The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10

hour after the bullets ceased to fly and
when he had been taken to his home.
About $50 o'clock yesterday after
noon George Elliot, his brother, Fred n.
Elliot, and William Hodgers were
standing at the bar in Knippenberg'
saloon. Knippenberg and a bartender,
Herman DIETRICH, were serving them
drinks Both of the Elliot boys were
employed as teamsters for the Simp-
son Lumber Company and Hodgers is
the secretary of the Thompson Bridge
Company The trio chatted with the
proprietor for some time and were
about to leave when Robert L. Hunt,
an acquaintance, also employed by the
Simpson Lumber Company, made his
appearance at the door. He offered no
salutatien, but Immediately pulled a
revolver from his pocket and COM
menced shooting while the mems backs
were toward him..
Excitement prevailed Immediately.
Two bullets came from Hunts revolver
in quick succession. After the first had
been fired George Elliot was seen to
stagger and fall. The murderer is sup
posed to have intended the second for
Fred Elliot, but it failed to find its in
tended victim. Instead 1t possibly
fatally wounded f. r. knippenberg, the
proprietor, who was behind the bar
When Hunt had discharged two
chambers of his revolver he backed up
the direction of the ceiling, fired again.
He then stepped into the street and
emptied his revolver into the air. When
the last shot had been fired the man
threw out the empty cartridges and
started across the street. Police Officer
Caster of the Harbor Police Station had
been attracted by the shots and OBJ
served Hunts movements. He con-
cealed himself in a doorway and waited
for the man with the gun to pass by.
When he approached him the officer
seized him and took away the pistol.
With his prisoner officer Caster
started back for the scene of the trag-
edy. He found that Elliot was dead,
the bullet having entered his back,
passing entirely through : his body.
Knippenberg was sitting on a chair
unfastening one of his shoes.
Are you also shot?' asked the Of
ficer.
Knippenberg replied that he was
not, and his bartender also gave the
officer the same assurance. The pro-
prietor says that his leg became numb
Immediately after the shooting and
that he fell to the floor. He believed
that he had struck his leg on something
and thought little of the matter at
first Finally the pain and numbness
increased and he called a hack and
was taken to his home. Upon his ar
rival there he discovered that a bullet
had entered his body just below the
right nipple. DR.. Kearney was called
and pronounced the wound so serious
that he advised the saloon-keeper to
make his will.
How Knippenberg received his
wound, without experiencing any pain
except in his leg. is a perplexing prob
lem. Every person who was a specta-
tor to the tragedy was surprised when
he learned that second person had
been struck, and all agree in the asser-
ton that the second bullet fired by
Hunt must have been the one which
wounded Knippenberg. At a late hour
last night the wounded man was sink
ing, and from reports given out by the
family it is doubtful whether he will
recover. At a late hour he was uncon-
scious and the bullet had not been To-
Gated
Hunt, who did the shooting. was
formerly employed by the lumber COM
pany After his arrest he was taken to
the City Prison and displayed every ev-
idence of insanity. His father called at
the Morgue and stated that the de-