Evening journal., 1891-01-29
SHOT IN COLD BLOOD.
Officer Shultz Attacked Wit n
out Cause.
HE NAY DIE OF HIS. INJURIES

Drawing ReTolvers on Him Fire Bafor
no Can Defend HsmssIf-ooe Bule
Pioasns along the scalp. the oths
Lodges in the hip after Passln,
Through tAe storn aeh.
Throw up your hands. Bang
Bang
Two aho raug out on the midnight
cir and two bullets struck Police Officer
Charles " snuliz OF the Eighth dis
tric', infiicHng serious and probably
fatei iniupies.
The officer was pacing bis beat at the
corner of Elliott avenue and Tetnall
street. about 12 45 o'clock this morning.
when he saw two unknown aen coming
! toward him He was on the lookout FOR
! men answering the description Of those
who blew open the safe ia Lodges 8
| grocery store at Seventh ard King
streets yesterday morning, and as the
| approaching pair answered TO this de-
scription, he began taking a mental note
of their appearance lie was not uLob
| served BY them, for, lie stood under
| the gssiight, whore full view Of his
face could be had they were more or less
! ia the shade They had Just passed the
| denly and without word or warning
both wheeled about and each presented a
revolver at tho off Ger, one a. his head
| the other at his stomach
Throw MP your hands" called out
the taller Of the two to the officer, but
Instead Of obayine, the officer reached
toward his pocke' for bis own revolver
| He had or 2 heavy overcoat, over which
was his water proof gum coat buttone6
upso tightly that he could not get az his
weapon readily. The rsvolvers OF the men
glistened IN the gas light for few
moments, their hammers dropped, and
the officer fell seriously wounded.
Bosh men at oncs started down Elliott
avenue to Market street and turned iuto
Vandeyer avenue, where they disap-
psered
Although wounded fearfuly and fnst
becoming weak from the less of blood,
tho officer managed to stegger down
elliott avenue near to Market street.
where he called for help. The shaoting had
attracted many persons to their windows
and the sight of the officer bare headed
and saying For God sake help me
am shot, brought George Eakin 10 his
assistance, Eakin saw that his condition
was serious ard 1t once directed his sters
toward The office Of DR. Evan 6 Short.
lidge Me officer q condition grew worse
and as be was rapidly growing weaker
Mr Eakin Summoned to lis assistance
William g. Dunwell q miller at Lea's
faur mills. and together theg assisted
MIN to the doctor Office, No 1912 Msf-
bet street MF Dunweli bad heard Tie
sh0tsh while ali Eighteenth ana Horkef
streets OF bis way home Ie had seer
two men pass into Eandever avenue
few minutes before
When The wounded mRn had baen IL.
moved to Tie Doctors office wcrd was
at crce sent to The police station ana
Sergeant Slaiser ard fem others were
g-yei4ly on fse scene. Tire Dairol wagon
Was e9uopca for Immediately In TIDE
doctor Office ths wounded man suffered
the most intense agonies but never los
coasct 1le1ese. The pain was Sd great
That j caused his bodg ID coubla up sl-
n ost ia b1ii ha ID cameo teonsie and
complained of "that i0mp ia mv
stomach. Hr expressed wfsl t5 he
taken home On To DE bcs-ital ard on shs|
arrival o the paJrol wagon DE was im
mediately conveyed 10 the Delaware
Hospital. Dr Draper wGs sum n0ned,
who with Dr. shorlLdge. mace al ex-
1t was found that the wound in ths
head although severe was not serious.
the bullet having pierced his helmet
strack aim near ths crown of the
head ana took OF portion Of the scalp
IN its passage. This wound is 4 qusrter
Of an inch depp The wound in the body
was the one Of which he com plained the
most. The bullet entered at the left
rio near the pit of the stomach and
passed IN slanting direction downward
At tins base OF tne abdomen it struck
bone and wes detected from it's course
toward the hip where it is now thought
70 be imbec6ed At first the
doctors believed that the ball
had struck the kidney, tore away
portion Of the antrails and lodged Ia tie
inteatines. Bad this been the ease ii
would have been impos ible TO save his
life. AS # is Dr.. Shogtlidge entertains
hopes cf his recovery The doctors
probed for the bullet, but being unable
to locate it, gave up the search The
officer bore his suffering with heroic
patience. His hat which wes picked nD
afterwards has two holes ia its crown
which show where the bullet entered aud
passed ou..
Several persons saw the would be-
assassins as they turned off Elliott
avenue and Market street, but did not
then know that they had done the shoot
ing They arc described ais rough looking
persons. about 36 years old One was tall,
oi,medium build, aud were black overcoat
and derby hat The otheris short, thick
set, ana wore q light overcoat and 8 light
derby hat. Their appearance sug-
gested roguery, and tallies minutely wish
that Of the mon who blew open the safe
in Lodges store. There is every proha-
bility OF their being one and the
same persons for, as the officer had not
spoken to them nor made any attempt to
arrest them, they We're given no motive
for their cowardiy deed, and il could have
oaly been prompted by the knowledge
that he was sizing them up
There was no person ia the immediate
vicinity Of the place at the time OF the
occurrence, nor did anybody see the
shooting except the officer hence the
reason why tie would-be assassins SO
easily escaped,
George Eakin, who was the first to
assist the officer, did not see
any person run away from the
scene of the shooting. Several
others declare that they saw two men
answering the description come down
Elliott avenue at the time, 10 Market
street, and turn down Vandever avenue
Several policemen were afterwards put
upon the street who diligently exerted
themselves in a search for the ruffianF.
but without discovering a clue to their
whereabouts Every bad and unfre-
nuentpd quarter of fhe rifw vyoe o.or,.ad