The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-25
SALOON MAN AND
A|SSON ARE SHOT
BY TWO ROBBERY
Father Died Instantly But the
Son Is Not Seriously
.4a Injured
DESPERATE EFFORTS TOPREvENT
ROBBERY CAUSED KILLING
Tried to Snatch Gun From Robber and
Received Bullet Through the Heara|
Son Made Brave Effort to shooA
Murderer But Failed. II, Il

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east corner of Twentieth street anil
Grand avenue. was shot and killed ata
i2:45 O'Clock this morning by twol
hleh"aSmen, who robbed the placel
aid escaped. Samuel Spangler. al
son. who was tending bar, was shot
through the left shoulder when haI
drew revolver and began firing att
MS fathers murderer. The sons con-}
dltlon is not dangerous. it was said at
the general hospital this morning.
Just before the robbery the fatheni
ana son were counting the days res
ceipts. The father stood facing the1
bar putting down the amount az hisi
son at the cash register read themi
of.
Albert Ackerman.' skating rdnh|
manager, who is visiting the Spane.i
lers at their home. 1332* Wyandottej
street. was seated at table waitingi
for the two men to close the place|
and go home with him. The ionlyl
other person in the saloon was a man
reading paper at another table.
The Robbers Come In.
The father had made entries for. thei
turkey rattle receipts and for thal
regular business and the amount adj
ded up on the card had just reached4
$40 when two men entered the place. |
Both robbers were smooth shaven
and appeared to be less than thirty
years of age. The smaller wore an
overcoat and walked stopped with his !
hands thrust deep into his pockets.
The taller wore no overcoat. The twoi
passed down the room the length of
the bar when the smaller one Wheel
ed and thrusing revolver into thea
elder Spangler's face shouted: ,t- y, '
Spangler Grappled With One.
Hands up. you fellows, and lmai
up at the bari"
Alderman edged over to the end of
the bar nearest the street and the
other man backed up to the bar with,
his hands raised. The SON stood att
the cash register motionless but thei
father lunged across the bar snatch-l
ing at the mans extended revolver.
The robber leaped back step and
fired one shot at Spangler whol
crumpled up and fell without a word|
behind his bar, with a bullet throngh
his heart.
The Son is Shot +
When the robber fired, the younger;
Spangler jerked open the drawer be-
meath the cash register, where the
saloons revolver is kept, and taking
the revolver out fired at the murderer
until the chambers were empty. The
robber returned the fire and shot,
poung Spangler through the left
shoulder. The young Spangler drops
ped to the floor.
Meanwhile, Alderman was edgingi
edging toward the door. He ran tol
the street and began calling for helplj
After cleaning the cash register, the
taller Of the two men who had taken
no part in the shooting. ran from the4
rear door, and the other came out
the front door past Alderman.
Shut up that noise, damn you!n
the murderer called, "or Ill fix YOU'D
too" He snapped the revolver ati
Alderman and then ran north. on
Grand avenue. !
"Get Him." Said the Son. J
Ackerman ran back into the Saloons
and back of the bar, where the dead
father and wounded son lay.
"Give me your revolver" he cried
to the son. Have you any more car
tridges?"
The other thrust the weapon into
his hand.
Go and get him." answered spang-
ler II think there's one load left"
and he thrust the revolver into the
others hand.
Ackerman ran back into the street.
where he could see the fleeing mur-;
derer still running. He ran after him,
and tried to fire the revolver but the,
one cartridge left failed to explode;
and he lost sight of the murderer in,
the alley between Grand avenue and
McGee street near Ninteenth street..
Alderman then ran back to the saS