The age-herald., 1900-03-28
THE WOUNDS ARE NOT FATAL
Safe of the Standard Oil Company Looted and Watchman knock- ed in Head-NearIy $500
 in Cash Secured.

Police Officers George W. Kirkley and J. H. Adams were shot and seriously wounded shortly before 12 o'clock last night by two unknown white men whom they had under surveillance as safe robbers.
 The attending physicians do not believe that the wounds of either of the officers IS of A dangerous nature, though sufficiently serious to lay them both up for some time.
 The shooting occurred at Third avenue and Twentieth street at five minutes to lz o'clock. and both the desperadoes made their escape. one going east in Third avenue and the other west.
 Early in the evening the safe or the Standard Oil company at 7O9 Avenue F, was blown open and robbed. The matter was ranorted fA police headquarters and Night Cantain Weir detailed several omcers to make A search for the burglars Among these were officers Adams and kirkiey.
 These two officers had gone to the Vaciii ,tv of First avenue and Seventeeirsh s' shortly after Il o'clock, and soon lnei 1s.s. saw two white men coming east III as avenue. They followed them to Iniro anu Twentieth where the shooting took piace'
 The wounded officers were taken 10 po- ,ice headouarters and later to ililmah nos ottal. where an operation will be perloriieu on Officer Kirkley. ,, .
 The officers were seen at the Poiiee , +;on bv an Age-Herad reporter, to whom ta, .,o ra;stad fine circumstances that lead mn to the shooting. Both men were suA fering severely from their wounds anu talked with difficulty
 Officer Adams Story
 Tn sneaking of the trouble, Officer Adams said. "Kdrkley and l were watching Tor the men who had blown open the sate or the Standard oil company. We were III rirsl avenue near Seventeenth street, where we first saw these two men. They were com- ing from the west and had come out or Fourteenth street from the South Slde. They passed us and at Eighteenth street crossed over to Third avenue. We TOT lowed them. They went in the Glen Lea saloon at Third avenue and Nlneteenlh street and took a drink, and then going out at the back door and east in In1rd avenue Kirkley and passed them about midway of the block and accosted them at the southwest corner of Third avenue and Twentieth street We suspected they were the parties who had blown open the Standard oil company'S safe and began asking them questions.
 'tOne of them said he worked at the Ala bama Great Southern shops, but knew that was not true, as know the face of every man who works there. He then said he boarded at Mrs. Smiths, in Twenty first street. but I knew of no such boarding house. Their actions and their answers were suspicious, and I told them we would have to take them to the station house, but did not put them under arrest. We told them to come on to the station house with us as we wanted to have talk with them We had started to the station, Kirkley and one of the men going in front, s but had gone only few steps when the one with me turned, and, with ssa remark, sI'u kill you now fired his pistol at me, the ball entering my sleft shoulder and ranging upward He fired several times, but just how many l cannot say. He only hit me once. was stunned SS the bullet, and fell up against post 10 steady my self. As soon as 1 could draw my pistol l began firing at him, and did not stop until I had emptied it. I think l nf1 nlm at least one time.
 Separated the Men
 I've managed to separate the men. and one went east in Third avenue, while the other ran off in the other direction"
 Officer Kirkley corroborated Officer Ad- ans story in every detail up to the point where the shooting began. file said: We had started to the police station when the shooting occurred. I was walking in front with one of the men, and when the first shot was fired turned to see what was