New-York tribune., 1910-08-12
MESSAGES STILL POUR IN SHOT BY FELLOW CLERK
Attempt to Show How Gaynor
Was Hit Ends Seriously.
ACCIDENT IN UPTOWN BANK
Young Man of Seventeen Held
for Felonious Assault-Vic-
tim of Same Age.

In demonstrating how Mayor Gaynor was
shot by Gallagher on board the Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse, Richard Bonnany a sew
erlteen-year- bank clerk. shot George z.
Wing. another clerk. Of about the same age.
of No. 1872 West 135th street. perhaps fatal
Iy. yesterday afternoon. Both young men
were employed in che branch OF the Colonial
Bank. at st. Nicholas avenue and 116th
street and il was there that the accident
occurred. Wing who was shot in the alb
domen. declared in the Harlem Hospita.
that Bonnamy did not mean TO shoot him.
and the latter was stricken with terror and
grief.
Almost ali the officials had left the bank
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon. and Bon
nanny, Wing and two or three other young
clerks were in a rear room They had fin
ished their work on the books and were
preparing TO close the bank, when they be-
gan talking about the Gaynor shooting
Bonnamy declared that he had read Il
great deal about the case in the newspapers
and that he knew Just how the affair oc-
Cured One Of the other boys disputed a
certain point. and Bonnarny. to prove his
argument. took from a drawer a revolver
belonging to John Olsen, manager OF the
branch bank.
He unloaded the weapon and pointed II
at Wings head. and snapped IL once or
twice
That's the way ne shot him." he said
Then he replaced the cartridges and 4.
was then that the shot was fred.
According to the story he told the police
he did not know how the weapon was dis
charged. He said ne had no recollection
OF having pulled the trigger nor did he know
whether the revolver was discharged by a
sudden jar or IL the trigger caught IN hts
clothes
With the fash Of the pistol Wing cried.
/ I'm shot" and fell to the floor with bull
let in the right side Of his abdomen
william III. Jenkins the paying teller, ot
No. 80 West 96th street, who was in his
cage closing up his accounts, ran into the
rear room and found Wing lying On the
floor with Bonnamy and the two other
young clerks-Harry Spencer, Of No. 515
West 142d street. and Felix Rupp-kneei
ing beside him Jenkins telephoned for
ambulance and Bonnanny called In Doormar
John J. Anthony. Of the West 65th street
station. Anthony ran In and found Spen-
Ger and Jenkins trying 10 stop the flow OF
blood.
The policeman notified the Harlem de-
tective bureau. and Detective John Stein
was sent Nnen wing was TAKEN 10 tle
hospital the detective examined Bonnamy
and the witnesses and then arrested Bon
nanny Wing said in the ambulance tha,
the shooting was purely accidental, and re-
iterated the statement when Bonnan1y
brought before him in the hospital for iden-
tifcation.
Wing has been In the employ OF the bank
about eight months He was previously
messenger in the branch at Columbus ave
nue. and S1st street He Tas promoted 10
assistant 5ookkeeper two weeks ago Bon
nanny lives at No. 10012 West both street,
not a great distance from Wing His faith
er, Richard BOnnamy. is interior deco
rator, with place Of business at No. 2053
Seventh avenue Bonnamy was held on the
charge of feIonious assault