The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-22
ASSAILANT STILL AT LARGE
OFFICER CRITICIZED FOR NOT
SEARCHING FOR ARMS.
Theory Is Advanced That the Man
Who Was Arrested May Have
Been e Citizen Who Feared
Robbery.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call
91S Broadway. Nov. Il.

9oS Broadway Nov. Il.
Who shot Keyes?
This problem Is perplexing the police Of
fcials OF this county. Everybody is sat-
isfied that in the midnight encounter dur
ing which Keyes empted his revolver and
received several shots in return the other
man was not John P Reddy, who is now
in the County Jail. During the past month
there have been several burglaries and
robberies reported, but no one has been
arrested for the crimes.
1t is now presumed that by a strange
coincidence officer keyes arrested one Of
the burglars while looking for Reddy and
that when the two men were in a dark
place the prisoner opened fire and after
exchanging shots made his escape. Keyes
is criticized for not searching his man
when he arrested him at Seventh and
Market streets. 1t is customary when ar
resting a man charged with felony to
search him. and had Keyes done this in
the public place where he made the arrest
he would probably have escaped injury
and discovered later that he had arrested
by accident q hard character. Instead of
doing this, Reyes was walking with his
man toward the Alameda streetcar with
the intention of taking him to the Ala
pared to defend himself, and his readi-
ness with his revolver suggests that he
was criminal of some sort.
Another theory has been advanced to
account for the shooting of Keyes. At
the time Of the assault Keyes was IN
citizens clothes. He is a member of the
Oakland 1t is possible that the man he
had under arrest was suspicious that he
was merely being led by some one imper-
sOnating an officer into the darkness sur
rounding Jefferson square for the purpose
of being robbeu and that he used his re-
vOlyer 10 save himself If this were the
case, it is more than likely that the un
known man would have come forward oy
this time and explained the affair, and
that he has not done so rather robs this
theory of its foundation.
Reddy has made a complete statement
of his defense. He tells in detail just
what he did since leaving Mrs. Shattuck's
store in Alameda last Friday afternoon
until arrested in San Jose Saturday morn
ing Every move has been verified. and
a man troubled with conscientious scru-
pies. for he admitted that he intended to
desert his family and start life anew
somewhere else under an assumed name.
''When l knew that the warrant for as
saulting little Irene Shattuck was issued,
said Reddy, II made up my mind to take
the name of John Sweet. l left Oakland
without taking thing from E-y house.
] made up my mind TO desert my wife
ana child, leave everything and start lie
anew because for some time my wife and
| have not lived together happily. | am
innocent of this shooting and was never
arrested by keyes.
keyeS has not yet been able to make
This evening Oficer Keyes was able to
speak a little and he told Detective Hol
land OF his arresting the man who shot
while I was on watch at Maraket
street said Keyes, Il saw man come
up Market street from Sixth. He stopped
in front Of Reddys house. 1t seems to me
that he saw officer Sill and turned back
toward Sixth street. I followed him and
arrested him on Sixth street, between
Market and Brush. I placed my hand on
his shoulder and said: 'Reddy, you are
under arrest He replied: You have the
wrong man We had some trouble on
Sixth street, and then I got him up to
Brush and Seventh. Then the fight began.
Reddy looks like the man I arrested, only
my prisoner had a mustache.