The morning call., 1894-11-30
OIIO "A OODLF >.
" Brick - Whitehouse
Stops a Bullet.
HE is FATALLY WOUNDED.
His AsSaiIant Was Alexander
Loughborough Jr.
TWO OTHERS WERE INJURED.
Deplorable Ending of a Barroom
CarousaI-The Shooter Surren-
ders Himself to the Police.

GoDey's saloon On Suffer street, between
Grant avenue and Kearny street, was the
scene of shooting ARRAY at 1915 o'clock
this morning that will probably result in
the death of Brick" Whitehouse, the
noted football player, one of the half
backs of the Reliance team.
Whitehouse and a large crowd of stu
dents wearing the cardinal red of Stanford
University entered the saloon late In the
evening and ranged along the bar.
Among them was Alexander Lough-
borough Jr. SOP of the well-known attor-
ney. aDd several who had played promi-
nent parts in the stirring events of the
day.
The young men drank freely, and as the
night passed became uproarious.
There were about twenty-five of them in
the narrow barroom and young Tough
borough. who had shouted himself hoarse,
commenced to play pranks upon his COM
panions.
Without a word of warning be drew a
revolver and fired three shots in rapid
succession.
One of the bullets struck Whitehouse in
the abdomen, another graZed the nose of a
ball-player named Mcmillan, and the
third struck Max l.. Rosepfeld, w no is em-
ployed In the office of John RoSenfeld's
Sons. in the neck.
The crowd. according 20 Cooley, who
was sitting at the end of the bar, scattered
Instantly Whitehouse was hurried to the
Office Of physician at the corner of Grant
avenue and Geary street, where his wound
was pronounced dangerous.
Laughborough and the other men who
were wounded disappeared as il by magic.
The wounded man was taken from the
doctors office to the Receiving Hospital.
The surgeon In charge declared that his
wound would probably result fatally. He
was subsequently, removed TO a private
hospital at 404 Eddy street. Rosenfeld
was taken 10 his room in the Lick House.
Young Loughborough and his father
called at the Central police station this
morning at 2:20 o'clock. The younger
man had called 10 SURRENDER himself
He gave his pistol to Captain Douglass
and his father made a statement to the
effect that Alexander had fired at White
house in self-defense.
He said that his son had been assalled
by Whitehouse and his friends and was
being very roughly handled. when he
pulled his pistol and fired.
The young man showed signs of the
beating he had received. His nose had
been struck and his shirt front was bloody.
! His glasses had been knocked off and he
was at the mercy of his enemies.
| He declared that he had never seen
| Whitehouse before and had no motive for
iniuring him. He was standing at the
counter saying nothing, when Whitehouse
and his friends began TO abuse him and
| finally struck him.
LoughborOugh is very nearsighted, and
his father FASTENED to get him another
pair of glasses.
He was locked up to await the result of
Warehouses; wounds.
This is not Loughborough's first scrape,
About two months ago he attacked Artist
Amedee Joullin. aud also had a fight
with Sconchin Maloney. He and Maloney
were both arrested.
Whltehouse has played in the Reliance
football eleven during the past season. He
has taken very prominent part in college
athletics.
At one time he was member of the
Stanford football team, and was con-
s1dered one of the best players.