestines were not per
forated.
Wanzer is held by the police pending
A. preliminary hearing. When asked il
he intended to kill Williams, he said he
only intended to shoot him in the leg
and cripple him. There are a number
of witnesses who saw the whole affair
including Tom Livingston, who saw and
heard all that was said.
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