Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-20
Angry Farm Hand Dangerously
Wounds Sweetheart.
HE FLEES TO THE WOODS
Refusal OF the Girl to Elope As
signed as the Cause
Of Shooting.

BALTIMORE, October 2o-Angered be-
cause the girl he loved refused to clone
with him. Gustav Kruger fired four shots
INTO hfteen-year-old Josephine Ameling
on her fathers farm. near Bragers. a sta
ton on the Washington. Baltimore and
Annapolis electric line. Yesterday morn
ing and fed into the woods. Up to a late
hour last night he had not been cap
tured.
With blood flowing from four wounds
the girl pretended she was dead until her
assailant had disappeared and then walked
to her fathers farmhouse a quarter Of
mile distant. On the way she met
farm hand, from whom she borrowed
handkerchief, and with this to stanch
the flow Of blood she walked into the
house and told her mother she had been
shot
Without medical attention and accom-
panied only by her mother, she boarded a
car for Baltimore, and at the Washington.
Baltimore and Annapolis station was
placed IN an ambulance and taken to st.
Joseph's Hospital. She walked to the OPP
Grating table and showed no suffering
during the painful operation which fol-
lowed. The physicians said 1t was one of
the most wonderful exhibitions of nerve
they had ever witnessed.
The news of the shooting soon spread
about the countryside and within a short
time farmers began to arrive on horse
back and In teams, armed with shotguns,
pistols and rifles. Kruger made good his
escape, however.
Angry at Girls Refusal.
Anger at the girls refusal to elope with
him Is the reason assigned to Kruger's
act by the Amelng family. He had been
employed for over a year on the farm and
h ar fA61 do low
woman. She received his attentions and
had gained the consent of the mother to
wed when she was eighteen years old.
The father, however, was opposed to the
union.
Kruger was found asleep in the woods
ing. There were no hard feelings between
the men, but Mr.. Amelins asked him to
cease his attentions to his daughter and
to keep away from the farm.
Kruger came to Baltimore early yester-
day morning and boarded a car of the
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
line for Frances station, a short distance
from Bragers. He arrived there shortly
skirts Of the farm. He knew he would
find the girl in Smiths hollow, unfre'
quented portion Of the farm, tending cat
tie. He walked to Smiths hollow, and ad
vanced toward the girl with bag of
candy. which he gave her. She accepted
the gift and greeted him kindly. They sat
down together beside a small stream and
conversed for few moments.
It was then that Kruger asked her to
90 to Baltimore and be married. He re-
ceived her refusal with apparent disap
pontment which changed to anger as
she continued to reject his proposals.
Makes Murderous Assault.
Rising. he asked her again If she
would marry him. Barely had she an
swered him, Nor when he pulled a re-
volver from his pocket and fired one shot.
The bullet took effect in her cheek. She
rose to her feet and asked him, hoarsely:
why have you done this?"
His answer was three other shots, fired
I'm quick succession. At the second shot
she fell to the ground, and, standing over
her PROSTATE form, he fired two more
shots.
Realizing her danger and with remark
able presence of mind the young woman
rolled into a. clump of weeds and pretend
ed to be dead. Horror-stricken, Kruger
stood dazed for a moment and then rush
ed madly across the fields, disappearing
into the woods.
Fearful lest he should return, the
wounded girl raised herself on her elbow
and peered through the weeds and grass.
Seeing no sign of her assailant, she rose
to her feet and went home.
When she entered the door she found
her mother standing over the Kitchen
stove. singing. The mother excitedly
asked her what had occurred
"a man from Baltimore shot me" she
said.
Startled. the mother asked. WAS it
that fellow Kruger"
Josephine simply answered Yes"
Girls Remarkable Fortitude.
Mrs. Ameling ran to a neighbor's house
to summon assistance. When she re-
turned she found her daughter. with the
blood flowing from her wounds. at the
kitchen stove, turning over the meat
which Mrs Ameling had left in the pan
when she ran from the house.
Rough bandages were placed over the
wounds to lessen the flow of blood, and
with her mother, the young woman start
ed for Baltimore
Mr.. Ameling learned of the tragedy
from the evening papers. and went to st.
Joseph's Hospital a. once. From there he
went to join his wife, on Madison avenue
DR.. O'Donnell said that although the
bullet wounds are serious, they are not
necessarily fatal and that the girl has an
excellent chance for recovery.
Kruger was born in Germany Ho on