The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-03
SHOT BY A FOOTPAD.
A Young Mans Thrilling Adj
venture on Beacon Hill.
PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED.
His Refusal to Hold Up Bis Hands Met
With q Shot-The Bullet Buried
in His Head.

L. j. climate, 19-year-old young man in the
employ of the St Charles hotel, was shot in the
head by highwaymau at Il O'Clock last night
on Beacon hill, and is probably fatally injured.
The young man spent the evening visiting
friends on Beacon Hill, and started home about
Il o'clock. On tho way he had to pass through
the cut at Fourteenth and Frederick
streets, and just as he reached
that point tall, heavy-set man, whose face was
hidden by a high felt hat drawn down over his
eyes, sprang out from a patch of brush and,
leveling revolver at the young mans head,
commanded:
Throw I'D your hands,"
climate was startled but not at all frightened,
for he promptly answered as he squared of to
fight:
go to the devil!'
The words were scarcely out of his mouth be-
fore there was a report of pistol. There was q
flash OF fire, sickening, binding pain in the
head and young climate was conscious only
that he had lost his feet and was lying in the
road.
second later he regained his feet, but the
highwayman was gone. A short distance off he
could see the last car to the city OF the Beacon
hill electric line, which came rushing towards
him. II was the approach of the car which
probably saved the young mans life and baf-
fled the highwayman's designs to rob him.
climate staggered across the car tracks, and
the conductor stopped the car and took him on
board He was bleeding profusely and
his clothing was muddy yand ded
sanguinary hue. The conductor put
him on James street car and from the corner
of Front and James streets he walked to the st.
Charles hotel, corner of Commercial and Jack
son Streets a distance of four blocks.
When he arrived at the hotel he was so weak
from loss of blood that he could scarcely talk.
The night clerk telephoned for DR.. Pringle aud
also to police headquarters. DR.. Pringle and
Detective Cudihee arrived at the hotel at about
the same time.
An examination of the wound revealed that
a 3S-caliber bullet had entered the right temple
and, grazing along the scalp, had buried
itself at some point on the opposite side OF the
head At the time of going to press
DR.. Pringie had not succeeded in locating the
bullet He could not say how seriously the
young man was wounded, but he was quite
certain the bullet did not fracture the
his examination it was suggested
dence hospital. Acting on the suggestion De-
tective Cudihee Immediately sent climate to
the hospital in the patrol wagon.
Detectiue Cudihee received quite an accurate
description of the highwayman and immedi-
ately went searching in the slums for him, but
as yet no arrests have been made.
Ellmote says he will know his assailant again
if ever he sees him. He will not only know
him by his voice, but also by
his face, for when the shot was
fred there was a flash of light which lit up
the highwayman's features, and the eyes, nose
and the general expression of the mans coun-
tenance will remain impressed on his memory
the young man says, for life time