Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-14

ever, and are not being held by the
police.
Doctor Schappelle was held without
bail by Magistrate Harris in the Thirty
second and Woodland avenue station
today, to await the action Of the coro-
Dcr, on the technical charge of man
slaughter.
81 regret that | am by law com
PEELED to hold you for the Staying of
the burglar" said Magistrate Harris.
From the evidence it seems that you
were justified in killing him."
Later, the doctor, escorted by his
friends. was taken to City Hall, where
his release under $500 bail was OBJ
tanned.
Schappelle Sorry for Affair
II am mighty sorry" said Doctor
Schappelc at the fraternity house to-
day after he had been released under
bail. THE poor chap seemed down and
out. But it had to be done.
1T was a case of either be shot or
shoot him.
when Robins woke me mp | went
out into the hall to go to Kennedy S
room. | was, just about to move along
the hall when the man popped out of
the bedroom on the north side of the
hall between Kennedy's room and me.
He literally popped out. suddenly. And
he had something in his hand.
"IIc called at the same instant :
Hands up there
And l shot from the hip. Then he
,lan, he
came out of and jumped.
81 never shot a man before, though
I've hunted animals most everywhere in
the world. | never shot at n man. LET
alone hit him. I'm sorry, but there
seemed nothing else to do. The poor
chap looked as if he were cocaine
addict, too.
'The bullet went clean Through tho
burglars chest and lodged in the wood
work behind him.
"What appeared to be gun in the
burglars hand was a flashlight.'
Doctor Schappelle is crack marks =
man. He is of American parentagc,
was born in France and has Travelled n
considerable extent over the world,
studying the languages of people by liv-
ing closely with them. He has hunted
in the big game areas of South America
and in other sections known to tho
enthusiastic hunter.
The police believe that the burglar
is the man who robbed Sigma AlphG
Epsilon fraternity house. 390S Spruce
street. obtaining $500 worth of loot
last Friday.
This is the second time the Alpha Ch
Rho fraternity has been entered b!
robbers within the last five years. Th'
fraternity. which has among its mem
bers DR.. O. w. Shinn, of the chemica
department: former Dean Mcclellan
and Major Pickering. graduate manage
of the Athletic Association of he Uni
versity, moved into the new house il
1916. The former house was located
at l13 South Thirty seventh street
Burglars entered the place and left i
with more than S400 worth of jewelr,
and personal belongings of the students
The thieves entered while the frater
nity men were meeting in secret session
Is Dickinson Graduate
Professor Schapelle is a graduate o.
Dickinson College. After leaving thai
institution he took graduate work a
the University of Pennsylvania and fol
lowing that, taught several years a
| Gettysburg.
lie was sent down under the aus
piceS of several American colleges t.
Brazil to study the dialects and spen
some time down there in this researcl
work. making a detailed report on hi
/ return.
He received his doctors degree at TIN
University shortly after his Soutl
American trip and taught for some tim
at the University of Nevada when ;
call from Pennsylvania brought hin
here in the fall to do the work of sew
eral members of the French department
who had gone into active service.
lie has written several textbook
and has made several important trans