The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-04
HOW MAJOR TILDEN
WAS KILLED
ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL
RELIEF COMMITTEE WAS SHOT.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.-H. 9
Tnden one of the most prominent mem
bers of the general relief committee,
was shot and instantly killed in his
automobile about - o'clock last night,
while returning from Menlo Park, by
men supposed to be members of the
Citizens Patrol. Hugo Altschul, a
coachman who was i'm the automobile.
was cut In the face by a bullet, and
another pierced the seat and struck
r. G. Seaman, acting lieutenant of
the second company of the Signal Corps
in the back. The force of the bullet
had been spent and Seaman, who had
been detailed on special duty with Til
den, picked the ball out of his cartridge
belt. The shooting occurred at Twenty
second and Guerrero streets. Three
men suspected of having done it are I'M
der arrest at the police station at
Twenty and Mission streets
Major Tilden was a prominent COM
mission merchant of this city a mem
Der of Governor Pardee's staff, and was
one of the foremost workers i'm the
general relief work
He had taken his three children and
a nurse from the Fourteen-Mile House
where they had been since the earth
quake, to Menlo Park, where he had a
summer cottage. His automobile had
been used as an ambulance i'm convey
ing sick and wounded to the hospitals
and he was carrying the Red Cross flag
prominently displayed on his car. Be-
sides this, he had the Red Cross in
sigma on his right arm.
According to Acting Lieutenant Sea-
man. Tilden was his own chauffeur
and left MEMO Park about . o'clock.
At Twenty eighth and Guerrero streets
they We're challenged by the first of
the chain of patrols and upon calling
out RED Cross" We're allowed to pass.
At Twenty-hfth streets second guard
challenged them and Immediately gave
way upon perceiving the Red Cross
flag. Crossing TWenty-second street
at about fifteen miles an hour accord
ing to Seaman, six men stood i'm the
middle of the road, separating when
the car got within fifty feet of them.
When within ten feet of the guards.
Seaman claims they began shooting
without warning or challenge and kept
on firing after the car had passed them
Shots from i'm front took no effect
with the exception of bullet grazing
the face of Tilden's friend.
The machine had gone about fifty
feet past the patrol" said Seaman
when the car stopped suddenly. Tilden
fell over towards me saying: We'll,
they got me-they killed me- Flopped
back in the seat and rolled out of the
car. | sprang up and fired five shots
i'm quick succession at the man who
was still shooting behind us, About
the same time Tilden fell in my lap a
bullets struck me i'm the back and near
ly knocked me out of the seat. | put
my hand to my Webb cartridge belt
and pulled out the bullet, which had
come through the seat. The man who
did the shooting was i'm khaki uniform.
A doctor came running from a house
nearby and after examining Tilden, said
he was dead. Several policemen came
running up and arrested three of the
men who did the shooting"
The three men under arrest are S.
Boyneton "a telephdne inspector i'm
the employ of the Pacific States Tele-
phone Company; George Simmons and
Malcolm Vance. They are all young
men and members of the Citizens Pa
troll. Boyneton declares that he did
not see the Red Cross flag on Tilden's
car and when the latter did not stop
when challenged he fired. The coach
man in the car then began shooting
and Simmons and Vance replied. The
killing of Tilden created the greatest
indignation.