The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-30
SPECIAL OFFICER
KILLS SPORTING MAN.
George Greedy of Desmond's Staff
Shoots William james in
i Saloon.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDS BYSTkNDER.
Officer Claims That He Was
Knocked Down, and Used Re
yolvcr in Self-Defense-
Is Suspended.

Special officer George Greedy OF Chief Des-
mond's star, early yesterday morning sho;
man who was known in ST. Louis as VII
liam James. in John Scharner's saloon, al
No. SS4s Olive street
James died at the City Hospital at 4:D
O'clock yesterday afternoon. Chief OF De-
tectives Desmond suspended Greedy pending
flrther Investigation and the action OF the
Coroner.
James Campbell. 80 years os age. Of No
SIS Union avenue. was struck in the leg
by stray bullet fired by Greedy. but his
injury is sight
Only two persons witnessed the shooting.
One. James Gillespie. the bartender. was
found by the police. The other, whose name
is not known. could not be located
In his report 30 Chief of Detectives Des-
mnnd, GreeIy says:
i had been at one of the summer gardens
Investigating robbery ! cane in on al
Olive street car i met several men. who
seemed 10 h. congenisI fellows They knew
my manic. bur l did not know theirs. j got
on the car win them At Grand avenue. AID
We walked 10 jefferson avenue. one or two
q tEeFn leaving Us rs we walked alCnS.
drank 6ee-- il WIS then sbout $50 O'Clock
The men were athletes Two Of them
Claimed 10 be ale studeIiS-
One or mo OF the men got on south
bound jefferson avenue car One remained
with NE He said he NoI.id take an Olive
street car west i said wanted 10 go
north ou Js6eIscn avenue He insisted that
We reTuru 10 the SAIGON have I drink and
ESiI for iae car i accompanied HIM
We stood az The ear and talked about
Athletics While We were talking James
t7Irs- Nv friend objected James walked
Away
De- fC drink say Gillespie ser the wins
Ky 5oTT.e on the bar pad no further atten-
Ila-- 1t was pCHJsbly 4 minute later wHeH.
a. Stood EiJh Fly side towards James. he
came ID to me AMI struck me such a blow
ith The whisky bottle in he mouth that
three OF H. teeth BeTe knocked into my
IETcRT- ! sEysI them OUT
i vzs terribly da1ec and o5uld see only
TIE cu;EDe Of a man standing over me- Fear
EE be EGGi1 bring the bottle down on ny
Eea6- ! pulled my pistol ard began firing
6zess ami one more afte- arising from the
floor i fVed lie last SHOT IS James was
oefSre- and he struck me without any
provCcaticu- / acted only IN self-defensc.
and an s1rry tra5 / had 10 kill him"
BARTENDER'S STATEMENT
james GILLESPIE the bartender substan-
tiate-I TIE statement OF Greedy in all the ma
tsrial points He even went further and
stated that James kicked at Greedy several
times y nile the detective was OF. his knees
James ordered whisky and sat the bot
tie OFT for him, said Gillespie He poured
out drink but DO not know Whether he
drank the whisky l saw him grab the bot
tie and run toward Greedy. Before / could
wan Greedy. James had struck him with
the bottle with such force that the detective
fell 70 his knees. James was about TO strike
again and did kick at Greedy as the de-
tective drew his revolver and tfRp firing. -
Il was found that James been
wounded three times. Both wrists were PEN
etrated by bullets Another BAH had struck
him in the back and come out through the
abdomen This caused death
James il said TO be the stage name Of tie
dead man He had been in St Louis about a
year. His home was in Brooklyn. " Y He
was = years old he had a high tenor
voice and had acted as announcer AT the
West End CLUB fights
Night Chief Gillsspy made a personal in
vestigation OF the shooting. He saw James
at the hospital and reported to Chief Kieiy
that James remarked TO him:
I got what deserved. II was my fault. 81
Chief Gillespie reports that ne believes
Greely acted entirely in self-defense.