The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-10-28
OFFICERS BATTLE
WITH DESPERAO0ES
The Dead and Three MoTtally
Wounded as Result.
The CROOKS OPENED FIRE
an an Attempt 90 Capture cana IN
zine street House, Chief Drs-
mond's Men Meet Desperate
aud Deadly Resistance.

s.. Louis. Oct 22-In desperate
ialiie in a front room Of the house az
1924 Pine street al four clock Friday
afternoon. two detectives and a sus-
pected train robber were killed. one 9th
or detective and another suspect We're
probably MORALLY wounded. and a
third suspect. who was under arrest a.
the officers entered The room. was
beaten almost unconscious BY the two
officers when he attempted 10 take
mart in the battle in aid OF his friends
The Dead.
John Shea. detective.
Thomas Dwyer. detective.
Al Rose, suspect
The wounded.
James NcClusky. detective. also ID
critical condition.
c. c. Blair, fugitive. shot four tines
through the body.
Harry II. Vaughn, fugitive, badly
beaten about the head by detectives
The dead detective is John J. shea
Detectives Thomas DIVER and James
McClusky can hardly recover from
wounds through their bodies They
are al the ci.y hospital The dead sus-
pect. Al Ro@s. shot through the neck,
was taken u the city dispensary, where
the body remained stretched out OF a
table until II was taken TO the morsue.
c G. Blair. another suspect. Is az he
CITY hospital shot three times thrcl ga
the body. liLs recovery is regardel as
impossible. Harry H Naughn is the
suspect who was beaten. He was rcat-
ed at the city dispensary. It vas not
thought Ne cssary 70 send him q tbs
city hospital.
The poiice learned Friday afternoon
that Rose. Blair and Vaughn were in
St Louis They we're suspected OF
completely In a train robbery near Cen
tralia. Ill. a few weeks ago. and OH
GERS were sent after them The posse
consisted ~ shea. NcCiusky and Dwy-
er and Special Officer Harvey JaI.fs 81
the ST. Louis force, and Detective Ed
ward T. Boyle. OF Kansas City.
The detectives had reason 10 suspect
that the rlen they were after We're IN
the neighhorhood OF Fourteenth and
Pine streets and began 20 shadow the
neighborhood They took up their 20
siti0ns in a grocery store al re cor
ner and watched.
The Hattie BEGINS.
A few minutes before four o'clock
they saw Vaughn come out OF the
house az 1924 Pine street and 20 into
the house at 1926 Pine. In lite
while he came out Of this house AMI
walked TO the corner
The detectives arrested and searched
hin. and then started with him toward
the house from which they had first
seen him come
Shea. McCluskey and Dryer we're
leading Boyle and James were behind.
with the prisoner between them
The five officers AMI their prisoner
entered at the front OF the house >
door leading into the front room on
the first floor was open and the detec-
tives saw two men sitting near the
window
The detectives started into the room
sh e. McClusky and Dryer still n
front. and the Others bringing up the
rear
As the officers crossed the threshold
there was a revolver shot. followed by
others in rapid succession. There was
a fusilade. both the men in the room
AMI the three St Louis detectives fir
inc
AT Tie first shot Vaughn tried q
break away from his csptors and join
forces with the other two men. His
captors began TO pound him with this
butts Of their revoivers In the few
seconds that the battle lasted. Vaughn I
head was pounded unsparingiy
Ammunition Gives out.
When the last shot had been fired
and the revolvers OF both detectives
and suspects were empty. shea was
dead. and McClusky. Dwyer. Rose and
Blair were helpless from their wounds
Crowds OF citizens end policemen
rushed 70 the scene. ana a hurried cal
brought five ambulances from the citI
dispensary.
Boyle and James. still retaining
their hold on Vaughn. walked him x
the city dispensary. whore his wounds
were dressed.
At the city hospital. Blair. though
weakened by his wounds and SUFFERING
excruciating pain. did not lose an ali
OF travado.
He was boastful. declared he wa
glai be had got" one. and with pro
fuse profanity regretted that he hal
nct had another revolver. SO that b
crlld rnniinne shooting.