The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-22

moned several men and placed them about
the store SO as to prevent the escape of the
burglar. Then the officer went to the rear
of the store and called odt, ''Who is in
here?" With cool assurance the burglar
replied, $50 to Los Gatos and find OUT
Dickinson is man of courage, and he
told the thief that unless he came out he
would be taken out. The answer came
back that if the officer entered the store
he would be killed. Dickinson no sooner
heard the answer than he took hold of the
door, forcibly pulled it open and grappled
with the intruder. The latter made a stub
born resistance, and finally getting good
hold of silk handkerchief knotted about
the officers neck proceeded to garrote him.
The officer struggled in vain and was fast
succumbing to the terrible pressure. At
this iuncture the robber reached for an
ak to brain the officer, Ewhen the lat
ter, exerting all his remaining strength.
drew his pistol which was of large caliber.
and pressing the muzzle against his antag-
onists body fired, The robber staggered
bach with an oath and fell to the floor
groaning.
The others mad by this time come to the
assistance of the officer, and an examina-
ton was made of the wounded robher. 1t
was found that the bullet had entered lust
above the pelvis, inlicting mortal wound.
1t was ascertained that the burglar after
entering the store had built fire, helped
himself to lot of cigarettes and news
papers and was having an enjoyable time
when the officer interrupted him.
The wounded man gave his name as
Charles Santos and said his parents resided
in East Berkeley.
Officer Dickinson relates the story of the
encounter as follows:
"At 5:15 o'clock this morning in passing
the store of P. Landmark, on Twelfth
street, the proprietor approached me and
told me there was man in the back room
of his store, and he wanted me to go in
and bring him out. / went around to the
rear of his store and made an entrance,
but found the man had gone through a
partition in the door to the next store, oc-
cupied by Lewis Williams, and had
fastened the door after him. l then called
to the man to come out. He replied, You
leave my premises l then told him was
an officer and to come out. He replied, 4
don't care a - who you are. If you try
w IOiilC Ia hSlc WILL NIL yOu'
81 then told him if he did not come out,
l would break down the door and get him
out. He replied, IF you come in here /
will chop you to pieces. then demanded
to know who he was. He said, You go to
Los Gatos and find out | then posted a
man at the rear door, got an ak and called
upon W. Seville for assistance, and to-
gether we forced open the door. 1 jumped
in and found man with his shoes off sit
ting down armed with large ak.
81 rushed up to him and he raised the
ak to strike me. / grabbed it with nv
hand and covered him with my revolver.
| then attempted to put the nippers on him
and he grabbed them and thrust his hands
into his breast. In the scuffie he got hold
of the scarf around my neck and com
me need to choke me, when drew my gun
and shot him. He fell and 1 picked him
up and carried him out and then returned
and searched the premises to see if he had
partner. Upon searching him 1 found a
large dagger concealed in his breast. He
had some of the goods belonging to VIII
liams in his possession. He is supposed to
be Charles Santos, Portuguese aged %,
whose father lives in East Berkeley