The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-22
A DUEL WITH A BURGLAR
HE KILLS ONE OFFICER AND
WOUNDS THREE.

One of the Attacking Party Leaps
over His Companions Corpse and
Begins q Desperate FusiIs.de at
short Range-The Burglar Escapes
His Wife Supplied Him With Fresh
Wespon.
PITrsBURG, Pa, March 91-A desperate
shooting affair 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 wounding of two police
men and a woman. To-night's shoot
Ing is the sequel of bold burglary that
occurred at Homestead. One evening, six
weeks ago. girl named Laura Hill entered
Smiths jewelry store at Homestead, and
began pricing various articles Of jewelry.
While in conversation with the girl three
men, who had forced an entrance from the
rear, struck the proprietor down and bound
hun.
A BIG HAUL.
The lights were then turned on, and the
three, with the girl. completely cleaned out
the store, escaping with IS, 500 in cash and
Jewelry. Gilkenson's Detective Agency was
given charge of the case, and not long after
the girl, WHO is known by several names,
was arrested in Harrisburg with suspicious
lot of jewelry on her person. She was
brought to McKeesport Jail, aud by judi
cious pumping, peached on her pals.
GILKENsoN SHOT DEAD.
Acting on her instructions tonight, Chief
Detective Gilkenson, of the Pittsburg
agency, with Detective Pat Murphy and two
McKeesport policemen. drove quietly across
the river to Peters Run, reaching the house
Of the leader in the robbery, A. B. Budd,
alias ''Fitzimmon," about o'clock. Mean
while, IL is thought, the girl Hill had
warned Budd, for when GilSenson threw
open the door Budd stood IN the lower
room, apparently changing his clothes. The
moment Budd saw Gilkenson he threw up a
revolver and fired. the bullet entering Gilk.
enson's forehead, killing him instantly.
A DUEL AT SHORT RANGE.
Detective Murphy leaped over the pros
trate form in the door, and, facing Budd, q
terrible duel ar short range In the smolSe-
darkened room followed. Budd emptied
one revolver and his wife, who was in the
room, ran TO bis side with another. Muir
ply, although badly wounded, had also
emptied his pistol, and, STOPPING over the
dead body of his chief. drew his
revolver and renewed the firing. He
fred blindly into the smoke, however. while
the burglar conferred all OF his shots toward
the door. Suddenly the woman screamed.
and. with curse, Budd planted bullet in
Murphy's breast, and he fell back over Gill
kenson's body. During the panic that
seized the policemen at this second loss tc
their ranks. Budd threw some clothing owes
his arm and escaped,
A PEPPER-Box OF HOLES.
An examination Of the room showed tbs
place to be pepper-box of holes, bullets
having struck in every conceivable place
Gilkenson was dead; Pat Murphy was shot
in the forehead, chin and breast, though
not fatally, while the woman received 9
shot in the arm, aud two policemen were
slightly wounded by the flying bullets.
The woman was taken to Jail, while tele-
grams were sent all over three states tc
intercept Budd, who is described as feet
inches in hight, OF dark complexion and
eyes, and weighing only 100 pounds. He is
a noted crook, aud at the time was wanted
for previous burglary,