The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-07

908 Broadway, Jan. 6.
| Officer Andrews shot and seriously
wounded Tom Lamb, an ex-convict. about
1l:30 to-day. The officer was on duty at
Thirteenth avenue, East Oakland, and
when he reported at II O'Clock by tele-
| phone to the police station he was told to
apprehend Lamb, as it was suspected that
he ad been implicated in a hold-up east
| OF the lake during the night. He went out
| to the railroad track at Sixteenth avenue,
where the man has spent considerable of
his time recently. He met Lamb at that
point, took him into custody and told him
that he was wanted on suspicion of a
felony.
Lamb went with the officer to the
Brooklyn engine-house and showed no
signs OF making any break. Andrews LETT
him seated while he went to the telephone
to call up the patrol wagon. Just as the
officer commenced to talk to the City Hall
Lamb bolted out of the door ana down
East Fourteenth street toward Thirteenth
avenue. The officer had never taken his
eye off the prisoner, and as he left the
door was after him. Andrews called to
Lamb to stop or he would shoot, but this
only caused Lamb to hasten his gait to
reach the corner so as to get beyond the
reach of bullets.
Lamb was just on the point of turning
the corner into Thirteenth avenue when
Officer Andrews drew his gun and fred a
shot. IL struck the cement walk and
CHANGING up went aero the avenue
through Dubernet's show window and mar
rowly missed young girl at bargain
counter.
Lamb having reached the corner in safety
now dashed down the avenue in an at
tempt to reach some shelter before the Off
Ger ehould be able to get another shot at
him. AS he tore down the street he saw an
aileyway about midway between East Four
tenth and East Twelfth streets and turned
into it Here he struck fence which
barred his progress, but as Andrews was in
| hot pursuit he made break to go over it,
Officer Andrews called to him to stop or
| he would shoot him in the leg. Lamb evil
IDENTIFY believed that the first shot was a
| sample of what the officer could do in
shooting, and in reply to his command
shouted back curse at him. Andrews Is
! the crack shot OF the Oakland force and it
only took him an instant to fire. Just as
Lamb was drawing himself up on the
| fence. The bullet took him in the feshy
part OF the thigh, short distance below
| the hip.
Lamb called out to the officer that he
would stop, and when Andrews reached
him he surrendered and limped back TO
| the engine-house, with the assistance of
the officer, where DR.. Sill, who was near
by, made hurried examination of the in
| jury. 1t was found that the wound was
! not bleeding much, although Lamb COM
! planned OF pains in the region of the stom-
| ach, causing Il fear that the bullet may
have penetrated the intestines. The doctor
gave Lamb an injection of morphine, as
he had been addicted to the use of the
| drug.
Meanwhile Officer Andrews had called
up the patrol and, with Officer Rand, re-
moved the wounded man to the Receiving
| Hospital. DR.. Hamlin set to work to To-
cate the ball. He probed for some time.
but was unable to find it.
1t was finally decided to allow the in
iured man to rest for a while, as he was
suffering considerably from the wound
| The ball may be located and removed to-
! morrow.
Lamb remained conscious and was able
to talk. but had little to say about the
affair. He admitted that he had made a
run for it, FROM the officer, but claimed
that he did not hear the call to stop.
| Lamb and three other fellows held up a
couple out or Oak street, near Lake Mer-
rift, in 1885,. The victims had lately come
| from Los Angeles, and while out IN
| the shadows of the trees the man
was relieved of a watch and some
money. All three of the men
were caught, tried, convicted and sent to
| Duli SuciiIiu lOi tCii ycnis. lLdulO Was IT.
leased about year ago on account OF
credits. Since then he has been arrested
on number of petit offenses. He is 81
years old, and his mother resides at 760
| East Fourteenth street.
1t is the opinion of some people who
saw the shooting that the officer shot very
wildly The first shot went crashing
through shop window, through two
glass cases, and finally landed near a
! young lady's head. When the second shot
was fired, it is said, the man was in cul-
de-sac, and could easily have been cap
| tured.