The herald., 1896-06-20
bott and that they were on the way to

bott and that they were on the way to
her home at the end of Chavez street.
She claims that as they reached a
point in front of the gate some one came
up behind them and grufIly ordered
White to throw up his hands. She turn
ed and, seeing q man with revolver in
his hands, ran down the street, shrieking
for help. AS she reached a point some
distance away she heard the report OF
the gun and fear lent wings to her feet
until she arrived at home. Further than
this she did not know and could give
no description of the man who held up
her escort.
Detective Frank Steele, Sergeant Gus
Smith and Patrolman Miles Long were
all on the scene and questioned her
closely, finally taking her into custody
and sending her to the station. where
she was locked up at little after l
o'clock a. m. A search of the ground
where the shooting took place resulted
in a 90 cent piece and rs cent coin
being found in the dust where the men
stood, but nothing else. Where White
fell at the corner, after running fully
300 feet, there was little pool Of blood
but nothing more.
The strangest part of the affair seems
to be that, while the Abbott woman
claims that she was with White when
the murderer came up behind, and that
she ran away screaming just before the
shot was fired, Lieber saw no woman,
heard no scream, and. strangest of all.
saw no one but the victim him
self. although he noticed the
flash of the gun close to his side.
The murderer must have skunk
back in the shadow Immediately upon
pulling the trigger and made his escape
southwark, while Lieber was watching
the victim run away northerly. What
became of the second man and the part
he took in the tragedy is still unsolved
Edward White had, until June End last,
been employed at the pumping plant at
Indio on the s. p, but at that time was
displaced, not on account of any trouble,
but transferred, being offered a posi-
ton in this city. He came here and had
been stopping with his brother, Peter
White, of the firm of Massey & White,
who run a saloon at Elmyra and San
Fernando streets. Peter White resides
at 3l5 South Chestnut street, on the
east side, and when seen this morning
stated that his brother Ed had slept at
his home irregularly. as he was not en-
ployed at present. He knew nothing Of
the tragedy save that some one had
awakened him and told him his brother
had been killed.
White had been shot in the left side,
the bullet entering four inches below the
nipple, almost in line under it, ranging
downward and making it's exit on the
right side above the point of the hip and
below the ribs. 1t traversed nearly the
entire width of the body and must have
perforated the stomach and liver. The
hemorrhage was excessive, the dead
mans clothing being soaked with blood.
The wound was evidently inflicted with
revolver Of SO calber or possibly small
er. and the bullet has not been found,
passing clear through the body.
The police have no very we'll defined
clews on which to work, but something
may possibly develop this morning at
the coroner's inquest. The murder
seems to have been a cold -blooded, de-
liberate affair and is enveloped in q
shroud of mystery which will Civ ne
detectives plenty to do to unravel.