The San Francisco call., 1906-07-16
POLICEMAN KILLS
HIS AS5A|LANT
William Oslin Is Shot to
Death During a Riot
at Shell Mound Park
BROTHER INJURED

rearing death at the hands of man
who had struck him down with heavy
beer glass, and who had raised sec
ond glass to deal another blow, L. H.
Baldwin, special police officer from
this city, yesterday afternoon shot and
killed William Oslin, teamster, whose
home was on Union street. near Bu-
chanan, at Shell Mound Park. Almost
at the same moment George C. Starr.
deputy constable of Oakland shot
and wounded w. ]. Oslin, brother of
the man who fell victim to the shot
fired by Baldwin
The trouble which resulted in the
death of Oslin and the wounding of his
brother occurred at the annual picnic
of Local No. 113 of the Butchers Union
of San Francisco.
No one knows how the trouble be-
gan. The attention of the officers was
attracted by commotion on the floor
Of the dance hall, ana forcing their way
through the crowd they found two
men engaged in rough and tumble
fight. They attempted to separate
the combatants and were set upon by
the crowd, which resented the interfer-
ence.
Some of the crowd began to use beer
bottles and glasses as weapons, and
among these was william Oslin, who
hurled heavy glass at Baldwin, the
missile striking the officer on the right
side of the head, just above the ear.
The edge of the glass inflicted deep
cash in his scalp. Baldwin was partly
stunned by the blow, and Starr, seeing g
his companion PROSTATE, sprang to help
him. AS he did so he was attacked
by the brother of the man who had
thrown the glass at Baldwin.
Starr, to protect his life, and that OF
his fallen brother officer. then drew
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Instead of intimidating his assailants
the shot seemed only to infuriate them.
w. j. Oslin sprang at Starr, and at
tempted to wrench the pistol from his
hand. Then it was that Starr turned
his weapon on Oslin, fired, and Oslin fell
to the floor writhing with pain.
Baldwin in the meantime had re-
gained his feet and turned to grapple
with the man who had struck him with
the glass. Oslin, who was less than
six feet away, then raised another
glass. and to protect himself from
further injury Baldwin drew his re-
volver and fired The bullet struck
Oslin in the right side of the face just
in rfont of the ear and, passing through
the head lodged against the left side
of the skull. Oslin fell to the floor
dead.
The sound of the shooting at
tracted the other officers on duty in
the park. and they arrived in time
to save Starr and Baldwin from vio-
lence at the hands of the mob sur
rounding them. In the fight to rescue
the imperiled officers Special Police
officer c. A. Taggart, who lives at 356
Forty fifth street. in Oakland, was
struck a heavy blow in the face by
some one in the crowd, and Deputy
Constable L. H. Delavergne, also of
Oakland, was knocked down and pain
fully bruised before he could regain
his feet.
The officers finally beat off the crowd
and Baldwin and Starr were escorted
in safety to the house of Captain l..
Siebe, the owner of the park.
Baldwin and Starr later were taken
into custody and removed to the
County Jail, where they will be held
pending the verdict of the Coroner S
jury. Baldwin s. injuries were treated
at the Receiving Hospital.
Baldwin lives at sol Oak street and
is regularly appointed special police
officer