Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-12

heap Oil the floor of the car and Will
liams staggered back into his seat
Greer called to his motorman, H. g.
Aiken. and the latter stopped the car
and hurried to the rear.
In the meantime Mr.. and Mrs. David.
son had entered the car, the latter de-
spite the orders of her husband to get
down behind a seat, following him into
the inside
Police Notified
A hasty examination showed that the
robber was dead and at the first tele-
phone box message was sent to town
notifying the police of the occurrence
The body was recognized by the police
as that of Charles Gray. VINO September
20 last had been treated at the hospital
for two gunshot wounds received in d
fight in the Great Eastern lodging house
on East First street with Charles King.
Gray and King had been fellow workers
on the San Fernando tunnel for the
Southern Pacific railroad and had a fight
at the tunnel On that day King came
to town and Gray followed him with the
expressed determination to get even
He met King in the hallway of the
lodging house and assaulted him. In de-
fense King drew revolver and shot him
once in the upper right arm and once
through the right side. Neither wound
was serious. and afte. three weeks in
the county hospital Gray was discharged.
Since that time nothing is known of the
man, but he follows the description very
closely OF the man who held up the East
lake park car November 10 and also on
Friday night last He also answers the
description of the man who has attempted
numerous holdups of pedestrians III Vari-
Gus parts of the city within the past
three or four weeks.
Was Railroad EmpIoye
Nothing is known of his antecedenis.
but the police will apply to the Southern
Pacific authorities today for a record Of
the man, as the company is supposed 10
have a history of all of its employees.
TO John Greer, the plucky conductor
who coolly and bravely fought for time
in which to get out his revolver and then
so effectively used it the officials of the
company and of the police department.
have nothing but the highest praise.
Greer showed the greatest GOODNESS and
bravery in all of his actions
r.. Q. Williams, the passenger who
came to the aid of Greer and created
the diversion by which the conductor
was able to sSve his life and take that of
the highwaymen, also came in for his
share of praise.
williams is a former volunteer soldier
He served two years in the Philippines
with the Forty-fourth Kansas volunteers
and was commended for bravery IN ac-
tion against the Filipinos.
He Is 30 years of age and was spend
ing the night with his wife at the home
of a friend on South Hill street. AT the
time of the robbery he was on his way
home on an errand.
The bullet which struck him entered the
third finger Of his right hand, and pass
ing through lodged in the bones of the
wrist. He was taken TO the emergency
and general hospital. where the bullet
was removed.
As soon as Mrs. Williams heard Of
the accident to her husband she has
tened to the hospital where she at
tended him during the operation.
Motorman Aiken saw man slip
from the rear platform of the car and
he is of the opinion that Gray, the
dead bandit had a confederate who
was to join him at the Howland avenue
crossing and that the man had boarded
the car, but when he saw how the
situation was jumped from the car and
escaped in the darkness This state
ment is borne out by Mrs. Davidson
who also declares she saw man leave
the rear platform Just as she rose to
follow her husband to the inside OF the
car
Later this man was arrested nearly
a mile from the scene. He gave his
name as Carl Lampreoht and proved
that he was passenger on the car ana
ran because he was frightened He
was caught by R. j. Gellespie, a con-
tractor, who was passenger on the
car Gillespie is also said to have
fired one of the shots which struck
Gray