The sun., 1909-05-17
FOUND WITH EYES SHOT OUT
BROOKLYN NAN LAY HELP
LESS IN TOODS - HOGRS.

Arthur schoen. Discovered Dy . Boy In q
Glade Near Ricftn 0nd hiIl. Says He
Didn't Attempt Suicide Friend Says
He Had Threat eued To Man May Die.
A boy who was picking violets yester-
day afternoon in one Of the unfrequented
glades OF the Forest Park woods out near
Richmond Hill, l. l., came upon the half
dressed figure Of q man lying with his
.sst !a = poo! c! -s:sr. The mans eyes
were protruding from their sockets and
there was wound on each side Of his fore
head.
The boy, terrified. turned to run. but
q voice came from the lips OF the man he
had thought murdered. The boy drew
nearer.
Il am blind came the voice. Il have
been shot i will die. Send for an am-
bulanoe.'
The boy hurried to the nearest houss
and reported his find The police at
Richmond Hill notified 81. Mary's Hospital
in Jamaica and DR.. Schnebly went out
with an ambulance. He was met by the
boy, who led him into the woods whore
lay the wounded man.
Before he was lifted into the ambulance
the man started to explain how 1t was
that he was lying in the woods with q
bullet hole through his forehead.
i am arthur 5cnoen.S he said. sand I
live at +57 Lexington avenue. Brooklyn.
l came out into the woods here to sketch
on Saturday morning. am an artist
and / wanted to find a suitable place to
sketch. brought my revolver along
with mo to clean it. Here the man
became unconscious.
The ambulance surgeon found where
q rs oalbre bullet had gone through the
riRht temple. The bullet had dislodged
both eyes In Its passage through the front
part OF the skull and lay just beneath the
skin of the left temple. A revolver with
one chamber empty lay by the side Of
the man. His coat. wastcoat and trousers
we're piled in a heap beneath his head.
The wounded man was rushed to the
hospital and there after the bullet had
been extracted from the left temple he
rallied under restoratives and told more
of his story.
Il reached the spot where you found
mo some time on Saturday morning
he said. sThere l cleaned my revolver
and shot IL once at tree. That was the
last | remember When i woke up /
found myself blind. and with my fingers
discovered that my eyes were gone.
l Law for q long time-l do not know how
long-.uutil | heard the footsteps OF the
boy who discover me-"
Schoen was asked why he had attempted
to commit suicide.
Il did not attempt suicide he an
swered. 1T was an accident: Ii must
have been an accident; but ! don't know
how it was that ] was shot
The hospital physicians did not at
tempt to question him further because
Of his weak condition. They found that
both optic nerves had been destroyed
by the &c Of the bullet and that
permanent blindness will be Schoen's
portion II he recovers. Because OF his
long exposure-the doctors believe that
he shot himself on Saturday "a he said
and that he had been there helpless for
about twenty -four hours-the chances
Of his recovery are small
Schoens identity was verified at
Brooklyn police headquarters. where
on Saturday night the man was reported
missing. G. r. Kuntz. who said that he
lived in the same house with Schoen on
Lexington avenue and that Schoen was
an awning maker. told tn" police that the
man had been missing since May 8. be,
fore he had left his home Schoen had
threatened to take his life. Kuntz added.
Schoen had been seen in Woodhaven on
Saturday, the informer believed. but he
was not certain