Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-07-26
.EX-ANNAPOLTAN
FIRED UPON IN
BALTIMORE Co.
John Wiestuba, Member Of Sec
ond Infantry, Aids In Capture
Of Night Shooters
TWO ARRESTED FOR
ATTEMPT TO KILL
Brothers Had Terrorized Bay
view Section For Weeks.
Released On Bail

Following an attempt upon the life
of John E Weistuba, now living at
24OO Fleet street, Baltimore, but for
merly of Annapolis, Frank and Ber-
nard Eeidle, brothers, living near
Bayview, Baltimore County, were re-
leased by Justice Williams, in Canton
Police Station. yesterday on 1000 bail
each for a hearing before the Balti-
more County grand jury. The men
were charged with firing off pistols in
the county and with attempting to kill
Weistuba.
Weistuba is member of the Sec
ond Infantry. Maryland State Guard,
and attended the regimental camp at
Timonium during the past ten days
He is now with one of the Baltimore
companies of the regiment, and detail
ed as company cook. During the en-
campment he renewed acquaintance
with the members of Company NJ, of
this city. Weistuba, while living i'm
Annapolis was also a member of the
Machine Gun Company. First Maryland
Infantry, and left Annapolis with that
organization when the First was call
ed into Federal Service i'm 1916 for
duty on the Mexican Border He was
rejected by the federal authorities on
his final physical examination, how
ever.
The arrests yesterday brought to a
close a series of mysterious shooting
cases in the settlement on Eastern
avenue road. These shootings have
been going on spasmodically for three
weeks. The shots were always fired
at night and nobody seemed to be able
to tell who was doing the promiscu-
Gus firing.
The first person to complain of the
ava, Mace avenue. Kuyawa reported
to the Canton police several weeks ago
that while he lay in his bed on the
floor of his house, some one had shot
through the shutters of his room and
the bullet had lodged i'm a wardrobe
door. Kuyawa had made an investi-
cation but no one could be found who
saw the shots fired
A few nights later two shots were
fired through the second story window
of Mrs. Annie Pfertner's home, few
doors from the Kayawa house. AS on
the former occasion the persons firing
the shots escaped. Since those two at
tacks, residents of the section have
been awakened a half dozen times by
the noise of shots.
1t was not until last Monday night,
however, that a climax was reached
and information leading to the arrests
given. On that night Weistuba had
visited friends on Mace avenue, and
they walked to the cars with him. On
the way several shots were fired from
pistol, one of the bullets going 80
close to the soldiers face that he could
feel the wind.
They Immediately hurried in the di-
rection of the sound and caught up
with two men, each of whom was
armed. One of the men had .38 cali
ber revolver with five chambers empty,
and the other had 80 caliber weapon
from which two shots had been fired.
Their assailants, after they had been
disarmed and while waiting for the
patrol, broke loose and ran away.
However, a good description was fur
nished the police and the arrests fol-
lowed yesterday morning.
When arraigned before the police
justice, neither would make any ex-
PLANTATION as to why he had fired the
pistol.