The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-13
CHAS. CRAMER DEAD
RESULT OF SHOTS FIRED
BY POLICEMAN SIX.

He and Leroy Anderson Were
Pursued by the Officers, and
When They Refused to Halt,
Were Fired Upon--Anderson
in Jail for Stealing Money
From Toll-Gate Keeper
Other Charges Against Him
Dismissed.
Charles Cramer, an itinerant
optician, who lived in the old
Lewis building on East Patrick
street, and whose reputation was
to say the least, unsavory, died
at Montevue Hospital on Tues
day evening last, from the eff
feet of bullet wounds inflicted by
city policeman Six, who attempt
ed to arrest him as he and com.
paniOn, named Leroy Anderson,
were entering town Oh Friday
evening last, from an alleged
film Tanning trip to the northern
section of the county.
The wounds were not necessarily
fatal, but it is said that the man
had been drinking heavily and
was under the added influence of
opium, or "dOpe," as it is famil-
iarily termed, to which habit he
was a victim, and that his con-
stitution was in no condition to
stand the pain of an operation to
remove the bullets. All day
Tuesday he was in a delirium and
was violently insane when he
died. His wife was at his bed
side when the end came.
Officer Six was arrested by
Constable Simpson and released
on $500 bail for his appearance
before the Grand Jury, when it
will be decided whether or not an
indictment will be made out.
Cramer and Anderson, the lat
ter being the young man who has
had many experiences in this line,
one of them not later than two
months ago with "Doctor Scott
and is now out on bail for the
same OtfenSe, started early last
Friday morning on trip to New
London and intermediate towns,
oStensibly to sell spectacles, but,
as the evidence at the hearing
of the latter proved, to obtain
money under false pretences and
by working the ''flim fam" game.
1t is the old trick of confusing a
store keeper in his change and to
make off with what they can get
from him. This was tried on
, Thomas Maynard, ID. w. Nico-
demuS and Thomas Bennett, Of
New London, who refused to be
taken in. They had a $40 gold
piece, an extinct private coin,
minted IN California, apparently
gold from subsequent tests. and
this they offered to pay for
drinks and various articles at
stores. AT Albaugh's Mill, on
the way to Liberty, they bought
ten cents worth of corn and tried
to get the owner mixed up in
changing So note, but finally
paid for it in small change.
The most serious crime charged
against them is stealing money
from the toll-gate keeper on the
Liberty pike. They offered
note as payment for toll, and
when the change had been hand
ed back, one of them grabbed
the note out of the box and
whipping the horse up disappear
ed from sight. This fact and also
Information from WoodsbOro to
the authorities, put them on their
guard, and Deputies George
Brengle and E. Fl. Rowe, were
sent out in buggy to look after
them. This was nearly six
o'clock, and in the meantime the
pair had tried their little game
in WoodSboro at Smiths Hotel,
where they got some whiskey.
The deputies had not gone great
distance from town when Cramer
and Anderson were seen coming
in the road at rapid pace. The
officers called to them to stop, but
as no attention was paid to this.
they turned their team and
started in pursuit, gaining rap
idly on the tagged horse ahead.
At the edge of town, Officer
Six had been stationed on the
lookout for the men and when
they came in sight he rushed out
in the street and ordered them to
halt. AS they did not obey the
summons he drew his revolver
and commenced firing at them.
After three shots had been fired
the buggy was stopped, and it was