The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-05
man MORALLY WOUNDED:
CENTRAL SALOON ROBBED
THE POLICE LOOK FOR
WOUNDED MANS
COMPANION.
Mysterious Shooting and
Burglary on the Tide
Flats.

With the report ot pistol shot
and the discovery OF Harry /. Hell,
lcssis lying In pool Of blood on
the old Grant 81. bridge. over the
tsde flats. there developed this
morning what promises 20 be one
OF the most interesting murder and
robbery mysteries that has occurred
m Seattle for many months.
Hellossis. with a bullet IN his
brain. iies unconscious and al the
point OF death in the Wayslde
Emergency hospital today. while
-the police are diligently searching
for an unknown companion Of the
wounded man. aud are working as.
sldnousiy 60 determine how and by
whom the Central saloon. az liz
Occidental av.. was broken into and
robbed last night
Hellosris Was a bartender az this
saloon. He lived al 12I Second
av. NJ. with hla brother. also a
bartender At the Central saloon. and
other Greeks.
Had tire Keys 70 the saloon.
When Hellossis qmf work AZ :
O'Clock yesterday evening the keys
a. the saloon are known 20 have
been In his pocket when ~
o'clock this morning. his body was
found. there was nothing ca his
person save al IN silver. which las
IA the mad underneath him Dur
Ing all the elapsinw time nothing
- known OF his actions.
But daring thls time the Central
saiooa w2s entered By persons hav-
IND key. through the front door.
The IT, vas broken open. the dcsk
pried 40 with q butchers cieayeF
obtained from the lunch counter IN
the rear o. the building. and two
checks and money to the amount Of
SIS taken
Evidence % caruusai Uttered
the room this morning Many dirty
glasses filtered the bar which was
cIsan swept when Tom vanRal. the
owner. ieft Al | O'Clock last night.
On . snsail table IN the rear an
empty bottle and tao glasses stood
Tia back door had been forced
open from the inside. and the front
floor wss still locked
tso~ the Body 10 Found.
The body u Heliopsls lay near the
north rail of the bridge FACE upward.
with no marks II violence upon t..
other than the wound ia the head
A brnnd new revolver was found this
morning Ia the mud u the tide flats
below the point where the body lay
some 40 feet cut from the base n
the bridwe and about 50 fent further
toward the Planmec ~. end. The
eeabbard was found about i9n feet
. 1.-The other direction. almost direct
~ under the corner 81 the Anaconda
saloon A small strap. evidently
taken from a bundle carrier o. some
kind. was attached 20 the acahBard.
which was new. and had evidently
been used a. belt
Al tho time the shot was fired. the
patrol wagon. which was returning
from run to the southern part ~
thn city blocked the Piummer IT.
approach to the bridge Patroinau
zlebarfh WIS at the end Of Plum
ner ~. and two pafrolmen stood At
the Intersection of King a. and Sixth
AZ. S. Il was very dark. and about
10 minutes eiasped after the firing
u The shot before q cahman. driving
over the bridge. told Patr0ifnan
Murdock that "A drunk man is lay
ing shout teo feet back up the
bridge"
Will Never Tell His Story.
The man was Immediately taken
70 the Wayslde hospital whore to-
day u 10 said that he win probably
die without recovering conscious
ness. though At this time be is stln
alive.
Heiiossis Is q Macedonian who has
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