The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-03-28
DESPERATE SHOOTING ARRAY
1t Results in the Killing of a Detective
and the Serious Wounding of
Two Others.
THE RESULT OF A BOLD BURGLARY.
A Severe HailstOrm Visits Orlando.
Florida, and Does Great
Damage.
Trees Torn Up by the Roots-The
Worst Storm in Many
Years.

PITTsBURG, Pa, March 21.-A desperate
shooting ARRAY occurred IN a house at
Peters Run, near McKeesport, at O'Clock
tonight that resulted in the killing of one
detective, the serious wounding of
another and the slight w%ounding of two
policemen and a woman. The shooting
is the sequel of a bold burglary that oc-
Cured near Homestead. Six weeks ago
Il girl named Laura Hill entered the
Smith jewelry store at Homestead and
began pricing various articles of jewelry.
While in conversation with the girl three
IN en-. who had forced an entrance from
the rear, struck the proprietor
down and bound him. Lights We're
then turned out and the three
with the girl completely cleaned out the
store, escaping with $500 in cash and
jewelry. The Gilkinson detective
agency was given charge of the case, and
not long after the girl, who is known by
several names, was arrested in Harris
burg with a suspicious lot of ,jewelry on
her person. She was brought to the
Mckeesport Jail, and by judiciOus pump
ing ~"peached" on her pals. Acting on
her instructions tonight Chief Detect We
Gilkinson, of the Pittsburg agency, with
Detective Pat Murphy and two McKees-
port policemen drove across the river
to Peters Run, reaching the house of the
leader in the robbery, A. G. Budd, alias
FltzsimmOns, at seven p. IN. Meanwhile
it is thought the girl had warned Budd,
for when GilkinsOn threw open the door,
Budd stood in the lower room apparently
changing his clothes. The moment Budd
saw GilkInson he threw up a revolver
and fired, the ball entering Gilkinson's
forehead, killing him instantly. Detect
i've Murphy leaped over the PROSTATE
form in the doorway and, facing Budd, a
terrible duel at short range in the smoke
darkened room followed. Budd emptied
one pistol and his wife ran to his side
with another. Murphy, badly wounded,
had also emptied his pistol and stOoplng
to the body of the chief, drew his revol-
yer and renewed the firing. He was firing
blindly into the smoke, however, while
the burglar centered ali of his shots to-
ward the door. Suddenly the woman
screamed and with a curse Budd planted
a bullet into Murphy's breast, who fell
back owe Gilkinson's body. During the
panic that sliced the two policemen
at this second loss to their
ranksQBudd threw some clothes over
his arm and escaped. A review of the
room showed the place to be a pepper-boN
of holes. Bullets had struck IN every
conceivable place. GilkinsOn was dead.
Murphy was shot in the forehead, chin
and breast, though not fatally, while the
woman received a shot IN the arm, and
the two policemen slightly wounded by
flying bullets. The woman was taken TO
Jail, while kilograms were sent all over
the state to intercept Budd, who is de-
scribed as five feet five inches in height,
dark complexion and eyes and weighing
100 pounds. He is "A noted crook and at
the time he was wanted for a previous
burglary.