Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-06
FATAL SHOOTING AT MANAWA
Ed YOUNGER, Who Attempted to Kill officers,
il Shot 10 Death.
MAN ARMED WITH REVOLVER AND RIFLE
He Makes Threats Against Manager
Byrne and opens Fire as Deputy
sberiHs Are RemOving
Him from Grounds.

Ed YOUNGER a Great Western switch en-
gineer living at los Fourth street, Council
Bluffs, was shot and instantly killed about
5 o'clock last evening at Lake Manawa.
Deputy sheriff Clarence Woolman is be
lieved 10 have fired the fatal shot al
though at least two other deputy sheriffs
and two employees Of the Manawa Amuse-
ment company took part in the shooting.
YOUNGER. who was heavily armed. was
shot after he had fired one shot at Dep
uty Sheriff woolman from an s-shot auto
matte shoulder rife. The dead man Is
believed to have been insane. His wife
and two children were witnesses Of the
tragedy 4
Whether YOUNGER had any grievance
against the management of the lake resort
or not is not known but he is known to
have made a number Of threats against
Manager Byrne and the officers at the
lake whether he intended to shoot Man
ager Byrne on sight can only be surmised,
but a significant fact is that he had with
him a card on which Mr.. Byrne's name
was written and he is known to have made
inquiries to who was manager at the
resort.
YOUNGER is DiaaFmed.
YOUNGER accompanied by his wife and
two children appeared at the lake before
noon yesterday. At that time he was
seen to be carrying a large revolver
strapped around his waist in a holster.
The attention of the officers was called
TO the man and they took the weapon
away from him. He made a number Of
threats in the presence of the officers and
said he would return later when he would
axt the crowd
The oficers induced YOUNGER to leave
the grounds and escorted him to the car,
his wife and children following. YOUNGER
boarded a car but refused to allow his
wife and children to do so, telling them
to stay and enjoy themselves. Before
the car pulled out he asked some of the
officers and the conductor IL they could
| change a 80 bill and on receiving a neg
| alive reply handed his wife the bill, tell
ing her and the children to have a good
time until he returned.
Returns with Rine.
No officers are stationed at the gate
where the passengers are unloaded, conse-
auently YOUNGER on his return passed
into the grounds unnoticed, although his
peculiar actions and the fact that he was
| heavily armed had attracted the attention
of several OF the passengers on the car.
YOUNGER besides having a big revolver
strapped around him was also carrying the
automatic shoulder r11e. weapon some
what in the nature Of large revolver with
| a rife stock
| YOUNGER succeeded in getting as far as
the pavilion on the lake front before he
, was noticed by the officers. Sherman
Humphrey, janitor of the county court
| house, who acts as a deputy sheriff at the
lake on Sundays, was the first to en-
| counter YOUNGER. His attention was
| called to the man who was swinging the
| rife around as II he intended to take a
shot at some one. People in the vicinity
became frightened and there was a general
stampede. Humphreys approached Youn-
| Ger with the intention of disarming him
| but YOUNGER raised the rife to his shout
der and taking deliberate aim at the Of
ficer told him to keep away. Realizing
that it was a case OF either being shot
or backing OF Humphrey decided discre-
ton was the better part OF valor.
Other officers arrived on the scene and
Deputy sherif George L. Martin took
YOUNGER by one arm while another officer
took hold Of the other and started him
toward the entrance gates. other officers
followed and endeavored to keep the crowd
back. No EFFORT was made at the time
to disarm the man. as Manager Byrne had
advised that he be got to the gate as
quietly as possible and an attempt made
outside to take his arms from him.
Opens Fire on omcers.
About half way between the bowling
alley and the merry-go-round YOUNGER
stopped and suddenly turned and faced
Deputy Sheriff Woolman, who was walk
ing behind. Wrenching his arm loose from
the hold Of the oficer, YOUNGER swung his
rife to his shoulder, dropped on his left
knee and took aim at wooman Here
quit that" exclaimed the ofiicer, but hardly
were the words out of his mouth when
! YOUNGER snapped the trigger, but the CUR
missed hre. In another second he had
fred and before he had time to pull the
trigger again Woolman had hred twice
from his revolver. the first shot striking
the stock OF Youncer's rife, tearing a piece
out OF II and the second probably killing
him. Deputy Sheriff Martin. Sherman
Humphrey and Charles Roster and s. T
Cyr the latter employees Of the Manaws
Amusement company, also shot at the man
shooting Causes Panic.
The shooting caused the greatest excite
ment, women and children screamed anC
the people which had been following tn,
b ofhcers and YOUNGER tumbied over eacl
other in their anxiety to get out OF tn,
way.
The body was carried to the porch of tn
cottage near the entrance where Il wa
covered with a sheet until the arrival o
Coroner Treynor, who had it removed L
. Undertaken Cutters establishment.
YOUNGER. after leaving the resort follow
ing the action OF the oficers in taking hi
gun from him. rode uptown. where h
purchased the second revolver and tn
automatic rife at the pawnshop of 9. sny
der. YOUNGER on his return trip TO Manaw
boarded the car at the barns and occupies
a seat with r. L. Wilbur OF 341s LaFay
Il cite avenue. Omaha, and W. l.. Pollen o
1925 Ninth avenue. this city On his wa,
TO the lake YOUNGER put the automati
rife together. and inserted the cartridges
much 20 the alarm OF the men on the sea
with him They spoke to him about tn
possibility OF the weapon being discharges
and at their suggestion he took the outsid
: seat. He showed Mr.. Wilbur a card bear
ing Manager Byrnes name on II and witt
a chuckle said: Il am going 70 blow hi
head on"