Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-01

borrowed one from a person who was
near. He then called upon Strobel to give
himself up and fred three shots into the
ground to frighten him. The maniac was
not intimidated in the least. He went
back into the house of Mrs. Ransom.
| Hardie then procured warrant for his
arrest, and by the time he came back,
Strobel was just leaving the house.
Hardie called out to him that he was an
officer, and said that he had warrant.
| Strobel again repeated that he did not
propose to surrender. He had taken q
position on an eminence and was look
ing down upon Hardie. Raising his re.
volver, he made q movement as If to
discharge the weapon, which was al
ready cooked. Hardie then raised his
revolver and fred. He did not in
tend to kill him, but aimed to put
ball in his leg 80 to wound him
Unfortunately, though, the ball entered
the right thigh and severed the femoral
artery. Thirtv-five minutes afterward
Strobel had bled to death. His dying
words were:
"well. you have got me, haven't
your
On Strobels person was a draft on
the Farmers and Merchants bank of
this city, for $3.50, and S20in gold. There
were a number of letters written in
German in his pockets. His hat
was one that had been purchased in
Germany. His trunk and valuables
have not yet been examined. He was
about 35 years of age, five feet, nine
inches in height, with dark mustache.
| His face indicated that he was an in
valid, as his eyes were sunken and his
cheeks hollow. The coroner will hold
an inquest at 10 a. m. today.
CONSTABLE HARDIE's STATEMENT.
81 had no idea that would kill him.
| fred the shot, expecting that would
strike him in the leg and only frighten
him. The doctor informs me that not
one time out of hundred could any
one have severed the femoral artery
with bullet"
This is what Constable Hardie said to
HERALD representative yesterday aft
ernoon in the county Jail. Hardie ap-
peared to be very much depressed, and
evidently regretted that his chance shot
had resulted fatally. He was requested
to give his story of the killing, which he
did as follows:
"About Z 40 this morning the son OF
Thomas Wilson, the one-armed ffhgman
at the Santa Fe crossing at Garvanza,
came to my house in Highland Park.
He said crazy man was beating his
father down at the crossing, and threat
ened oshoot him. l went down to the
flag house, and saw that o man was
chasing Wilson away from the flag
house. Just before l reached the Sag
house the man, who proved to be Stro-
bel, saw me coming. He Immediately
started to chase me, fourishing his
gun wildly. l. was unarmed,
and procured weapon from
neighbor named Barnett. An my
endeavors to pacify the maniac proved
fruitless. told him that no one want
ed to hurt him, and that he had better
keep quiet. He said that he would
never surrender, At this time he had
bis gun cooked and pointed at me. I
fired two shots in the 'ound, thinking
that the explosion would frighten him,
but he did not seem to be at all alarmed.
"At this juneture section naan
named Kane, came walking down the
track. He did not know what the
trouble was, and walked close up to
Strobel. The latter turned on him and
placed the revolver within two inches OF
his head. Kane fell on his knees and
begged for his life. In minute or two
he moved away from Kane, and the
section hand made for place of safety.
ST then told Wilson that the only
thing to do was to get a. warrant for
Strobel and would arrest him. We
accordingly went before Justice Barthol-
omew, who resides near by, and secured
! the necessary papers. Stnobel was
charged with disturbing the peace and
drawing deadly weapon. Ithen sent
home for my own revolver, and as soon
as secured it went down where Stro.
bel was.
"Just as I reached Mrs. Ransom'l
house / heard a very loud noise. as i
everything in the house was beins
broken, followed by the report of re-
volver. Just as got down, to the house
Strobel came out. l informed him tha
l had warrant for his afTest and tha
he had better surrender. He paid NJ
attention to what said but went of
some distance to where his things were
He had taken out of the house pan o
milk and some cakes. These he pu
down on his trunks, and again levelet
his gum at me. Then fred.
GAS have before said / did not in
tend to take his life. l aimed to hi
: him in the leg. But as we were on al
incline-he above me--the bullet lande,
higher than anticipated. / expecte,
to strike about the knees. Instead o
/, that the ball went in just below the hip
(, did not take into consideration tha
we were not ON level ground. Ru
then man in the position that wa
about that time, has but few momena
to reflect. wouid not have killed his
for the world. The only thing he sai
4 after the shot was fred was s'Wsl
you have got me, haven't your"
As near as can be learned Hardie Ia
quiet man, not given to braggadoeSa Q
bluster. The case is very unfortunat
one, but the general opinion seems to b
that Hardie was justified.
Financially Embarrassed.
large manufacturer, whose affairs we,