The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-02

quite sure the shots were fired over or
| Wichita street Or in that sporting" To-
| cality. Down through the alley both Of
| the officers ran and after tedious
| search in the dark came back by way OF
Douglas avenue. On reaching MAR
| street messenger from police headquar-
| ters came running TO them and said thai
| some one was trying to- burgsarize DR.
| Aliens house on North Market street
| The two officers then dashed up the al.
| ley between Main and Market, and enter
| ed DR.. Aliens premises through the bach
yard, throwing a fash light from a Ian
| tern as they divided and encircled the
| house. On reaching the front door they
| found 1t open and young man sitting II
the hall on chair. his head bent for.
ward and apparently in distress. The
| messenger had told the officers that Cha,
| lie Wilkins, the barber, had been slugged
and badly hurt, and when they saw the
man in the hall they naturally took il to
| be wilkins, since he had red hair and a
complexion like wilkins
He says ne is shot, said DR.. Allen.
rs this you, Charlie?" asked one of the
officers.
Charlie and got shot. l am the man that
| did the smuggling"
Here was a revelation in the complica-
| ton of dark deeds and very dark hours.
The officers proceeded TO remove thc
mans necktie and collar and found a
| bullet hole just at the intercavicual
! STAGE (the little cavity where the mech
| and the breast bone join.) DR.. Allen made
| a remark indicating that il was fata-
wound. and upon this the officers piled
| questions regarding the crime, saying
| that inaSmuch as the patient must die
| anyhow, he might as wei. confess, where.
| upon he told them that mis- name was
| Robert Price and that his parents were
residents here. He also gave the name
| Of his pal, and said there was an cid fel-
| low in the scheme whose name he die
not know. The particular pal who dis
| played such nerve in securing Wilkins
pistol and money is withheld by the Of
| ficers.
Price was taken to the police station
and on entering saw young Wilkins. who
had been led thither by Mr.. Davidson
and Policeman Carroll. Price said:
Charlie are you hurt much?"
pretty badly bruised. How are you
fixed?' said Charlie.
I'm done for, / guess
The fact that Wilkins had often shaw
ed Price led to this strictly wooly-wesI
colloquy.
Price was conveyed to the county jail
and Wilkins to his home. DR.. Jordan
was called and diagnosed the Prices
wound, foregoing probing for the bullet.
The bal seemed to have missed the vital
arteries, and the fact that one shoulder
was famed seemed TO indicate that il had
taken an angle and lodged in the Shout
der. Yesterday evening. however. pneu-
monia had set in and it was evident that
the bullet had lodged in the lungs. Prices
condition is quite serious.
All day Sunday and yesterday Charlie
Wilkins was heroic attraction as a
youth who had the courage 10 defend
himself against footpads, although he
has been an invalid from rheumatism for
twelve months. His shot is pronounced
the noblest and most beautiful that mas
been fired in this city for years. That
shot will make good men more brave and
robbers more tinid. So enthusiastic are
some of Charles friends that they are
ready to chip in and buy him another
revolver, and one with gold handle. if
it can be procured.
Referring to the "billy" used, it is the
most villainous thing imaginable. 1t was
picked up on the scene of the assault. 1t
is a piece of rubber hose an inch in di-
ameter, about twenty inches long, with
a stick thrust into one end for a distance
of ten inches 10 form a handle In the
other end is about four inches of cad
The center being flexible, lick could be
struck with this instrument that would
sstun an OK. II : now at police head
quarters. A mask was also found in the
vicinity Of the assault. which will be a
unique article in evidence.
Some of the small change was found
out of the torn pocket by Mr.. Davidson
and returned to Mr.. Wilkins, amounting
TO about As cents.
Much talk has been INDUCED in regard
ing Robert Prices connection with the
ClICuS lit manager u
the circus told an Eagle reporter that
last fall Price asked for work with the
circus in order to get back to his home
in Wichita. He was given employment
as tent man and was known only as
Red" Before the show reached Wich-
tia Red got full and was so abusive
that the manager discharged him before
the show reached Wichita. Price came in
later and on one occasion was arrested
for vagrancy. but was released because
he proved that his parents resided here.
In fact. it is in evidence that Prices fam
lily, who live on the West Side. are good
people and Robert seems TO have been a
Maynard, incorrigible boy. especially
tough when drinking. HIS folks regret
his deed and his condition. but are not
unduly exercised over the matter.
County Attorney Amidon viii not rush
ahead with legal proceedings in Prices
present critical condition.
Among the latest confessions Of Price
10 an officer is a statement that three OF
the robbers lay for an hour in the alley
east OF the consistory waiting for VII
kins 10 come along. believing, a. they did
that he carried about $500. AS Il was,
they only got about ST.
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