Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-10

criminals turned and hurried their wall
back toward Grand avenue.
At the corner of the street they wer
overtaken, and stepping up to then
Capt. Auble exclaimed: I'VE are polio
officers and you two boys are under
| arrest"
In an instant a tragedy was enacted
Tried to Escape
AS hounds freed from the leash the
two men turned and sprang down the
street, but the officers were equally
alert, and in an instant had over
| taken and grappled with them.
Horning was seized by Capt. Flam-
mer and thrown headlong into the door
way of the carpet beating establish
ment of A. J. Mullen at the corner OF
Ninth street and Grand avenue.
| Auble seized Sutherland by the arm
and the younger man drew back, pull
ing the officer with him into the vacant
lot at the side of the Mullen establish.
ment.
Surrender. am an officer" cried
Auble. and Sutherland's reply was to
| jerk from his coat pocket with his left
hand a long barreled 3S-caliber re-
! fired point blank at the officer.
The bullet struck Auble in the neck
on the left side and about midway be-
tween the jaw and shoulder.
Auble crumpled in a heap on the
ground, but in falling dragged Suther-
land with him, and as he fell tried tc
wrest the weapon from the burglars
| hand.
| The weapon was whirled around just
as Sutherland pulled the trigger the
| second time, and the bullet ploWed its
way through the criminals right arm.
grasp by Auble, and raising the weapon
AS the second shot was fired Auble
! lost his remaining strength and fell
backward to the ground. He still re-
tanned his hold of Sutherland's sleeve
however, but it was with weakening
grasp.
| With an oath Sutherland cried: Let
me go, damn you, let me CO." and
pressed the muzzle of the weapon to
Auble's abdomen and at the same time
pulled the trigger.
With the shot the officer CRIED 81
am done for and fell backward against
a large block of stone lying in the lot
! Sutherland jerked loose and, rising to
his feet, deliberately aimed his weapon
at the PROSTATE man and fired again
the bullet striking Auble in the chest
to the right and above the heart, COM
pleting the deed of murder begun with
the firing of the first bullet.
AS Sutherland fired the fourth and
last shot at Auble, Flammer had over
come Horning. after terrific strug-
gle, in the little carpet-beating works
He had heard the shots fired and
heard the cry of his brother officer, 81
am done for"
Like a fiend he battled with the pros
trate man on the floor and struck him
heavy blow on the side of the head
| partly stunning him.
| He then dragged Horning to the
open and to one of a crowd of men who
had gathered he cried, Get that mans
| (Auble's) handouts from his pocket
| and bring them here"
The man did as he was bid and al
| Planners direction fastened the irons
on Mornings wrists Then directing
the men to hold the prisoner Flammel
ran to Aubles side and cried, Are you
hurt, Walter?"
st am shot, Paul, and done for" re-
piled Auble in a weak voice. Get him
if you can"
Regard for the man who had served
| by his side for more than a decade
overcame all other impulses of the de-
| tective captain and tenderly he raised
! the wounded man from the ground, al
the same time shouting to man in ar
automobile, who had just driven up, tC
| bring his machine to the sidewalk.
The car was brought to the curb anc
| the wounded officer was lifted into 1t
Horning was bundled into the front OF
the machine, and, holding Capt. Aublt
in his arms. Capt. Flammer directed
that the motor car be rushed with al
speed to the city prison.
Here Just as soon as possible. Capt