The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-30
A ROBBER KILLEDIN THE STREET.
Shot Dead While Running from His
Victim-A Disputed Shot.
INerp YORK Herall.I

corOner's Office Yesterday was brief no.
tice that a man had been "shot and kill
ed.n Investigations showed that two high
waymen had attempted to rob an old man,
and that one Of them had been shot and
instantly killed while trying to escape from
policeman who was in pursuit OF the
robbers.
4 few minutes before O'Clock yester-
day morning Patrolman Edward II. Doyle,
OF the Fifth-Street police, who was on duty
in Third avenue, noticed IN old man going
down town. He was followed in very sus-
piciOuS manner by two men, who, it was
evident TO the police officer, were dogging
the old man. He followed the three and
watched their movements.
The old man was Jules Barbot. who was
very well dressed. From his white vest
hung heavy gold watch-chain, and when.
at the corner Of Thirteenth street and Third
avenue. Mr. BarLot stopped % see what
time il was, the policeman observed his
heavy gold watch. At Eleventh street Mr.
Buhot turned toward Fourth avenue. and
the two men turned the corner quickly af
ter him. The policeman hurried along,
and although it was dark he noticed group
a short distance up the street. There was
a man on the pavement, another kneeling
beside him. and third standing near by.
A faint cry for help reached the police
mans ears. Doyle ran up the street, sound
ing a long alarm-rap as he did so. Two of
The men Immediately started away, with
the policeman in hot"pursuit, all going to-
ward Fourth avenue.
MYSTERIOUS SHOT.
At the corner of Fourth avenue and
Eleventh street Policeman Louis Roht was
standing. He had heard the alarm-rap and
he sprang forward and seized one OF the
men, who, in the darkness, ran into his
arms. Meantime Officer Doyle, in close
pursuit, had drawn his revolver and was
opening a sharp fire. He did not notice the
assisting officer, but had sent two shots in
the direction of the fleeing foOtpads. Sud-
denly during the fusilade the prisoner in
the grasp of Roht gave a convulSiyc move
ment and fell TO the ground dead. He had
been shot through the heart.
The two policemen met as the man
dropped, and Doyle was surprised to hear
Roht assert that the bullet that had done
the killing was not from Doyle's revolver.
but was fired by the other thief, who fired
from the direction OF Fourth avenue. in
tending to hit the policeman, but striking
his companion, the prisoner. The two
officers disputed as to the actual fact OF the
shooting. DOYLE is of the opinion that it
was his bullet that killed the thief, while
Roht, who is q very coOl-headed man, de-
elared that he was positive that the shot
came from the direction OF Fourth avenue,
while Doyle was behind him. The other
thief escaped in the confusion, and has not
yet been arrested.
THE ROBBERS IDENTIFY.
The body OF the dead man was taken to
the Fifth-Street polce-station. 1t had no
definite mark upon it to give a clue to the
mans identity. None of the detectives
knew him. He was about twenty-four
years old, five feet seven inches in height,
slim, and with a prominent nose. The
face is smooth and the hair dark. He was
dressed in dark-blue coat and vest and
striped trousers. 1t was thought that he
was not a professional thief, but some poor
fellow rendered desperate from hunger.
The fact that he was in the company Of an
armed footpad renders this opinion of lit
tie value.
Later in the day the body of the dead
thief was sent TO an undertaker's store in
east Twelfth street. When the clothes
were removed two cards were found, bear
ing the names Of John b. Areta and Mrs,
Maggie Areta; a pawn-ticket issued in the
name of murphy and a skeleton key
fastened to brass chain. On the collar
band Of the shirt were the letters " A. r."
1t was decided by the police that the rob-
Der was an Italian, and search will be
| made for traces OF a missing man of that
| name. which is very common among
Italians.
| Barbot, the man whom the robbers had
attacked, was found to have bad cut over
the right eye. He had been hit with club
made from the arm OF an oaken chair. His
watch had been taken from his pocket and
was found on the sidewalk, together with
| the broken chair. Barbot was able to walk,
although he was much dazed. He only
knew that he had been struck and that he
lost consciousness as he was pushed to the
ground. He is scene-painter, recently
arrived from France, and cannot speak
English. He had been spending the eve
ming in saloon in Fourteenth street, and
was on the way TO his lodgings, at No. rs
west Houston street, when he was at
tackled.