Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-05-06
FRANK B. PAULDINC
DIES FROM WOUNDS
sunday AF TERN0QN
MAN SHOT BY BR0T4r,
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FAILS TO RECOVER
JOHN T. PAULDlNG, JR.. WHO r,g
ED FATAL SHOTS TESTlFfFe
AT INQUEST.
CORoNER'S JURY FINDS Dr8rg
WAS CAUSED BY SHOTS fir
ED BY BROTHER.

At APO o'clock Sunday c.#,4.
Frank B. Paulding died in a local rs.
pital from wounds sustained. wra.
he was shot Saturday Afternoon f..
his brother, John T. Pauldins r
following an alteration in tae s..f.
of their father The young man ~.
shot through the abdomen and rs.
right lung. In an effort to save t.s
life, DR.. Boyd, prominent surgeon
OF Winchester Va, came here s5ar.
day afternoon and performed an orr
alton, but the wounds were So -.r....
that the relief afforded failed fa bar,
the desired effect, and he quiclaq Sic.
cumbed
Frank B. Paulding was the elIa..
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John r. pa#E
ing, ST., of this city and wa bern
here April 20. 1883. While YONG h.
expressed a desire to study art. anil
after completing his elementary oH.
cation entered the Pennsylvania Aa,.
DENY of Fine Arts, Philadalnha
where he displayed rare ability I'm his
chosen work. A year ago he was
graduated from the institution Win
high honors, and would have entered
Paris art school but for the Euro
pean war Following his graduation
he returned home and remained lera
prosecuting his studies and preparing
himself for his work.
Saturday evening Mr.. and Ms.
Paulding visited him at the hospia.
and the young man solicited his moth.
er not to worry because his condition
as he would soon receives, expressing
the belief that his wounds would no,
prove fatal. Again Sunday Afternoon
they were at the hospital, but hc had
grown so much worse that i vas i'm.
possible for them to converse with
him, and it was evident that his death
was only a matter of few hours
III a short time he la2sed into unco1.
seriousness and the brittle cord of life
as severed at APO o'clock. The body
was removed to Kogelschatz's Under
taking parlors where it was prepared
for burial. Wednesday, morning at
10 o'clock the funeral will take place
from the residence with the Rev. q.
M. Gluck, pastor of Christ Reformed
church, officiating. Interment will
be made in Green Hill cemetery. The
funeral will be private.
This afternoon the body was rcmo'
ed to the home of the parents,
The Inquest.
This morning Coroner Dr. G, J. =.
Sponseller summoned the following
jury: James f. Geyer II. p. Thorn,
c. l. Gerling, A. J. Criswell and Char
les Houseworth, and conducted an in.
quest at MIR. Kogelschatz's parors.
Only three witnesses wee examined
Drs. A. Bruce Eagle, and c. e. Clay
testifying as to the nature OF tbe
wounds.
John T. Paulding, j. who is az
cused of the murder, appeared, and
after being advised that he was aot
required to testify, did state his side
of the question saying that be aud ba
brother Frank had an alteration m
the parlor; that he was drinking a
the time; that upon entorin" tae
stable he shot his brother becauce he
feared that Frank would shoot him
He gave complete history of l" al.
fair. After hearing the evidence u'
jury returned the following verdic..
eve, the jury, find that Frank B.
Paulding came to his death at ia'
Kings Daughters Hospital on the @oiI
day of April. 1916, from pistol $40.
wounds in the abdomen and lung I'
ceived on the 29th day of April, I'I'.
at the residence of John r. Paudm-.
Sr., on South Queen street, Martin"
burg, w. Va, in the hands OF lob1 l'
Paulding, Jr.