New York Tribune

A MANAGER SHOT BY A REPORTER.

THE RESULT OF A MIDNIGHT QUARREL ABOUT A WOMAN.

Kansas City, Mo., June 9.--Shortly after midnight last night, George Fredericks, proprietor of the Theatre Comique in this city, was shot through the head by John Bell, a reporter for The Evening Star, in the hall-way of a lodging-house opposite the theatre. The trouble was about a woman, Mattie Hartline, who was known as Fredericks's mistress. She was the only witness of the affair, and stood above the men at the head of the stairway in the dimly-lighted hall. Bell claims that Fredericks was trying to draw his revolver when he fired, and that he shot him in self-defence. At 2 o'clock this morning Fredericks was still alive, but recovery was considered impossible. Bell is about twenty-five years of age, unmarried, and his home is in Lafayette, Ind. His real name is Orth Augustus Stein. He came from Colorado about a year ago in connection with some detective work, and passed under the name of John Bell, which name he has since borne. He was for three years city editor of The Leadville Chronicle, and has been connected with several newspapers in the West. Immediately after the shooting he gave himself up, as he is confident of his ability to establish the fact that he did the shooting in self-defence. Fredericks has a family.