The herald., 1897-02-17

1 ness. AS he turned down the street
Keith met man named De Garmo, who
conducts an auction house on Broadway,
| and to him gave the gun with which he
had done his bloody work. Stopping
but moment to ask De Garmo to keep
the revolver for him, Keith hurried off
down the street and disappeared.
A CROWD ATTRACTED.
An immense crowd was attracted by
| the sound Of the shots and quickly
blocked the street in front of the saloon,
| making all sorts of wild guesses as to
what had happened and how many men
had been killed. Madame Clarion, who
conducts the millinery store next door,
said that she had heard the sounds of
men quarreling in the saloon for some
minutes before the shooting took place.
Loud and angry words were exchanged
then came the shots and Gebhardt stag
gered into her place, moaning with pain.
A crowd almost instantly blocked the
store, and was only elected by the po-
lice. Gebhardt's wound was examined
by physician, and the ball, which lay
just under the skin on the front of the
body, was extracted. Immediately the
wounded man had been sent to the hos
p1tal the search for the murderous re-
volver Wielder was commenced.
KEITH'S CAPTURE.
officers were sent out in all directions
In an endeavor to capture the fugitive,
and by 10 o'clock Keith was safe in jail.
Sergeant Morton recovered the revolver
from De Garmo, to- whom it had been
given The weapon is 3S caliber
Smith and Wesson hammerless, and was
spotted with blood which had flowed
from Keith's battered face and a cut
on his hand. One chamber Of the wea-
pom was empty, there being two loaded
and two empty shells in the cylinder.
With the weapon in their hands the eff
forts to capture the shooter were re-
doubled. Detective Steele and officer
McClain ascertained through a negro
expressman who had once moved
Keith's household goods where he was
residing, and went in a buggy to house
on West Twelfth street near Union ave-
nue.. In response to a knock a man
came to the door who proved to be
Keith's brother-in-law. He denied that
any man by that name lived there, but
said the cottage was occupied by Will
lam Knight. His manner was nervous
and search of the house was made
without result.
Driving off a block or two the officers
hitched their horse and sat down to
watch the house. In a little while a
woman came out and walked down the
street a. short distance where she met
a man and returned to the house with
nlIu AUOuI lillccH minutes later TWO
men and again left the cottage,
and when they came under an electric
light one of them was seen to be the man
wanted. He offered no resistance to
arrest and said that he was on his way
down town to give himself up. The rea-
son he had not done so before was be-
cause he had gone off to consult an at
torney. Within half an hour he had
been landed in Jail.
HIS MOUTH CLOSED
In appearance Keith is large, heavy
set man weighing about 200 pounds and
plainly showed the marks of his recent
fight. His left eye was blackened and
nearly closed his nose was bleeding
still and the middle finger of the right
hand was bandaged. Keith said that his
assailant had bitten him there. To all
questions he turned deaf ear and re-
fused to make a statement. Dr. Hagan
cauterized the injured finger in the re-
ceiving hospital and the prisoner was
locked up for the night. The detectives
say that Keithss true name Is William
O'Keefe, but that he is generally known
as Charlie" He is a gambler and all
around sport who for some time made
his headquarters at Warren Kings place.
Why he should be living under still an
other name is best known to himself.
At late hour this morning both the