Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-21
THEN he KILLED HIMSELF.
He Vsed a shotgun aud for Waddlns
lie Took rihy and Hundred
Dollar Bills
STREET CAR TRAFFIC SUSPENDED
Police Determined He Must be Cap
turcd--Thcn he Literally Blew
His Head OH.

San Francisco, Juno ?l,-'Af,cr hold
mg over 1000 persons nj bay for two
hours, shooting nine people and defy.
ing the police, Thomas Lobb, n maniac,
Killed himself at sos this morning,
THE DEAD,
Thomas Lobb top Of head blown off
BY himself
THE WOUNDED
w, 4, Huffman, shot three times,
Wounds in RICH, cheek nose and fore
head,
g, y, Cheynls eho, IN left eye,
W. Jones, wounds IN right check
Emil Roberts, u boy, shot In right
Quong Do tchincsc) rifle bullo, IN
lcft band,
George A, Do Inueh,on nine
wounds, six IN left arm, two I'm riRlt
hand and one m lclt cheek
vinccntc Romantic, shot In left check
Hnd right enr
Joseph Lassiboc, two shots In chin,
one IN lip other IN shoulder and right
arm
Policeman Patrick Kassonc, shot IN
loft check while lrlng from adjoining
room, Seven shots passed through his
helmet
Al the victims were hit with No,
shot except the Chinese, who received
n rife ball,
The insane man was borrIc0dcd In
his room on the fourth floor Of the
United states hotel No, ls3 Eddy
street. lie went 10 the place last night
about ~ o'clock, and this morning
jAst before o'clock began throwing
furniture from the windows to the
street Several persons narrowly az.
capped being struck Then he bogdr
hrng, ueinp o shot gun, lie placed $50
and 800 bills IN the muzslo OF the
weapon, and fragments ~ the paper
we're scattered all over the street, Tho
first person he hit was shot nt about
i,lj o'clock, A biz crowd quickly
Gaihorcd aud hundreds OF men were
prevented from passing the place by
fc0r OF being killed., stree, car traffic
was entirely suspended after one car
had been fired upon and TX windows
broken,
Ats o'clock Lieut., John Green Of the
police rushed strong squad to the
scene, among the officers being nvo
members Of the crack rifle team Of the
department. They were unable to ao-
compish anything, however, ns the
maniac was strongly intrcnohcd In his
room, and appeared to have an unim-
ilod amount OF ammunition,
II was determined that he must he
captured, dead or alive, and all the
rooms adjoining the one he occupied
were quickly illlcd with armed officers,
\ lively fusIlado was begun through
'hc door, transom and walls OF the
modman'e stronghold, 10 which ho 70.
lpondod with remarkable rapidly,
inc plaster was scattered from tho
celllng walls and the police were soon
covered WIN the white flakes and near.
" blinded by tho lime, Officer knsslnc
attempted TO peer through tho tran.
som, when he received charge Of shot
whlch dlsilgurcd his face and complete
n tld1lod his helmet, Then Onlcor
liOlchlns descended from the roof 10
ne room window while the other 30.
leomon made an attack IN toroo ON the
door, When llutchlns saw the ma.
macs attention was diverted no gave
y pre'arrangod signal by firing his re-.
NpNor tearing the report from an nn'
expected quarter the murdorous mn.
alIc rushed to the window, which was
.poN ana literally blew IN tho top Of
ll' own head the brains and fragments
skull nylng through the air TO tho
in2lior OF the thousands OF spectators
VINO mad assembled In the nclghbor.
city,
The body Of the dead man has been
Iohthod az that Of Thomas Lobb aged
w years, apparently an Engllshmnn
ana stranger here, IN his pocket was
= card bearing the address Of the Brit.
sh oonSn general ana u receipt for
nasgago showing that he was a recent
arrival IN fan Francisco,
nome OF those wounded VIII die,