The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
to do. He finally pulled ahead, however
and that is all know of the story

to do. He finally pulled ahead, however
and that is all | know of the story"
Captain James w. Gillin received the
first news of the affair in a telephone mes
sage from the Central station inform ing
him that an officer had been injured at
Ingleside. He started at once for the
scene of the shooting, and at Twenty III
and Mission streets saw a large crowd
gathered in front of the drugstore of DR..
Clinton. Here he found Clark suffering
from wound in the right foot. Clark on
being questioned told Captain Gillin the
following details of the occurrence:
81 took the car to go to town, and had a
sack of coin with me containing about
$1,000. Four men, armed with Winches-
tiers, held up the car. They were all
masked, and ordered every one out OF the
car. l had presentiment OF what was
coming, but before 1 could get my pistol
where it would be of any use one of the
highwaymen fired and l was wounded in
the right foot. Other shots We're fired by
the robbers and then they fed, evidently
taking my sack with them, as it could not
afterward be found. l was brought here
on the car"
From here Clark was conveyed in the
patrol-wagon to the Palace Hotel, after his
wound had received some attention.
Captain Gillin at once started Sergeants
Martin and Perrin and Officer Sheehan in
pursuit of the robbers on information OBJ
tanned from the motorman of the car that
had been raided. He then telephoned to the
Seventeenth-street station, of which he
has charge, ordering Lieutenant Burke
and mounted posse of five other officers
in pursuit.
At the time a car conveying Officer
Joseph, who had been wounded, and his
companion arrived. Officer Joseph was at
once conveyed to the City and County
Hospital, where his injuries were promptly
atten led to by Superintendent Stable and
DR.. Bacigalupi.
He was found to have been shot through
the right thigh on the inner side The bull
let passed entirely through, taking down
ward and backward course, just grazing
the bone. 1t is not serious, and if no I'M
expected complications set in. be will be
up in short time. At late hour he was
resting easily, his greatest anxiety being
the manner in which his wife would re-
ceive the news of his having been shot.
force for about three years.
Officer Joseph told the following story of
his and Fitzgerald's encounter with the
fleeing outlaws:
fitzgerald and [ were walking cityward
from the Ingleside track, when we heard
the sound of shooting. We saw the car
little ahead and started toward it. saw
two men running toward US. One was tall
and wore a long, ight-colored overcoat
and a black SLOUGH hat.
1.-THE other was somewhat shorter and
was dressed in dark. clothes. We called On
the men to stop, but they turned aside and
continued their flight up the bank toward
Ingleside, heading evidently for the hills.
When | shouted to them to halt, the tall
man shot at me. lad my pistol in my
overcoat pocket and succeeded in empty
ing the entire six chambers before l was
wounded.
''As soon as Fitzgerald saw me go down
he stopped and took care of me, carefully
bandaging up my wound, which be did in
an expert manner, as he had formerly
been druggist"
The held-up car was in charge of Con-
ductor E. A. Trellut, and was driven by
Motorman H. McCready. Conductor Trel-
lut tells the following story:
'Car No. 1861 left the Ingleside race
track at 6:4S P. M. 1t had reached the
lower end OF the racetrack, just where the
entrance for teams is located, when it was
held up by four or five men armed with
rifles. One man stood in front of the car
and ordered the motorman to stop. AS
there were several passengers inside, and
no method appeared to oppose the high
waymen, the motorman concluded to stop
the car.
"Bookmaker Clark was inside with a