A Shooting Affray

A serious shooting aífray which might have terminated in murder occurred on the corner of State and Williams street, at a quarter of twelve o'clock, Saturday night. The last car which met theYpsilanti motor was returning and on board the car was a special literary student, W. H. Booth, of Erie, Pa., a young man of violent temper, who was returning from Ypsilanti. George Stoll was the motor man in charge. Those in the car had been ringing the bell and stopping the car when nobody got off. Booth wanted to get off on the State street crossing. The car stopped on the crossing, so that the rear of the car was on the crossing and the front down Williams street. Booth came out the front door and requested Stoll to back the car up. Stoll told him to go back through the car and get off the rear end. This he refused to do. He applied an opprobrious term to Stoll and told him to back up. Stoll told him he could get off there then and gave him a push. As Booth stepped on the ground, he turned and putting his hand in his overcoat pocket, exclaimed, "You , I'll shoot." Stoll quickly jumped from the car and threw his arms around Booth with the purpose of pinioning them and called to Patrolman Tice, who was on the car, to come quick to help him. Tice heard a report of a pistol and he immediately seized Booth's wrist his left hand and the cylinder of the pistol with the right hand, Stoll still retaining his hold around Booth's body. Neither man feil. The same instant ruotor man Asa Allen, who was also on the car, grabbed Booth's other arm. Stoll let go, rather doubled up and emitted a groan. Everything had happened in an instant. Tice and Allen put Booth on the car, Bert Fall helped Stoll on and Allen ran the car down town, where Booth was put in jail, within five minutes after the shooting. This is the account of disinterested eye witaesses. Stoll was at once taken home. The revolver was a thirty-two caliber revolver and was carried in Booth's overcoat pocket. The bullet struck Stoll in the groin. All that saved him was his extra heavy clothing. The bullet went through a heavy chinchilla overcoat, through a heavily wadded pocket handkerchief, a heavy inside coat, two pair of pants and heavy underclothing. It imbeddfed itself slightly in the skin, but the principal danger lies in inflammation which may possibly set in owing to the heavy bruise. In all probability, however, Stoll will soon recover. Booth entered the University with the class of '92. Last year he spent at the University of Minnesota, but returned here this year. He is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fratcrnity and comes from Erie, Pa., and is president of the Pennsylvania Club. While he has always had an excellent reputation among his classmates, he has on several occasions manifested a very violent, quicktempered disposition. This yesterday Booth was charged with assault with the intent to kill and with assault with intent to do great bodily injury, there being two counts in the charge. He appeared before Justice Pond, this afternoon, and was released on bail, the bond being L1,500. His preliminary examination vvill occur Thursday morning at 9 o'clock.