Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-27
PACIFIC COAST.
SAN FRANCISCO.
A POLICE OFFICER COWARDLY
MURDERED.
PROMPT Arrest and Swift Punish.
ment of the Criminals.
suicide Of .. POrGus uese Frank"
Suicide of :. POrtu. uese Frank"

SAN FRANCISCO, April &c.
Sub Police Officer j. COOts was foully
murdered at half past II this morning.
The circumstances OF the crime are re.
lated as follows by eye witnesses:
Frank Wallinger, while standing on
CLAW street, opposite the Plaza saw
Coots coming down the street with the
prisoner i'm charge, one James Wilson.
Wilson was quiet at the time, but evil
IDENTIFY had been resisting the officer,
for the latter held him by the neck
with one hand and by the left arm
with the other. To the left Of and
slightly behind the pair another man
was walking, who seemed to be con-
versing with Coots in an excited man.
ner. AS they passed in tho moon
light Wallinger saw the face Of a third
man distinctly. just as the two got
opposite him, Wallinger saw John
Runk, the man in the rear, draw a re-
volver, place it Gloss to the head OF
Coots, and fire. Instantly after firing
some one who seemed to be following
the others, cried out: did you hit
him ?" Coots fell without u word and
Runk and Wilson Immediately started
on the run up Clay street and turned
down Brenham Place, passing Mr..
Eugene Wood, who was coming to-
ward the shooting scene. Wood
turned and gave chase, following
them up Washington street and
through Bartlett alley to Pacific street.
Officers Price and Eaton, who had
heard the shot, saw the men as they
came out of the alley and Price cap
tured Wilson who was In front. Runk
sprang back when he saw the poll e.
maj and raised his pistol on Eaton rs
the latter advanced towards him.
Eaton sprang in and Knocked the
pistol up with n hand while he
knocked Runk down with the other,
and then jumped on him. Runk : ur-
rendered and was Brought at once,
with his companion, to the City Pris
on, where his pistol, a five-barrel
Smith Il Wesson revolver, was found
to have one barrel newly discharged,
while the others were still loaded. In
the meantime the body Of poor Coots
was brought in upon a streicher, and
The supposed-to o. be-murdertr was con-
fronted with his victim. Runk turned
CHASTITY pale ~ he looked at the corpse
and SAID. sbudderingly, II didn't do
it, but ii you can prove that did, Im
ready for the rope" Coots was a
steady and reliable officer, about IS
years of age, and had been employed
on the force for q year or more. lie
leaves a wife and two children. Runk
and Wilson ara known As bad charac-
ters, having previously served a term
in the County Jail. They had been
making n disturbance among the
houses of i'll fame on Pike street when
Coo,s interfered.
Runk and Wilson were examined in
the Police Court to day for The murder
OF Officer Coots last night. The evil
dence was conclusive rs to the facts
previously reported, and the Court
held Runk to answer before the Grand
Jury, without bail. Wilson was held
as accessory in S. 1000 bail. The case
will come before the Grand Jury at
once, probably Tomorrow. and the
police authorities will use Yer proper
effort To have the trial commenced
while the evidences in the case Is fresh.
| COots leaves a wife and two children,
without n dollar in the house at the
time Of his death. A subscription for
their benefit has been started among
the members OF the police force, which
IL meeting with a literal response.
Runk Is a hard case, having served
four terms in the County Jail, and is q
confirmed hoOdlum and vagabond.
Frank Delivaro, better known In the
city as Portuguese Frank" commit
ted suicide in a shed In the rear of his
residence on Telegraph Hill ia. day,
blowing oil half his head with a shot
gun. Deceased WAS employed for
many years as a freight clerk by
Charles Minturn on his San Rafael
and San Quentin ferry boats. More
recently he was employed as toll col
lecior on the wharf where the steamers
of that line land. A short time q he
was discharged, and since that he has
grown Respondent though possessed
of comfortable competence for a man
OF his class. He was a native of Azores
Island; aged So.
Mysterious Murder OF n Hotel.
keeper.
SAN LUIS OBIsPo, April 20.
Charles Ottens. proprietor OF a small
hotel in this city known as Our House
was found murdered in his house this
morning. He was a middle-agsd Ger
man and lived alone. Robbery wa,
evidently the intention of the perpe'
traitors, AZ his money pouch was cut
open and thrown On the floor by tho
body. There il no certain clue q
the murder, although suspicion points
to q young man who can not he found
at present. Mr.. Ottens told many
persons in the last few days that be
would he murdered in iess than n
week, and that this young man would
do it..