Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-03-26
GAMBLER MURDERS
TWO TEXAS OFFICERS
Gambling Raid Ends In Death
of Two Men.
pousLs MURDERER WILL DIE
Five Thousand People Took Part In
Chase Of Gambler Who Took Refuge
In Lumber vard->A Thrilling Triple
Tragedy.


Tragedy.
For, Worth, Tex, March 25.-As
result OF a raid on q gambling
house here County Attorney Jeff D..
Mclean was snot and killed and
hemil =. Scott, q member OF the
raiding party. fatally wounded by
william thompson. proprietor OF the
resort raided. Hail an hour later
Thompson vas surrounded In a lumber
yard within hundred yards OF the
place where Scott was shot down. and
captured after a desperate night in
which Thompson received bullet in
Juries that will probably acuse MS
death within a few hours.
The series OF tragedies were OF the
most sensational and spectacular
character. and were witnessed by
hundreds OF men and women. includ-
ing many members OF the state legis-
lature here IL ai,enLance on q fat
stock show.
The house raided IS located on the
main street. near the corner OF sixth
nght In the heart OF the retail dis
tric,.
shortly before 8 o'clock County At
torney Mclean. heading a party OF
deputies. forced an entrance into the
place. placed q number OF men I'M
der arrest and loaded a furniture wag-
on with tables and other paraDherna.
la. The wagon, with the confiscat-
cd furniture had Just moved on when
Thompson approached Mclean, who
was standing on the sidewalk, and
when WITHIN few feet OF the oficiai,
nred one shot. the bullet striking Nc
Lean In the throat. breaking his neck
and cPssing almost instant death. As
Mclean fei,. Thompson turned and
ran west on sixth street. with Scott
In pusuit.
Dodging behind Q bill board At the
corner OF Seventh and Throckmoreon
street. Thompson ambused Scott ana
shot the deputy three Zines In the
body. When Scott fell Thompson
stopped only long enough 30 discard
his empty pistol for the one carried by
the dying deputy. and renewed his
night.
by this time q score OF policemen
and deputy sher1rs followed by hun
dreds or excited men and boys were
IN pursuit OF Thompson. who found
temporary refuge IN a lumber shed.
Just across the street from the Tour
sne hotel. the most fashionable hos
tlery In the city. Here he was To-
Gated by Patrolmen BELL and Lloyd.
thompson, by this time. thorough
~ desperate and with the cry OF
lynch him" ringing in his ears. was
ready for a night to the death.
While the crowd which had followed
him were willing enough 10 cry lynch
MIN and would have followed a lead.
err. the whole thing had happened so
suddenly. that the mob hesitated. But
Policeman Denis LLOYD mad seen the
iutiliNe tuNtI tue covered lumber
yard and followed him there.
Finally thompson was located be-
mind a stac1 OF lumber. He saw the
ofnce- about the same time the on
Ger saw him. and they fired at each
other, al close range. almost stimuli
taneousIy. what the effect 81 this
exchange was IS not known. but 20
nceman Bel, coming 20 the aid OF his
brother officer az THIS time. was d.
rected around the other side OF the
lumber Pile, with the idea OF heading
OF escape and while the crowd wss
cautiously feeling IFS wav al the door /
of the lumber yard, Beil and lloyd
opened on Thompson and the latter .
returned their tire. The officers woun-
ed Thompson in three places and he is I
probably fatally injured :
As soon As the shots were heard on ?
the INSIDE OF the Timber yard, the
moo. on the outside numbered fully
nve thousand people. Sooa the news
fz<4 IA tye Qsncers rad been XII.
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