The sun., 1891-06-02
IKE A REAL DETECTIVE.
.,.onp HARRY JORDAN sHooTs
rEAR-OLD JOHN LEWIS

..,.s, Up In = Roat and. Pistol In
,,..s. orders Three Strange Boys IN
,...s.r Bons TO Throw Up Their
.-...-They Fai to Comply. and He
s,oot. Unt,i He Brings Ono Down.
u.,., Jordau ia o good-sizcd 14-year.old
- who for year or two had desire to be
.~io,iv tough. and with this as his aim In life
~. hosn spending his spare cash for trashy
n,s-o,nre and his ,imo In studying the methods
~ The heroes OF tho volumes.
'ya,tcr,ay afternoon he gave an exemplihca-
.,.n n his idoized buccaneers. which for Wild
Wv. NI dramatic effect would havc put many OF
.s,r, asu 10 shame, and last niRht he was COM
..,,,.d for examination in tho Second Precinct
po,,ce Court for shooting l2-ycar-old John
Isvis. with intont to kill.
Jawis who is n pupil in 81. Johns parochial
.,hool remained at homo yesterday while
s,s shoes were being reraIrod. In tho
.nsrnoou ~" ne met Roge4 Hurst. aged
a ,sars. and John Cannon. aged II
.~o of his schoolmates. and the three went to
s,s,hep sons boat house at the Central street
S,doo over the Passaio River and hired Q
ho.t They went . mile up the river
.ud vero returning when. rs they nesred
~. Yantacaw leo dock. boat which
.,so had been hired ~ Stephenson's and was
h.,nr propeled By Harry Jordon. approached
,hsn AZ It drew near Jordan pulled sharply
.cross their bow. stood up in nis boat. drew .
rsrolver, and. pointing 1t at the three lads.
shouted:
i've"
did not comply with Jordsn's request.
fHnk 40 kA AuAA 49,
sbots q, Lewis. Both missed him. Then
no fred q third shot. which struck him
on tho head Just above the forehead and
pioucpsd detp furrow nearly six inches
toward the back Of his head.
The force OF the ball stunned him. ana he
teil. senseess and bleeding. to the bottom OF
II His Companions screamed with terror Jor.
dan cool!y replaced the revolver In his pocket
AID 10 %sc heard hs he ssasS sSF e
@ dsisued Y to give Was two shots fired at them in
eiNsehit Neither Sad any effect on the men. and Jor-
dan again began pulling across the river.
Hurst and Cannon still continued to scream.
s.sS ssPS dGn'ns G9' ;3i, oss
pnSa pans he bes tie Ice dose
where they were Iclped ashore.
Mean bS Sesn ss sssSa sSed psspir ssa rss seks kn in
& . .s'ern sa sHas tns 'sss
Hs.s sIss fsd tsps "a Sdns nn &
landed. Then he attempted, to capture him,
Snt the young despsrado. who had reloaded
% Sss SsiSs''s whsssina ssns past aas" an sed hss
"a alter 9 short stEueele overpowsred and
lieeman Eiblo was In waiting. As they nA0r0d
tGs oincer. Jordan attempted to draw his 70:
S,ss again but but b; arms we're pnoned 9ps
4 Hs said he had pure hased the rsvoivsr at .
ssSaG s,as .: :Ys: sffs s haI
esliSr. eoDssinins bsiis. Hs seys he wanted the
isa.ea TRen ns sags M he Ose weni 70 to! .as
iitset dive and Rot some beer and finally
C,na ssS 5SxSe b Bali bic RSssss and were
Cummings and The Detectives: Or Wild .Ad:
Ventures on the Missouri" and . bottle OF
drank beer. but he evidently was On the
verge Of inroxication.
vls .sa s's .ssn SS'' to when Ss ssn hs used ana
Nis u severe one. bu. DR.. Clark believes no
,sIGu. sas UuI rsiults will follow as the skull was
Late in the eyenIne Jordan was arraigned
soTs 1Sstiss dGNplon When cppi.on,sd sy
struck dramatic attitude and said:
No. didn't shoot him. seer Ill take me
Thts was ali that could be got from him. and
he was held for atroci0us assault and battery
with intent 10 Kill. After being placed In q
cell ne said to IN officer that when he started
out on the river he had cnmpanion.
Il had o red-headed kid wot lives In Bank
strset with me when got In de boat" be de-
cn,ed But don't know where he went to-"
while the police put very little faith In this
pan Of Jordan's story. they lrs Investigating
IL ~ 10 order TO ascertain whether he practiced
On hls companion. before meeting Lewis. by
Late last night Jordan said his companion
Sot as soui M Of the boat before the shooting. They
actnAlly Imagined he was a dctective when be
blank cartridges,