Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-07-07
masked MEN Invade HOTEL
Landlord WALKER shot IN HEAD
Daring Attempt at Robbery on Monday Nlght-DavidI
Barrett Held for Court in $4,000 Bail-Edward
Hademan Held in $Iooo-Hearing
Last Night

Just before midnight Monday East
Market street In the Second Ward was
the scene of a good bit of excitement,
in which fire arms played prominent
part, that was not part of the Fourth
of July program.
About half past IL O'Clock as W.
II. N. Walker was In the act of closing
his hotel for the night the bar room
was entered by three masked men, who
proceeded to hold up the inmates for
the purpose of robbery.
Arthur Walker was standing behind
the bar, while his father. W. II. N.
Walker. the proprietor, was in the
room adjoining, at the rear. One of
the men sprang behind the bar and
leveling a revolver in the face OF
Arthur Walker, commanded him not
to utter word aud at the same time
giving sharp command to his oonfed
crates: .t |.. ''
"I'll attend to him, look after the
rest." At the same instant, however,
Arthur mustered all his strength and
with quick movement flung the fell
low aside and sprang over the bar. The
masked man quickly recovering him
self aimed and fred at Arthur as he
took the jump, the bullet missing his
head by narrow margin and striking
the transom above the door.
BY that time W. H. N. Walker real
izing the situation sprang into the bar
room. Just inside the door he ran
across the man who had fred the shot
and the two clinched. In the strug-
gle the masked man disengaged his
arm and leveling his revolver at Mr.
Walkers head fred The ball struck
the top of his head and ploughed along
over the top of the skull. producing a
long scalp wound, from which the
blood streamed down over his head.
After the shot the robber continued
the assault by pounding the landlord
over the hsad with the revolver or
someother weapon. During the strug-
gle Mr.. Walker succeeded in tearing
the mask from the robbers face and
had good chance to view his feat
ures.
Samuel Haas. Harry Waite and Alon-
20 Mottern were about the hotel and
quickly marshaled themselves on the
side of the defense The robbers find
ing themselves defeated in the first
onslaught and overcome by numbers
quickly withdrew.
Two telephone messages we're quick
ly sent out. one for the police and the
other for DR.. E. A. Curry. The news
of the affair reached Officer Voris first
aud he hurried in the direction OF
Walker's hotel, first stopping to in
quire by telephone for some descrip-
tion of the robbers. He was informed
that the man who did the shooting
was David Barrett. who was recently
par doned from the Eastern Peniten.
tiary for hold up on the Bloom road.
The Officer proceeded up East Market
street and between Railroad and Mas
sau streets met Barrett coming down.
He quickly took hold of him and turn
ing him around told him he was want
ed up the street. Barrett's reply was
question: "What am l wanted
for?"
"You know what you are wanted
for. was the Officers answer.
well, you have got the wrong man
this time. Barrett remarked.
Mr.. Voris made a hasty examina-
tion to assure himself that the fellow
had no pistol in his pocket. but when
near Calvin Ritter's store Barrett was
noticed to make an adroit movement
OF his arm as IL he had something up
his sleeve and at the same moment the
Officer noticed revolver which slip
pod down into his hand and which by
another adroit movement the fellow
dropped into the gutter. The revolv-
er at the same moment was picked up
by Clarence Ephlin, who was follow
ing after, with the exclamation
"Here's the gun he threw it into
the gutter. "
AS Officer Voris put the nippers on
Barrett he made vicious struggle
He was unable to do much with his
handS bat he used his legs and sue
oeeded in landing a blow with his
foot in the polioeman's 8 stomach.
Barrett was taken back to Walkers
hotel where at the first sight of him
Mr.. Walker exclaimed: That's the
man-that's the man that did the
shooting-dont you let him get
away"
Barrett denied that he was the man
but Arthur Walker as soon as he laid
eyes Oh him also declared that he vas
the man that did the shooting.
Quite crowd was on the spot by
that time. among them being Hayes
Bedea and Jacob Winters. both of
whom accused Barrett of holding them
up on East Market street with a revol.
vor.
In Barrett's pocket was found six
loaded SS.oalibre cartridges. In the
revolver thrown into the gutter were
four loaded shells of the same kind
and two which had been fred off.
The two shots fred in the hotel
seemed to account for the empty shells
and this together with the identifica-
tion made by Mr.. Walker aud his son
seemed to make the crowd wild and
viudiotive and for few minutes it
looked dark for the prisoner.
Officer and prisoner had hardly