Telegram-herald., 1891-03-24
FOUGHT FOR HIS LIFE
A cornered Burglar Battles Dee.
pers1ely With oMcsrs-
SEQUEL TO 4 nIDSlCHT THEFT
a Aiiis one Aua Weunss ssvsrsi-His
Aaissfal " ifs a. shet IA shs ~ eles
No Escapes hat ss Finally
Captured

PIsTsBUKeH. Pa. March Is. A des-
persts shooting affrsy occurred IN
house At Peters Run. near Mckees-
port. Ell 7 o'clock Saturday nigh, thss
resulted in the killing Of one detective.
the serious soaading Of another. aud
tho slight wounding 81 two polieemen
and woman. The shooting il the Sc
quel Of bold burglary that occurred
81 Homestead One evening six
weeks ago a girl named Laura Hill en-
tered Smiths lewelry store al Home
stead. and began pricing various arsi-
cles ot sewelry. While II conversation
with this girl three men, who
had forced an entrance from the rear.
struck the proprietor down and
bound him. The lights were then
turnsG out, and the three. with the glrl.
apleiely cleaned cat the store, es-
Gaping With some -. BOO in cash aud
,ewelry. The Gilkinson detective
agency was given charge 81 the case.
and not long after the girl. who is
known by several names. was arrested
in Harrisburg with a suspicious lot Of
tewelry on her person She was
brought Ia the Mekecsport jail and by
iudielous pumping Preached" on her
pals
Acting on her instructions SATURDAY
night Chief Detective tiiikinsoB. Of the
Pittsburgh agency, with detective Pat
Murphy. and two sekeesport police
men, drove across the river To Peters
Run. reaching the house q the leader
in the robbery. a q Badc. alas
"Fitzsimmons, al about Z o'cloc.
Meanwhile. il Is thought the girl liil
had warned Budd. for when CillSinson
threw open the door Indd stood IN the
lower room apparently changing his
clothes. The moment BGdd saw
Gilkinson hs threw up a revolver
and fred, the bali entering Gilkirsons
forehead. killing him instantly. be
tective Murphy leaped over the pros
trate form in the doorway. and. facing
Budd, = terrible duel At short range
in the smoke-darlsened room fol-
lowed. Budd ernptied one revolver.
and his wife, who was in the
room. ran TO his side with another.
Murphy, though badly wounded, had
also emptied his pistol. and STOPPING 20
the deal body of his chief. drew his re-
volver and renewed the firing. He was
firing b.indly into the smoke. however.
while the burglar conferred all Of his
shots toward the door. Suddenly a
woman screamed, and with y curse,
Budd planted bullet into Murphys
breast, who fell back over Gilkinson's
body. During the panic that
seized the two policemen at this sec
ond loss TO their ranks Budd threw
some clothes over his arm and
escaped. A review Of the room showed
the place TO be a pepperbox OF holes.
bullets having struck in every
conceivable place. Gilkinson was
dead; Pat Murphy was shot in tho
forehead, chin and breast, though
not fatally, while the woman received
a shot in the arm, and the two police
men were slightly wounded by the fy-
ing bullets The woman Was taken "a
Jail. while kilograms were sent all over
the three states 20 intercept Budd
Budd was captured in Braddock. near
here, at Q o'clock Sunday night He
feared lynching and had a naked knife
concealed in his breast intending to
commit suicide II surrounded BY q mob
The city is greatly excited. as his VIC
tins were well known throughout the
state