Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-06-24
SHOT nine PEOPLE
KILLED himself

San Francisco, June 23.-After hold
ing over 1000 persons at bay for two
hours, shooting nine people and defying
the police, Thomas Lobb, maniac,
killed himself at S:05 Wednesday
morning.
The dead - Thomas Lobb, top of
head blown off by himself.
The wuonded-W. S. Kaufman, shot
three times, wounds in the cheek, nose
and forehead; c. T. Chevalis, shot in
left eye; w. Jones, wounds IN right
cheek; Emil Roberts, boy, shot in
right leg; Quong Do, Chinese, rifle
bullet in left hand; George A. De
Laughton, nine wounds, six in left
arm, two in right hand and one in felt
cheek; Vincente Romantic, shot in LETT
cheek and right ear; Joseph Lasibee,
two shots inch in, one in lip, others in
shoulder and right arm; Policeman
Patrick Kassane, shot in left cheek,
while firing from adjoinign room.
All the victims were hit with No. 4
shot except the Chinese, who received
the rife ball.
The maniac was barricaded in his
room on the fourth floor of the United
States hotel, on Eddy street. In the
morning he began throwbing furniture
from the windows to the street.
Several persons narrowly escaped be-
ing struck. Then he began firing u.s.
ing a shotgun. He placed $50 and 500
bills in the muzzle of the weapon, and
fragments of the paper were scattered
all over the street. The first person
he hit was shot at about 7:15 o'clock.
A big crowd quickly gathered and
hundreds of men were prevented from
passing the place by fear of being kill
ed. Streetcar traffic was entirely sus-
pended after one car had been fired up
on and its windows broken. Lieuten-
ant John Green of the police rushed
strong squad to the scene, among the
officers being five members of the crack
rifle team of the department. They
were unable to accomplish anything,
however, as the maniac was strongly
intrenched in his room and appeared
to have unlimited amount of ammuni- |
ton.
1t was determined that he must be |
captured dead or alive, and all the
rooms adjoining the one he occupied |
were quickly flied with armed officers. |
A lively fusillade was begun through |
the door, transom and walls of the
madman's stronghold, to which he re-
sponded with remarkable rapidity.
The plaster was scattered from the
ceiling and wall, and the police were
soon covered with the white flakes and
nearly blinded by the lime. Officer
Kasslne attempted to peer through the
the transom when he received charge
Of shot which disfigured his face and
completely riddled his helmet. Then
Officer Hutchins descened from the
roof to the room window, while the
other policemen made an attack in
force at the door. When Hutchins saw
the maniac's attention was diverted he
gave prearranged signal by firing his
revolver. Hearing the report from an
unexpected quarter the mu1derous lun-
attic rushed to the window, which was
open, and literally blew off the top of
his own head, the brains and fragments
of the skull flying through the air, to
the horror of the thousands of specta-
tors who had assembled in the neigh
borhood, which is near the heart of
the city.
The body of the dead man has been
identified as that of Thomas Lobb.
aged % years, apparently an English
man and Stranger here. In his pock-
ct was card bearing the address of
the British consul general and re-
ceipt for baggage showing that he was
a recent arrival in San Francisco.
None of the wounded will die.