St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-22
PEFPERED WITH LEAD
Desperate Duel at Short
Range in d Burglars Rem
devious.
One Detective Killed and Ar
other WOunded--TWo Po-
lieemen Injured.
The Wife of the Desperate
Also Receives a Leaden
Pellet.
A Theft Of Jewelry Six Weeks
Ago Leads to the Deadly
Fight.

PITTsBURG, Pa, March 21.-A des-
perate shooting affray occurred in :
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 policemen and wo-
man. To-night's shooting is the sequei
OF bold burglary that occurred a
Homestead one evening, six weeks ago;
A girl named Laura Hill entered
Smiths jewelry store at Homestead, ,and
began pricing various articles of jew
elry. While in conversation with the
girl three men, who had forced an en-
trance from the rear, struck the
proprietor down and bound him. The
lights were then turned out and the
three, with the glrlT completely cleane ed
out the store, escaping with some $1,000
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 Harrisburg with a suspi-
cious lot Of jewelry on her person. She
was brought to the McKeesport Jail,
and, by judicious pumping, ''peached''
on ner pals. Acting on her instructions,
tonight Chief Detective Gllkin-
son, 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 tie
robbery, A. q. Budd, alias "Fitzsm-
MONS" at about O'clock. Meanwhile,
1t is thought. the girl Hill 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 Revolver.
and fired, the ball entering Gilkinson's
forehead, killing him instantly. De
tective Murphy leaped over the pros
trate form in the doorway and, facing
Rudd, a terrible duel at SHORT range iD
the smoke-darkened room followed.
Budd emptied one revolver and his
wife, who was in the room, ran to his
side with another. Murphy, though
badly wounded, had also emptied his
pistol and, STOPPING TO the dead body of
his chief, drew his revolver and renewed
IIC hlluSs 11S Wdo HIIlS DIlHuIy llltO
the smoke, however, while the burglar
centred all of his shots toward the door.
Suddenly woman screamed and with
a curse, Budd planted a bullet into
Murphy'S breast, who fell back over
Gllkinson's body. During the panic that
seized the two policemen at this second
loss to their ranks, Budd threw some
clothes over his arm and escaped. A
review OF the room showed that place
to be pepper box of holes. Bullets
had struck in every conceivable place
GilkinsOn was dead; Pat Murphy was
shot in the forehead, chin and breast,
though not fatally, while the woman
received shot in the arm. and the two
policemen were slightly wounded by
the flying bullets. The woman was
sent to Jail, while kilograms were sent
all over the three states to intercept
Budd, who is described as five feet FIVE
inches in height, with dark complexion.
and eyes. and weighing only 13Q pounds.
He is noted crook, ana at the time
was wanted for previous burglary,