Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04
Council Bluffs
OFFICERS BULLET IS FATAL
Z, Detective Callaghan, Pursuing Will
liam Fry, Slips Firing Shot.
MAN TWICE SENT TO PRISON
Was BefEg Taken TO Police station
~ Suspect of Car RoBberIes and
KILLED in Effort TO Run
Away,
Away,

william Fry, % years old, was shot and
Instantly killed by City Detective Thomas
F. Callaghan at $3.50 yesterday afternoon
while escaping after being placed under
arrest accused of theft. The shooting
however, was purely accidental. the shot
being fired when the detective stumbled
and fell while pursuing the fugitive. The
bullet. from a forty ne-calibre Colts regu-
lation police revolved, struck Fry in the
back OF the neck at the base of the brain
and passed entirely through his head The
shooting occurred at North Tenth street
and Avenue f. Fry had served two terms
in the penitentiary for crimes committed in
Council Bluffs.
On Wednesday, this week, police depart
ment reports indicated that Fry had been
trying to sell sugar in 1OO-pound lots In
the residence district in the vicinity OF
Eleventh street. The sugar was presumably
the product Of some OF the many recent
car robberies, and Chief Of Police Froom
ordered Fry to be brought in He was
not found until o'clock yesterday after
noon when Detective Callaghan encoun-
tered him at Tenth street and Broadway
and placed him under arrest When told
what he was arrested for Fry denied all
scented to go peaceably to the station with
out having the wagon called.
When the two had reached Eighth street,
Fry made a sudden spring. breaking away
from the officer, and ran down North
Eighth street and into the alley in the
,rear OF the True block. He was fleeter Of
koor than the detective and Callaghan tried
TO stop him by shooting into the air. 1t
n. Of he fnCitiya
and gave him such momentum that when
he reached the rear of the Saltzman coal
yards. near Seventh street, he easily scaled
the high plank fence. He was out of sight
when the officer got into the yard.
Chases Fry in Auto.
Boys declared that Fry had gone north
>on Seventh street, and Detective Callaghan
was given the use of an automobile belong
ing to John %. Long, 20 South Main street.
After going north to Rohrers park and
finding no trace Of the fugitive, Callaghan
returned on Seventh street. and when Ave-
nue. + was reached boys who had been fol-
lowing Fry pointed out his hiding place in
vacant lot covered with bushes. When
Callaghan approached Fry again started to
run, taking the middle OF the street. Gala
CHAN followed with his revolver in hand,
intending to shoot into the ground at the
feet Of the fugitive. AS he was running on
the unpaved street, slippery from a recent
shower, he stumbled and fell he stepped
on street crossing. The fall caused the
revolver to be fired. and Fry, running like q
deer $50 feet ahead, received the fatal
wound. There were many eye witnesses,
and all stated that the shot was aocdentlly
fired.
Fry had lived in Council Bluffs nearly all
of his life In the autumn of 1904 he was
discharged by the Younkerman Seed COM
pany for stealing, and two weeks later
broke into the place and stole a lot of stuff
He was arrested, and on December IA was
sent to the Fort Madison penltentary for
one year. After serving his term he re-
turned, and committed another burglary al
the YouDkerman store. but before he was
taken into custody was arrested for the
burglary OF residence occupied by a rela-
D tive and was sent to prison again for nine
fmonths in Oetober. 1906. Frys mother died
two years ago at the county farm, and was
buried by the county. His father resides
on Franklin avenue in what Is known as
the Poverty flats