The evening world., 1894-10-09
! FIERCE FIGHT
ON A ROOF.
Kline Shot His Brother in
Law in the Back and Him.
self in the Temple.
BOTH WILL PROBABLY DIE.
After the Shooting Kline Rushed
to the Roof and Tried to
Jump Off.
Ne IS SAID TO BE INSANE.
Fortified Neighbors Watch the
Struggle in Mid-Air from
the Street.
NE IS SAID TO BE INSANE.


the tenement-house at 60 Avenue B,
nd as a result two lives will probably
Z sacrificed.
James Kline, a laborer, thirty years
"a, did the shooting, firing one shot at
lis brother-in-law, Robert Porezo,
shich took effect in his back. and two
1t himself, one of which pierced his
right temple. After the shooting, Kline
ran to the top of the house and there
was a terrific struggle on the very edge
OF the roof before he was overpowered.
Both men were taken to hospital.
where it was declared that they would
die.
Kline has lived with his brother-in-
law at the above address for five years.
His father and sister lived next door,
at 81 Avenue B. Young Kline did odd
Jobs when they came his way, but he
was not employed steadily He was con-
sidered an inoffensive man and was not
a hard drinker.
Porezo got up just before 6 O'Clock
this morning and started downstairs to
the grocery store. AS he reached the
landing on the top floor, Kline opened
his door and stepped into the hall with
a big revolver in his hand.
Here, there!' he shouted. II want to
see you for a minute
wait until come back" answered
Porezo, as he started down the stairs.
Kline, without a word, fred and Porezo
fell, shot through the back. Then Kline
sprang back into his room, slammed the
door, and two shots were fired in quick
succession.
Mrs Pore7o rushed from her room and
assisted her bleeding husband into their
apartments
number of people in the house who
had heard the shots, hurried to the top
floor All of them ran into the room
where Porezo lay bleeding on the floor.
As they crowded around him there was
a shout from the street. number OF
people who were passing the house on
their way to work had seen blood
stained face looking from window on
the top floor. 1t was Kline. One of the
bullets which he had fired had struck
him in the right temple.
dozen persons made dash for the
door of the house. and in another mo-
ment there was loud trampng of feet
on the stairs.
As Kline heard the noise he left the
window and dashed to the hall. Three
feet from his door there is frail
little ladder which leads to the roof.
Up this he climbed rapidly, leaving
stream of blood on the ladder behind
him.
I'D from the street the people piled.
A dozen of them tried to climb up the
little ladder at one time. The first
who did get up saw a dreadful sight.
Kline was standing on the edge of the
Hi. Int hn
vhe people rushed up Kline turned on
Them as though to shoot. Then he
fughed loudly and threw the revolver
from him down into the street. As he
Md so he ran along the roof of the
I'"sei towards the corner OF Fourth
Rfeen standing, the houses are ten
Ill., Kline jumped to the roof Of
Y use without a moments hesi-
crowd following him.
got to the corner house, he
himself to spring off into the
- +. he was seized by Joseph
Ero6 Kline grappled with him and
ASSierce struggle commenced:
men stood on the very edge OF
and when they went down to-
ID Yer" e it too looked as though every
they would go over the roofs
--.-.< either. Both men were soon Gov
th the blood that flowed from
persons stood on the roof and
the terrific struggle, but they
to tbs FOR ro sSr 'h aGS "2 heS
~ have fallen forty feet to the
j. Of the street.
<'n on The sidewalk half hundred
|. ons watched the combat and held
u .,r breaths.
NJ. But the struggle was too fierce to be
ions continued. Kline, weak from the
foss or blood was OVerpowered, and
iozen men held him and bound his arms
Pehind his back with bit of rope. The
rruggle was over and the man Sc
iith street station, reached the root
md placed Kline under arrest.
lie was kept on the roof until an am
ne was quiet enough until the surgeon
vent to examine his wounds. and then
struggled, and would have fought
P9t for the ropes which held his arms.
~ was found that the second bullet
ad grazed his scalp, and had not in
bred hum badly. The, physician said
mere was no hope for his life. however,
he had lost so much blood in his
xertions on the roof.
f9rezo had been hit with the bullet
,n,I me back on the left side. and the
outlet wrn had struck some vital parts, the
taE EsTOn % was Rs;ga quite sure. The men were
Do us Kline glared at him, and numbled
s UnS words that could not be under
The policeman asked him why he
,,au cone the shooting, but he only
srUaned and would give no answer.
in M fura., Louise Porezo. the wife OF the
accnnS man, said that she could not
CENT ~ Tor the wild act of Kline, ex-
Iop 1 mat he had become insane from
conn., Goinunued idleness. OF late he had
was p ma, good deal that the world
To- hanoi moi good TO him and that he ought
~ nave been rich long ago.
auarrs 1aIu mat Kline had never had any
Porelo' WIN win her husband. but that Mr..
tbs supported him the greater i part OF
A. ~ years he had lived with them.
Kine'S si Htxenre b, where Mrs. Beglofr
come sister lives. she was found over.
bpoi s with grief at the act of her
the No she said that she believed thai
some " tirnas mind had been weak fol
w W hher that there was a man after hin hin
to iont eVoiver' and that he would have
thouSbH ~ sttter himself. Nothing was
AIRS Porezo is in a delicate . Condition