New-York tribune., 1909-07-06

The little girl was shot in the head and the
box in the left foot
Bullets that were sent reckiessly through the
streets Of the city failed to injure any one as
seriously as Patrolman Sullivan. but the wounds
were nainful, and il was this class Of ohenuerS
that kept the police busy. Nevertheless the sta
+ior, houses reported that Independence Day
1909 was remarkably quiet as compared with
some that have gone into history. The offenders
,,itb loaded revolvers were fined all the way
from $40 to 81 by the magistrates There was
never any desire to be severe
Although DR. Leroy Smith. of Bellevue HOS
pital said that his hospital had less to do than
fer any time i'm eight years. the total of injured
taken there exceeded that OF last year The IN
5uries were not many of a serious type III lae''
most being from firecrackers-
The demand for antitoXin for the patients at
the hospitals WAS fully as great as in former
years. owing it was said, TO the increased be
lief in its efficiency All the hospitals had an
ample supply and every case in Whlch lne
hands had been Iacerated with gunpowder was
treated with the serum. and in other instances
where the wounds from gun shots the pre-
yeutiye of lockjaw freely used The pa
tents were in all cases willing that this should
be done and the parents of injured children fre-
quently demanded it,
SPENT BULLET HITS LITTLE GIRL.
While playing in the back yard of her home
last evening with several other little girls Ella
Keeler. aged six years, Of No. AZ West l9'h
street was shot in the head. the bullet appar-
entity falling from the sky. She was hurried TO
the New York Hospital. the father George
Keeler. believing at first that his daughter had
injured herself 10y falling.
When the child's playmates told OF hearing
the report Of 4 pistol Keeler suggested To the
surgeons that his daughter might be suffering
from the effects OF pistol shot. The doctors
had already found a depressed fracture of the
skull on the top of the childs head. and when
they probed they extracted a bullet
The police were informed and an investigation
was %, gun. The girl was unconscious when re
moved to the hospital but late last night the
surgeons thought the child would live.
The police Of the old West 2Oth street station
said that the bullet might possibly have been
fired from an upper window or roof Of an ada
cent house. or. what WAS more probable. might
have been a spent bullet
At Roosevelt Hospital the names Of the in
jured persons treated there were not given out
but it WAS said that the number who were
either taken there for treatment or who went
to have their wounds dressed was twenty-eight
Email NosbacheI. aged thirteen. of No. 454 East
136th street was shot in the right side Of his
stomach with revolver bullet last night and
was taken 10 the Lincoln Hospital in a dying
condition. He was passing a bakery in the
basement of No. 1872 Brown Place, The Bronx
about o'clock. when he was shot by Peter
Klopproph. thirty-four years old the baker at
that address. who was celebrating, it is said,
with real bullets IN his revolver.
y, sooner had the boy dropped to the side
walk than q large crowd Of men. women and
children stormed the bakery. and it was neces-
sary TO call out the reserves from the Alexander
avenue police station. The policemen had 10
use their clubs to keep the crowds away from
the baker.