Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
VISITING DENTIST
SHOT BY DR.. HERTZ
DURING ARGUMENT
Aged Man, Also a Dental
Practitioner, and Friend
Disagreed Over Merits o.
Respective Schools. .

One man is in the Jefferson uo.u.,
TO-DAY in serious condition MFR
cartridge wad in his cheek and two 49,.
dentists. one charged with the shoo,Is~
are held under bail as the result =, -
argument over the relative marie, -
OLD and new schools of dentistry.
The Injured man is DR.. Calvin Mcp-a.
OF harrisburg, also a dentist, The ,,..
charged with the shooting is DR.. sI,., a
HertS' years old, Of 111s Cb.,,n,,
street. His brother, DR.. Elan NJ H..
~ years old, is held as a material ,n,,
ness. Doctor Mcbride was a friend =, a..
Hertzs'. '"'
Two men who are said to have 49,.
IN the dentists office when the sho.,
ing occurred are being sought bv a..
police as witnesses. According n ~.
information givon by the AGED broth.,.
Mcbride attempted to strike DR. su..
her'H IN the course of an argument and
the gun went Off"
SHOT ENDS ARGUMENT
Mcbride has been employed at val.
Gus times in dental offices IN M,-,..
street. He is said by the police to hay.
been intoxicated shortly after 7 oc,oor
last night when he entered the of,c.,
OF the Hertz brothers. Accordlnr :.
statements obtained by Detective Em.n.
uel and Special Policeman Lazere NJ.
Bride told Doctor Hertz he was an ..ola
fogey."
A debate as to the relative merits a,
the old and modern schools Of den,,,,,,
followed. Soon It grew warm. and Doo.
tor Hertz ordered Mcbride from his ~.
hce The Harrisburg man refused to ..
and moment later. the shooting toos
place.
The weapon used by Doctor Hertz v,,
a Cooper siX-shooter. It WAS n,do !.
Frankford In 1851 and was loaded vii,
handmade paper cartridges of powd.,
and ball. All but one of the chs,,h.v,
were loaded when the revolver was found
by the police beneath pile of papers n
the dental office
Chestnut street was thronged with ,h..
atre crowds at the time OF the sboo,,r,
The first inkling of the afrrav WAS vhS,
McDr'ue was seen to stagger from the
doorway of the dental office holding .
bloody handkerchief to his face.
Reserve Policeman Collins was sum.
moned from 18th and Market streets and
TOOK Mcbride to the Jefferson HosnJ,.I
80 Ihere ne lapsed into unconscIousneas
~ ihysicians found the wad had entered
feared. '0eN'a"
ADMITS SHOOTING DENTIST.
Reserve Policeman Hyatt arrested IN,
Two dentists. When he reached their N.
nee he found DIR. Elam Hertz wipinT
oloodstains from the marble about m.
entrance to the building. The dent,t
SAID his brother had done the shooting,
and Hyatt found DR.. Slas Hertz in III.
ollce' He says the old man acknowl.
edged shooting Mcbride. At first he said
he had thrown the revolver down a sewer
hut later Hyatt found it under the plls
of papers.
On the way to City Hall the aged
brothers seemed more concerned about
whether the cells were heated than tba
charges against them. They were ar.
Ialsheu III Nlsht Court before Magistrate
fehnock' on a charge of assault and
Dattery' with intent to kill, DR.. Sllas
Hertz was held In $4,000 bail for a further
hearing. His brother was held In tgO
bail as material witness.
Tho police learned that one of the two
persons in the office at the time OF the
shooting was Eugene Dunning, of South
osth street, they say. The other mans
name is Gross He is a dental supply
salesman and is said to have been using
the once ms his headquarters.
According to dispatches from Harris.
ours, woman living at 10 North Market
square, in that city declares that she Is
Mrs. Calvin Mcbride. She also said her
husband is a dentist, and asserts he de.
serted her Is months ago and she has not
seen nor heard from him since.