The record-union., 1894-05-29
KILLED BY A POLICEMAN'S BULLET.
A Suspected Footpad Shot by Officer
Rutherford.
He was Trying to Escape. But the
officer Says He Had No Idea
of Hitting Him.

A man named L. Smith lies at the
Morgue, the result of his attempt to es-
cape from Officer Rutherford last night
when the latter sought to arrest hlH,
After the robbery of George Z. Jones
last night-referred to elsewhere-anu
while several of the policemen were
searching for suspicious-looking men
Officer Rutherford saw five men on the
south side of j street, between Second
and Third, whom he thought might be-
long to the gang implicated in the rob-
berry.
He walked toward them, when they
quickened their pace and hastened down
to Second street. He followed them and
they increased their speed, and it was
not till Second and NJ streets was reached
that he overlook them.
He passed them on the crossing, and
turning back met them face to face. He
told them TO stop. and they obeyed, ex-
cept one, who surlily told the officer he
had no right to stop them. rutherford
told him he was an officer and showed Dis
star.
The man turned and ran away as Ru-
therford was searching one OF the others,
officer commanded him to stop he told
him TO $50 10 helli' Rutherford pur-
sued and again told him to stop, but with
the same result, and as the man lad
reached the alley. nearly half block
away, Rutherford fired shot 10 scare
him and bring him to.
The man disappeared in the alley, and
the officer ran around to Third street 10
head him of.
officer Bagley Joined him, and they
both went down the alley, and when
near Second street man came out with a
lantern. The alley was searched, when,
TO the surprise OF the officers, his dead
body was found lying about eighty feet
from the entrance to the alley.
The bullet from Rutherford's pistol
had struck him under the left shoulder
blade, passing beneath the left side of the
heart, and lay just under the skin on the
left side OF the breast. He lived only a
few minutes after being shot.
The officers do not know who the de-
ceased is, but one Of them stated that he
was here last fall with Sells circus and
was then arrested for some offense. a
paper was found on him bearing the
name Of Il. Smith, which is supposed to
be his name. lie had a small revolver
with the barrel sawed off to about an
inch and a hall.
Rutherford surrendered himself to
Captain Greene, and was placed under
arrest. He feels very bad over the shoot
ing, as be says he had no expectation OF
hitting the man, but simply wished to
scare him into stopping.
The four youths who were with Smith
were arrested shortly afterward by Officer
Talbot on l. street, between Second and
Third. Their names are Joe Davis, Frank
Cook, John Gallagher and Thomas Con-
ley. Two of them are hard cases and are
well known to the police.
They admit that they were with Smith
and saw the shooting. Jones said the
parties who robbed him had red or black
handkerchiefs on their faces, and when
searched at the station they were found to
have two black and one red handker-
chief.
They deny having had anything to do
with the robbery, but tell different stories.
They are confined in different cells. They
all admitted that deceased's name was
Smith.