Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-23
A CHIEF DETECTIVE SHOT.
Exciting Duel With Desperate Man in a
Dark Room.

| Exciting Duel With Desperate Man in q
Dark Room.
A desperate shooting affair occurred in a
| house at Peters Run near McKeesport, Pa, al
| 7 O'Clock on Saturday night that resulted il
the killing Of one detective. the serious wound
ing Of another and slight wounding OF. two po
| licemen and woman. The shooting is the Sc
| quel Of bold burglary that occurred at Home
| stead. Pa, one evening. Six weeks ago q CIR
| named Laura Hill entered Smiths jewelry store
| at Homestead and began pricing various articles
/ OF jeweiry. While in conversation with the
| girl, three men, who had forced an entrance
| from the rear, struck the proprietor down and
bound him. The lights were then turned out
| and the three, with the girl, completely cleaned
| out the store, escaping with So, 500 in cash and
jewelry.
The Gilkinson Detective Agency of Pittsburg
was given the and not long after the girl
who Il known by several names was arrested in
Harrisburg with a suspicious lot Of jewelry on
her person. She was taken to the McKeesport
Jail and by judicious pumping confessed.
Acting on her instructions Chief Detective
Gilkinson. with Detective Pat Murphy and two
Mckeesport policemen. drove quietly across
tho river to Peters Run Saturday night reach
ing the house of the leader in the rObbery-A.
b. Budd. alias ''Fitzsimmons' about I.
Meanwhile, it is thought, the girl Hill had
warned Budd. for when Gilkinson threw open
the door Budd stood in the lower room appar-
entity changing his clothes. The moment Budd
saw GilkinsOn he threw up revolver and fired
the bullet entering Gilkinson' s forehead, killing
him instantly.
Detective Murphy leap al over the PROSTATE
form in the door, and facing Budd a terrible
duel Mt short range in the smoke-darkened room
followed. Budd enptied me revolver. and his
wife, who was in the 70 I'M, ran To his side with
another. Murphy. tn )ugh badly wounded, had
also emptied his pistol, anl stopping TO the
dead body of his chief, drew his revolver and
renewed the firing
He was shooting blin1ly into the smoke. how
ever, while the burglar centered all his shots
toward the door. Suddenly,a woman screamed.
and. with curse, Budd planted bullet in
Murphy's breast. and ho fell back over Gilkin-
son body. During the panic that seized the
new policemen at this second loss to their ranks.
Budd threw some clothes over his arm and es-
capped
review of the room showed the place to be
| pepper box of holes, bullets having struck in
| every conceivable place. Gilkinson was dead.
Pat Murphy was shot in the forehead. chin and
breast. though not fatally, while the woman re-
celved shot III the arm. The two policemen
| were slightly wounded by the flying bullets.
The woman was taken to Jail. while kilograms
were sent all over three states to intercept
| Budd, who is described as FIVE feet five inches
in height. dark complexion and eyes, and
"SiShihS o1lN lVo pounus. ne rs nOteu
crook. and at the time was wanted for previ-
Gus burglary.
FITZsIMMoNs CAPTURED.
Fitzsimmons was captured in BraddOck, near
| Pittsburg, last night at o'clock. 1t was sus-
pected he would visit house at the corner OF
4th and Ann streets, occupied by Mrs. Clark,
and officers watched the place all day. They
were rewarded by seeing the man cooily Deat
himself near the window while Mrs. Clark
dressed an ugly wounu i'll his shoulder. evil
IDENTIFY received during the fight. At 8 o'clock
the patiens watchers saw the rear door open
and in moment Andrews was cornered in an
| clubhouse. He was dogged and evidently in
| tended to fight hard. as he held cooked re-
volver in his hand. His painful wound coupled
with four revolvers staring him in the face,
soon cowed the murderer and he is now in Jail.