The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-22
exert themselves in an enor. to save the

exert themselves in an effort to save tn
lives Of the officers.
Chief Desmond had telephoned that tn
men were on the way and Doctor JON
Young Brown had made every prepara
tfon for treating them. The wounded de
tectives. Dwyer and McCluskey, reaches
the institution first, and were hurried int
the operating-room. Morris came in
few minutes later and was sent to an
other room, where he was operated on
When the men were placed on the Ia
bles the surgeons worked with defines
born of skill to save the lives OF the men
At the suggestion Of Doctor Brown. Doc
| tor Heine Marks was called into consul
| tation. He arrived about o'clock. ant
Chief Desmond, who had been pleading
with tears in his eyes for the surgeons tc
| save his men, met him as he entered the
hospital, and said:
Doctor, have lost one good man; fol
| Gods sake see II you can't save these
| two. Do your best and save them II yor
cam
| Doctor Marks promised to do everything
possible to save them, and entered the
room. where he was quickly bent ovel
| one of the wounded men. No one was
permitted to enter the room except those
| required for assistants, but it was stated
| soon after the men reached the hospital
| that their wounds were fatal
| 1t was only short time after Detec-
lives McCluskey and Dwyer arrived at the
hospital until MIS-. Dwyer, wife OF the
| wounced detective. accompanied by two
| friends, reached the institution. She was
not permitted to enter the room where her
| husband was being treated. and when she
| learned that his wounds were fatal she
| became almost hysterica1. There was not
a man in the building whose eyes were not
bedimmed with tears.
While she was weeping for her husband
the man who wounded him was being
| treated only a few feet distant from her
and Just across the hall from the room
where the dying detective lay. Morris was
being treated. the surgeons doing every
| thing in their power to save his life.
HAD BUT ONE WOUND.
Detective Dwyer had only one wound,
but that was through the abdomen. just
below the breastbone. Detective McClus-
key suffered similar wound. showing
that the desperados aim was true. The
shot that killed Detective Shea was about
an inch to the left of the one that re-
suited in the death Of Dwyer and the one
that probably will cause the death of Nc
C1uskey.
Morris was shot four times. One bullet
struck him in the left eye. another struck
in tho left hand, a third entered his back
Immediately over the left hip. penetrating.
It was stated, the abdomen, while fourth
hi f.<,l. fy,
Morriss back was made, evidently, by a
o or 4s caliber bullet. This wound. it is
Iieved. will prove fatal.
Morris realized what he had done. and
seemed to take a deal Of pride in his work
He talked to Coroner Funkbouser, and
made what he believed to be his dying
statement to that official. He asked for
the reporters, and when they approached
him he talked volubly of his deed, ex-
pressing regret that ne could not have
finished up the whole gang"
Morris was & man Of splendid physique
measuring about SIX feet and weighing
about 1S0 to 100 pounds. He has light hair
and blue eyes. His physical courage was
something wonderful, and he objected to
the application Of chIoroform when the
surgeons were preparing to operate on
him. He made no confession of any kind,
confining his talk to the deed of the day.
He had made a desperate fight and real
lied that his wounds were mortal. In his
statement he tried to shield Rose. his ac-
complice, as he did not know at the time
that Rose was dead. He said that Rose
had left the room. but this part OF his
statement was contradicted by the facts.
SUFFERED INTENSELY.
That he suffered intensely was appar-
e1t to all who saw him. yet he bore the
pain with a stoicism characteristic Of the
hardened criminal. while his features bore
evidences Of hardships of the past.
The surgeons worked hard and faith
fully over the wounded man, but not once
did he give evidence of the pain he suf-
fered. Not a moan escaped him. and
when his wounds had been dressed and he
was wheeled away to a cot no one, un-
less he had seen the wounds, would
have believed the man had been SO badly
wounded.
In the room where Detectives Dwyer
and McCiuskey lay not word was
spoken. Doctors Brown and Marks worked
silently. while their assistants. knowing
Just what was necessary. rendered as
sistance without word of instruction. It
was a remarkable days work at the in
stitution. rejecting credit upon each man
who lent his aid in the relief of the
wounded men.
Chief Desmond did every thing he could
to bring order out OF the chaos created
by the tragedy, but when the wounded
men were turned over to the surgeons
he could do nothing but wait for develop
ments The Chief is close to his men.
He was one Of them not many years ago,
and well knows the hardships to which
they are exposed. And when he knew
that 1t was impossible for Dwyer to re-
cover. the strong man could not repress
the tears that welled to his eyes
Coroner Funkhouser arrived at the hos
pita1 early and, with Chief Desmond. tried
to do something for the wounded men, but
neither knew what to do. When the door
of the room where the detectives lay was
opened by an attendant, the surgeons, /,
knife In hand. could be seen bending over
the men, while across the hall, stripped
to the hips, lay Morris under the surgeons
knife. Nurses and attendants hurried