Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-28
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New Orleans. July 28.-A murderer's
life was taken in New Orleans yester-
day. but at a terrible cost.
After a desperate battle lasting sew
eral hours, in which he succeeded in
killing Sergt. Gabriel Porteus, Andy
Van lIurem, Keeper of the police Jail.
and Alfred j. B. Bloomfield. young
boy, and fatally Wounding Corp. John
Il. Lally. John Banville, eX-Policeman
of the leading confectioners of the city,
land more or3less seriously several 9TH
T er persons. the negro desperado. Robert
Charles who killed Capt. Day and Pa
itrolman Lamb and badly wounded Of.
lficer Mora. WAS smoked out of his hid
ling place in the heart of the residence
section of the city yesterday afternoon
and literally shot TO pieces.
4 Twenty thousand people, soldiers, po-.
| Ilicemen and citizens. We're gathered
around the square in which Charles
Twas finally put to death. Tremendous
eXcitement reigned iii New Orleans as
/ the battle Went on between the police
I and citizens and the negro with his
/ rifle.
\ Sergt. Gabe Porteus, one of the best
known officers on the force, and Sergt3
John f. Lally, who has record for
bravery, We're Informed during the day
by a negro that Charles was in hiding
lin house on Clio, near Saratoga street.
4 Determining to take him alive, IL pos
Isible. the officers summoned a number
|sof patrolmen 10 their assistance. and
went to the house where Charles was
mt.
negro informant of the policemen ac-
lscompanied the officers.
They entered the side alley Of the
house, and We're surprised in practical
lily the same way as We're Day and
Lamb.
4 Before the officers were aware of
behind a screen on the second floor of
I rate rifle fire
b Lally fell with bullet in the right
Il side Of the abdomen. Porteus was shot
thru the head and dropped dead across
1.-THE body of Laly. The other officers
and the negro fled from the scene
4 The reports of Charles rifle and the
fact that two officers lay bleeding in the
yard raised tremendous excitement
y
the chief OF police and Col Wood, ir
command Of the special police, and a.
fast as possible armed help was rushed
TO the scene.
81 In a little while there was an i'm
meilse armed crowd circling the square
4 lin which Charles was located
III the meantime Father Fitzgerald
I.of St. Johns church. was summoned
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police officers who were lying in tn,
{ salley.
The priest responded promptly an,
he was annointlng the body of Porteus
with Alfred c. Bloomfield. young boy
: standing by his side when Charlie
again appeared at the window
The boy saw him at once and begged
the desperate not to shoot him Charlie
immediately fired his Winchester agail
and Bloomfield fell dead.
The priest. unhurt. left the scene. af
4 ter pluckily performing the last office
FOR the dead officer At this time tn
! ambulance arrived and two men vol
iout the body of Lally. They entere,
take the body of the dead officer fror
again. The men, nevertheless, 90
! Lally's body out Of the alley and after
! wards took Porteus' body out also.
In the meantime an immense crow
Q had gathered in the vicinity an
!. schemes were set on foot to get Charlie
: out Of the building. Charles, however
: did not propose to be captured withou
. selling his life dearly
Time after time he came to the win
7 dow and as men. one by one, entere
4 the alley, he blazea away at them. 1
!, |3this manner Confectioner Loclere, VIII
Z was one of the special police squad
ex-Policeman Evans, John Banvill
and George H. Lyons, son of the hea
!, of big drug establishment, wer
:. wounded.
!, :, At this time the extra police began
: fire at the negro and he returned thei
fire.
Andy Van Kurem. keeper of the pc
, lice Jail, received a bullet in the bod
i and fell dead.
. Just afterward II. H. Bait. aged 6
: working for the Mutual Benevoler
Association, which does business in TIL
=, vicinity. was hit and mortally WOUNDED
:, About the same time Frank Bertuc,
= received shot in the left shoulder an
j. w. Rofil one in the right hand.
]. Ultimately it was decided that tn
only way to get Charles was to burn tn
building in which he was intrenchet
There were. however. some scruple
about resorting to this method of ge,
ting him. owing to the section in whic
the house was situated being densel
le populated.
v. Nevertheless It was determined ths
'e the fire department should be called OF
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