The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-10-07

Milo Croker. who vas shot By
Palrolman Charles y. Nelson
last might. following a quarrel
In the Dreamiand dance hall With
Ethel Livingston. a waitress. ~
grandmaa boy
In small apartment oyer al g97
West Queen Anne av. a little. gray.
haired. old lads walta for news
from her boy y hu Was shot For
no matter what Milo Croker may
have been or dome. no matter what
others mas think oF say. he u
"KrmudmAN luY Is the little won,
an Who reared him after the death
Of his mother. when BE wma just
a little fclluw
There wasn't much work helng
dome In the iltsic home Tits morn
Ing THE tiny. gray haired woman
who II barely five feet TALL. Was
sitting wish lhe papers on The floes
about her. and Just waiting for
news from her boy
"f,o ron think he viii get wollY
was her first inquiry Of The Star
representative.
a Good. Hearted Boy.
-tioys without mothers some.
times get Wild. you know said
the grandmother. but Milo was
good hearted. Hts father and I
thiak be has inherited insanity
Tie GETS 50 mad sometimes. and
while e lasts he doeAut know
what he's dolus Hes sorry when
it's over. and q lasts only a few
minutes. bat that IL too Ions.
lie vas here yesterday after.
noon. bat had gone out and didn't
get to see him lie left a note
saying that he Just came over 10
see me and "a get a piece Of grand.
mas pie Do you think he'll get
welif I have heard Of people being
shot clear through the body and
getting we'll Maybe the bullet
didn't strike vital part. You know
lie was q bright boy and smart at
figures
Married an Actress,
"fie has given hts father a great
deal OF trouble he often went
away aud We didn't know where
he Was But about a year ago he
was married TO Mary Cughlan--
Molly he calls her. and his
father was glad Of the marriage.
His wife is little older than Milo.
and HIS father hoped she would
take care 81 him and bring him
ont OF his Wild ways They we're
married at Tacoma. where Molly
was singing In a theatre She r. a
cousin of Rose Coghlan. the
actress
After they were married they
went TO Chicago and were IN the
same company. You see he had
got this theatrical notion in his
head He came home q few weeks
ago because he didn't want 10 90
where the rest Of the company
we're going. and was waiting here
TN hts wife completed her circuit
lie thinks a great deal Of Molly
When he was here the other day
he told me Of some advertisements
he had written for real estate
man. and ! said. Milo. why don't
you do something like that TN
Molly comes7' For he's a bright
boy.
He's "Hcr Boy"
~ still call him a boy. though
he was q last May. But YOU see
he lived with me SO long aud was
my little boy after his mother died.
His father and live here alone.
Last night DR. De Voc came 60
tell ua that Ailo had been shot.
His father went right 10 the hos
pital 10 see him. When his father
went in the room. Milo said It's
all a mistake. It's all a mistake
But that was all he could say.
do you think he'll get well7
Please take care Of the picture He
may be adying. you know, and
IN want 10 keep II"
who will have the heart TO tell
this dear. little. old grandma that
her little boy" may never come
again TO her home to see her and
to get "a piece Of grandma's pier
The young man is the only child
OF his fathers first marriage. Mr..
Croker has been married twice and
Is twice a wldower There are two
children of the second marriage
girl OF about 49,, who is In school
at Oakland, and a boy of ~. who
makes his home with his maternal
L T.. - l.