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uoas sle oom cnsss'ng quiet.
among snemselveA when the re-
port q = revolver was heard on the.
4freet near BY All had been 70 quiet
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Inc adle poicemen were sctive In .
moment q dozen OF them jumped up.
uasneds ssnrough the swinging doors and
ran 70 the directi4n from which the
sound OF the report had come.
q bout hall block from the station.
3OMcers Grant WAS found lying dead
upona thea pavement, weltering il his
own gore, with . gaping bullet
wound IN his head. from which the life
blood gushed in torrents, staining his
UNIFORM and forming pool at his side.
AS the officers from the station dashed
mp they saw 9 man running awa5 in
the darkness. Four fieetcfooted blue
coats immediately gave chase, while.
the others tenderly bore the remains OF
their dead comrade TO the station,
wnere msdical .id was hastily sum
moned. II was ascertained, however,
that death had been instantaneous.
HE, brave rave ofticer had fallen in his
rncks ere the echo OF tho fatal shot
naa d1ed awsy. !.
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u4ste ~, Wno nau s.aEoeu III Pursuit OF
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ing stranRer. upon ms wrists were Of-
frer urs.ss AsnasuHs: !, ! ne was ONT OF
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y puii' unan wan = oarK mustache'
orlknt eyes ana 9 oecldedly Hebra'c
cast VI Soua.enance ne gave the
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4ne snos ene oncer' announcer omcer
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Yosveri Wlsn: :one. cham6er recently dis
cnarReo' winch ne had just picked up
near Wnere Omcer Grant tell. a
Gurus was loon identified as M. B.
Cufns the well.known actor and de-
.nneasors s,s'f.v 81 Hebrew g. dialect comedy.
he mas q sumptuous home ut the
supneb g Berkeleyl- near here, and it
was learned that he had come to the
city from that place and had been
drinking and carousing around all
day and evening with sparty
oi. registering friends. Why he
was arrested Is not known, but it is
supposed that he and his associates had
been creating a disturbance and that
OFFICER Grant had taken him in, hand
cutting him when he sh wed a disposi-.
ton to resist arrest In some manner.
1t is believed, he managed to reach his
gun, and. crazed with liquor. shot his
captor down, - s}se.t.es. .;sf. q:
The arrested comedian was q pitiable
object as he sat in the Southern police
station Friday morning wringing his
hands and running from one officer to
another to protest his innocence and
telling in an incoherent way his doings
OF the night before. He was intoxi-
Gated, and as he staggered ur from his
seatthe sald:.5 I'm no murderer gen
tlemen., u had no pistol: shot nobody.
! haven't an enemy in the world: Vain
~ he protested his innocence of any
onense and wanted to go home to his
wife. In rambling way he told the
story OF his business and his affairs.
he says he came to the, city from his
= nome IN Berkeley, across the bay, on
the 7:So o'clock boat with his wife and
DIR. Cook and his family. He had pur-
chased q box for the Bernhardt per-
formance and left his wife and those
with her at the Grand opera house.
Then he went to the Tivoli, where he
met William Krelinp and a ,,aars.,o,, 81 -.
nome \. o,,,la1....'ss.. .-rS.s'>r-",-,!~
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opune g sench anu rePresented HIM