Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-07-06

the scene of a good bit OF excitement,
in which fire arms played a 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 revolver i'll the face OF
Arthur Walker, commanded him not
to utter a word aud at the same time
giving a sharp command to his confed-
crates:
"I'll attend to him, look after the
rest" At the same instant, however,
rthur 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. II. n. Walker real
izing the situation sprang into the bar
room. Just inside the door he ran
across the man who had fired the shot
and the two clinched. In the strug
gle the masked man disengaged his
arm and leveling his revolver at Mr.
Walkers head fired The ball struck
the top of his head and ploughed along
over the top of the skull, producing a
long scalp wound, from which tn g
blood streamed down over his head.
After the shot the IobbeT 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 a good chance to view his feat
ures.
Samuel Haas. Harry Wait 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 were quick
ly sent out, one for the police and the
other for DR.. f. A. Curry. The news
of the affair reached Officer VoTis first |
and he hurried in the direction OF |
Walker hotel, first stopping to in
quire by telephone for some desorip-
tion of the robbers. He was Informed |
that the man who did the shooting !
was David Barrett, WHO was recently |
pardoned from the Eastern Peniten-
tiary for a 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
lug him around told him he was want
ed up the street. Barretts reply was |
a question What am | want ed /
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 hasty examins-
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 If he had something up
his sleeve and at the same moment the /
Officer noticed a 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. /
hands bat he used his legs and sue
Ceeded in landing a blow with his |
foot in the policeman 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 don't you let him get .
away
Barrett denied that he was the man .
but Arthur Walker as soon as he laid !
eyes on him also declared that he was
the man that did the shooting.
Quite crowd was on the spot by .
that time, among them being Hayes I
Bedea and Jacob Winters, both of I
whom accused Barrett of holding them .
up on East Market street with revol.
voT
In Barrett's pocket was found six .
loaded 38-calibre cartridges. In the /
revolver thrown into the gutter were I
four loaded shells of the same kind
and two which had been fired OFF
The two shots fired in the hotel I
seemed to account for the empty shells
aud this together with the identitica- /
ton made by Mr. Walker and his son
seemed to make the crowd wild and
vindictlve and for few minutes il
looked dark for the prisoner.
Officer aud prisoner had hardly