Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-13
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SURROUND BANDITS
DESPERATE CHARACTERS ARE
HELD AT BAY
Trail of Blood Easily Followed by
Keen-Eyed Officers, and Robbers
May Be Captured at Any
Moment
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at Dunnum at almost point blank
range. The bullet from his revolver cut
through the right side of the officer s
coat and clipped the corner off a pack
age Of letters in the nervy mans
pocket
In a fash Dunnum drew his revolver
and fired. So quickly did he do this
that the robber had not time to fire
again before the patrolman had shot
down one of the robbers
Get him up and out Of this" shouted
the man who had fired at Dunnum.
The three men stopped and lifted
their wounded companion. AS they did
so Dunnum took deliberate aim at the
group and the bullet from his revolver
has not been found. This leads the
officers to believe that one of the men
is wounded twice, or that two Of them
are wounded possibly one of them in
ternally, as but one man seemed 70
bleed as they ran across the street.
With Dunnum's second shot the ban
dit with the drawn revolver straight
ened up and fired again at the officer.
This bullet tore the rear tire from Dun
NUNS bicycle and rendered 1t useless.
Rescue Companion
The thugs lifted the wounded man 70
his feet and one on each side Of him
they assisted him across the street
diagonally in the direction of the alley
at the side Of the city hall on Oregon
avenue.
Duunum ran to the corner of the
building and again fired at the re-
treating men. This bullet flew in good
range but missed it's target and struck
the plate glass Of a real estate com
panyn on the opposite side Of Oregon
avenue. AS he fired Dunnum saw the
wounded bandit stumble and fall again,
Urging the stricken one on the other
robbers again lifted him 10 his feet
and the man with the revolver turned
and again deliberately fired at the Of
fcer, fifty feet away. Dunnum fired
again and as the group reached the
curbing at the corner Of the alley the
wounded mans shoe struck the curved
corner Of the curb, leaving a bloody
mark, showing that his shoe was coy-
cred on the outside with blood.
When the veteran trailer, Martin
Aguirre, reached the spot this blood
was still fresh and he read the signs
like an open book. After going over
the ground, Aguirre said;
Traied by Blood
This man is wounded in the left
side, possibly in the shoulder and arm,
By the same bullet. Where he first
fcl the smear of blood shows his hand
to be covered with blood, The heel
of his hand slipped as he fell. When
his friends raised him his left arm
hung and bled. At the curb the blood
spots indicate they fell directly down
ward, as evidenced by the low, lateral
splash At the corner Of the curb
where he stumbled you can see he was
leaning over 10 the left because the
blood fell the same way straight down,
and the drops and splash are Identical
with the others where the man was
first picked up"
Aguirre ran over these details rap
idly. lie said the red blood indicated
a severed artery. These deductions
were valuable when the trail was
again picked up two miles away at
the end Of Westgate boulevard.
The blood spots al that point were Of
the same size ana frequency with the
same splash and when the wounded
man walked between the rails, assist
ed by one or two comrades, the blood
drops indicated a VerihcatiOn of the
statement that the man was wounded
in the left shoulder or arm.
Search Vacant Houses
Deputy Sheriff Aguirre had five men
at his command at daylight and he
directed these men 10 search out
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