The morning call., 1893-10-02


tree in spot mol bigger than a siver dol
lar.
Down Broadway to Fourth street went
the PAGER. and at the corner he was over
taken bv Seaman, who caught hold OF him.
Int before he could down his man Billy.
had placed his revolver against the police
mans breast. and clicked II, put IL 1ailed
to shoot.
when the gun was taken away from
him there were still two chambers loaded.
.'He had been hit four or i've times, but
it was impossible to say when or by
whom the shots were fired. am certain.
however, that be was bit once OF twice be-
fore he left Broad way"
A fourth man received shot in the calf
of the leg. When the shooter was scud-
ding along Fifth street some men at the
corner of Fifth and Washington saw the
:. crowd coming and heard the shooting, and
tried to get out of the way by lodging into.
the doorway Of coal office at that corner.
Butts took shot at him and caught BIN
in the fleshy part of leg. The man was:
taken to the drugstore at tie corner of
San Pablo avenue. and TWenty-fourth
street, where his wound was dressed: =
The reporter called at the drugstote at g
late hour, bat all was: dark, aud the man
who answered the bell said the. wounded
man was brought there, but he did not
know who he was or where he was taken,
as the Informant. said: his partner was at
the store at the time, and he had gone
away =: :.
A saleon-keeper in the neighborhood said
it was Dr.. Bodle whe+was shot, and they
were trying to keep the matter quiet. ::
1t is reported that apo Their man had been
shot in the hand ny flying bullet. the one
that went into Green having grazed him.
The patrol wagon was at ONCE. sum-
moned, and the three men, Green, Beeny
and Butts Were%:taken TO the Receiving
Hospital, where every attention W as given
them. Dir. Fisher was summoned in addi-
tfoD TO the REGULAR. staff of surgeons, and
he succeeded in removing the bullets from
Butts LETT side aid left arm, but he sank.
sOrapfdly: 1t.Ras- not thonght: wise to
search for the other shots. "
>. AS: SOON as Green was taken to; the hos
pital: Dfss::J j oltnson. Dunn and Legault
placed him under the influence OF, mor-
phlne, and began to probe for: the bullet
that struck him in the side. but with MO
not possibly. .iiYe m ore than few hours.
=. Beeny Was laid on q .eotnext to the one
occupied .hy Butts and the tw0.men's lives
seenAedto be ebbing away almost evenly.
$: Beeny: is.a man of excellent reputation
in.Dakland and was in no way connected
with: the qqarTels which led to tho melee
in which he was shot: Bnt as Butts came
running down the street lie started across
to. Intercept him and received his death
wound in trying. to assist the officers of
the law.
Beeny is Al yearsIof age and the brother
:. Of Joseph Il. Beeny. one of the Oakland
YhaIfngers: He is d widower with three
.ohIldreB. the. oldest of which is q boy. IA
years old. Tire: children are at present
visiting. with his sister in Colusa County
and bis. mother is at. Mary svllle.; All Of
them have been. -telegraphed for, but as
there is every symptom to indicate that
*Beeny's bladder and liver were pierced by
the. bullet tits NOT Likely that he will live
to@see them :.
=. Green is. "a years of age and lives with a
Mrs Collier at the corner. OF SECOND aud
Madison. streets, where he has made his
home for years. He is a native Califor-
,tlldEs IllS pdI6QES ait uCdus..
He came very nearly getting into SINH
lar scrape last spring. when be, was mixed
ap IN a. %rew IN Murphy's saloon at tha cor
ner of. Eighth and Alice streets. A man
named Cuzzeps shot at him once, but did
" .uot bit Mn, and. the matter was husfed up
-. Green and Mullan: had. been drinking
most of tine day and. a friend of Butts,
who is also an eX-cGnyiet, say that Butts
II had been drunk Yesterday afternoon. !.
.. Butts had Just treiurned:to Oakland a day
.or two ago.: A few months ago he, along
with. d gang of to1ghs. whipped a brake.
man on one Of the Alameda trains. and al;
had to Leave the c6anty in consequence
Butts went to Sacramento and had not
been back in Oakland more than two days
Officer SeanEan.. VINO started after Butts
as soon :as. the shooting began and who
:: finally. captured Iini, was standing just
F.: across Seventh; street AT. the. time and al
once made a. dash. through the crowd and
began friug@at Bats. -
II heard ii O. dsturbance.at all said he
"Ihe fiTst:intimation:o trouble vas wher
j heard The shots. and started after Butt;
at once. W. y. Vance was right along be
side ME, and we we're beth: firing as we rar
dawn Broadway, and ]: think .Butts~ wa:
hit before Returned into Sixth street, bal
how many times doinot. know: He KEEP
me busy watching. for poles and trees. anI
at the capture tits a. a-wonder that he dlC
not send "a .bulTet through me, as he haf
his gun against my breast. and two cham
bers in it:were still loaded" :'
Mullen. the: friend of Green and Wit
was with him at the time: SAYS that moth
ing. was: said by either: of them TO Butts. !.
"The first I kne W.. said: be, 'was wher
saw Green throw up his hands and Butts
began 3 shouting. There had been: nt
trouble. before that. and why Butts shot
don't Know. /: :.
At the Receiving Hospital. it was i'm
possible to learn anything from Butts
When asked. his name. he. said it wa
"Billy." and ssteadfastly refused to Civ
any further information about himself. ''.
" When asked why he shot Green, be said
"He hit my friend" but further. than tha
he could not be induced to-. talk. But hi
mind began to wander soon after his ar
rival at the hospital. and it is doubtfulHi
he understood the questions which wert
asked of him. .
At midnight the wounded men at tht
. Receiving Hospital were resting quietly