The Washington times., 1910-11-02
VICTIM OF SHOOTING
TELLS Of ACCIDENT
Man Shot While in Victoria
Apartments Talks of
Affair.
GOODWIN'S FIANCEE
CALLS AT HOSPITAL
Miss Pearl Mcclure Takes Flowers
TO Patient Injured at
Her Home.

Members Of the family Of Mrs. VII
liam J. Mcclure, living in the Victoria,
at Fourteenth and Clifton streets north
west. declared today that the shooting
| OF samuel R. Goodwin. or New York
CITY, in their apartment yesterday after
noon WAS purely accidental.
Goodwin. who is at the Garfield Hos
pital, and whose condition was greatly
improved this morning. said it was an
accident
Goodwin was visited this morning by
Miss Pearl Mcclure. his hancee. who
carried 10 him a handsome bouquet OF
roses
Explains Shooting
The wounded man expects to be able
10 leave the hospital within a few DAYS
His father Edgar b. Goodwin, is on the
way here from New York to see his son.
In explaining the shooting. Goodwin
said.
Il cannot say precisely no wthe shoot
ing occurred, but 1 know il was an ac-
cident. 1 left the Mcclure apartment in
company with Miss Pearl Mcclure. and
after reaching the street returned to
the apartment 70 get a handkerchief out
on top OF my handkerchief. and as [
stopped over picked up the pistol with
one hand and grabbed several handker-
chiefs with the other. While 1 was stiII
| STOPPING the pistol went of in my hand,
but just how, 1 cannot say. ] imagine
il was due 70 my hurry"
Miss Pearl Mcclure had the follow
ing to say, concerning the matter:
Victim Is Found.
Mr.. Goodwin and I started out 90
meet his mother at Union Depot at s.25
o'clock. After we reached the street
he said he had come out without any
handkerchiefs, and ran back 10 ire
apartment A few moments later some
body, I don't know who. tcld me that
Mr.. Goodwin had been shot.
Il ran up stairs, and found him
stretched out on the floor with blood
Oozing from a wound in his head
ran screaming down 10 the drug store
on the first floor u try 10 get medical
assistance. I do not know Just the de-
tails Of the shooting.
Mr. Goodwin and have been ac-
quainted for about two years He has
been a frequent visitor at our home
He came here from New York last Sat
urday, and has been our guest since
then His mother. too, has visited US
here. We expected his mother here yes
terday. Late yesterday afternoon we
notified her of the shooting by telegraph,
and this morning received a telegram
saying that she was Frustrated, but thar
her husband had slready started to
Washington.
Detective Burlingame interviewed the
members Of the Mcclure family this
morning, and accepted the accident
theory. He also talked with the wound
ed man.
Wound Is Slight.
Goodwin's wound extends no deeper
than the scalp The ball entered the
back Of the head close 70 the top, and
furrowed the scalp for about two
inches. coming out on top and embed
ding itself in the ceiling. The officers
theory is that the ball could not have
taken such a course If il had been in
ficted with suicidal intent. or by
second party. The STOPPING posture,
together with the course Of the bullet
was conclusive TO the detectives mind.
The police investigation is at an end
Goodwin is twenty-seven years old.
and is well known in this city. he
was stationed at Fort Myer for about
two years as squadron sergeant He
first enlisted in the army about eight
years ago as a private. He is a gradu-
ate Of Harvard, and his training won
for him a noncOmmissiOn in less than
month. He served two enlistments.
He re entered the army for a third
enlistment last January. and was as
signed to Troop II. Fifteenth United
States Cavalry, which about that time
was transferred from Fort Leaven-
worth to Fort MyeT.
firing OF the army last January,
Goodwin bought his way out, sc Miss
Mcclure stated this morning He then
engaged himself with his fathe- in
the contracting business in New
York city. His home is at SIT West
151st street
There was nobody in the Mcclure
apartment at the time Of the shooting
but Mrs. Mcclure. She was in a room
across the corridor when she heard
the shot. She ran to the room, but
soon emerged screaming for help and
attracting several persons.
Miss Edith Mcclure is younger than
{ her sister by several years The lat
ter is thirty.