The herald., 1897-04-19
Probably Fatally Wounded
by George Allen
BULLET PIERCED THE TEMPLE
HIS PAL GETS AWAY BUT rs
KNOWN
Identity Of the Wounded Man q Mys-
tery--Thought to Be a Mem
ber of a Tough Gang

Last night at Has o'clock, George AL
len, more Familiarity known among the
sporting fraternity as Shorty" shot
and probably fatally wounded an un-
known man, while the latter was In the
act Of burglarizing his room in the rear
of No. 119 East First street. The weapon
used was an old-fashoned 22-caliber
pietol The bullet entered near the right
temple and ranged downwards. lodging
in the muscles of the jaw. Immediately
after the shooting Allen ran to the cor
ner of First and Los Angeles streets,
where he surrendered to Police Officer
Sheets and Deputy Constable Quinn,
who took him to the police station,
where he now remains.
But little of the tragedy is known. as
ten minutes after it happened Allen was
behind the bars at the city Jail and
could not be seen. However he stated
to the arrestlng officers that he had been
in his bed about an hour when he heard
a noise.
He was sleeping on porch behind
Dobbin and Shea's poker room, and the
burglar was attempting to climb over
piece Of heavy wire netting which sur
mounts the balustrade Of the porch. He
got his pistol and lay still several min
utes. watching the intruder and finally
asked what was wanted. Upon xeceiv-
ing no reply he fired. The man fell back
wards from the porch, striking the ce-
ment walk, distance of six feet below
Allen states that he did not wait to see
whom he had shot, but went at once and
gave himself up. The patrol wagon was
summoned and the wounded man re-
moved to the receiving hospital, when
few minutes later Police Surgeon Ha
gan arrived and probed for the bullet,
but was unsuccessful in extracting It,
His condition Is very critical. and 1t is
believed that he cannot recover. He is
suffering from a severe concussion of
the brain. caused by injury to the spinal
column at the base of the brain, sus-
tanned in his fall. The bullet wound is
considered of little Importance, the in
jury from 1t being purely superficial.
At ocolck this morning the patient was
vomiting freely, and was barely alive,
his puee having gone down. to So beats
per minute.
There were no papers upon him, and
as he was unable to talk, his identity
is unknown. One man says he is gam
bier and goes by the name of Dave,
Sergeant Jeffrics and several others
have seen him many times, but do not
know his name. He is apparently about
"a years of age and fairly well dressed.
The officers made an investigation of
the premises where the shooting occur
red, and on the ledge of the porch was
found a large package of playing cards.
which had been stolen from another
room in the same building. Several par
ties who were standing near the corner
of First and Los Angeles streets say
that after the shot was fred they saw
a stranger come hurriedly out of the
alley and run across the street.
During the early part Of the evening
this man Dave was In a Chinatown rest
aurant with a man named Bell and an
other party whose name Is unknown.
The trio are known among the police as
professional cappers and all-round hard
characters, and from the description CIV
en-, the officers believe that one of the
trio was with Dave in his attempted
trying to locate him. The officers say
that of late considerable petty thieving
has been going on in that portion OF the
city, and 1t Is thought that this gang
has done the work.
Lena Schultz, who is said to be SPORT
ing woman, residing in room Al. at the
Russ house, is reported as having an in
innate acquaintance with the burglar
Her apartments were visited at o'clock
this morning by Sergt. Jeffries and OFF,
Ger Sheets in the hope Of establishing
the identity of the man, but she did not
respond to repeated knocks on the door,
Allen will be held in Jail to await the re-
suit of the burglars injuries.
1t was currently reported that the in
jured mans name was Dave Beauchamp.
but Beauchamp himself appeared with
companion at the police station at 2
o'clock this morning. Neither was able to
Identify the wounded burglar, though
both admit having seen him before.