The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-06

N S"e AAontuChy fOlOuel, accord
Ing to the police of the Shakespeare
avenue station. Capt. Harding of the
station declared she describes the de-
cedent as a safe blower, and gener-
al bad man from Texas"
Two other men are believed to have
escaped from the home of the Merrill
woman before the arrival of the DO
lice. They are being sought.
Detective Has Another Name.
Detective Evans, who went to ST.
Elizabeths hospital to see the dead
man, declared that he was Daniel An
derson, an ex-convict. The police
record of Anderson Shows that be
was arrested in Chicago, Jan. 26.
lSoS, on charge of having burglars
tools In his possession, and later
turned over to Sheriff G. L. Martin of
Pottawattomie county, Iowa. He was
sentenced to six years in the peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison. April q, 1903.
Anderson was arrested here August
= again as a suspect and was fined
$6O by Municipal Judge Walker,
TIP Leads to Woman's House.
Police forces of the entire city and
surrounding towns had been prose-
cutting search for the companion of
Olson since the latter's arrest. Short
~ after O'Clock today Capt. Harding
OF the Shakespeare avenue police sta
ton received Tip" that Olson's
companion had sought refuge in the
home in Dickens avenue. Harding
notified Lieut.. Collins of the Irving
rark station and the two hurried to
the mousse with over dozen police
men and detectives.
Inc house was surrounded and a
number Of the detectives were sta
toned at points quarter of a block
away to form trap should the sus-
pect succeed in escaping from the
house.
Occupants Taken by Surprise.
Lieut.. Collins took charge of the
police guard at the rear of the house
and Harding. leading half a dozen
detectives, with a concerted rush, en-
tered the front door, which was clos
ed but unlocked. The occupants of
the house evidently were unaware of
the fact that it had been surrounded
and were taken by . surprise. The
man, who was later killed, was walk
ing toward the front door as Harding
appeared and the Merrill woman was
somewhere in the rear At the sight
Of the police captain che man whipped
out q revolver. 3
Stand where you are" commanded
the police official, "or Ill shoot you
down."
The suspect turned his back toward
the captain and with the revolver still
in his hand suddenly darted behind a
PARTITION, fled through the housesand
out the rear door.
Falls ut FIRST Shot.
The fugitive dashed across the
snow covered pard into the alley,
pursued by Capt. Harding, Lieut.. Col
Inns, Patrolman Wulff and a dozen or
more others, who had been on guard
at the rear Of the house. Several of
the policemen slipped and lost their
footing momentarily!i-tr Policeman
Wulff. who was a few feet in the lead,
opened fire at the fugitive as the lat
ter rushed into the alley. The first
shot struck the man in the back of
the head.
He fell. rose quickly and started
away again. but had taken only few
steps when he staggered and fell
again, clutching at fence in a vain
effort to hold himself up.
Fails to Return Fire.
Borden, or Anderson. had a revol-
yer drawn, but evidently feared to
turn and face the police behind him
lest they would send volley of shots
in his direction.
Even after he had fallen the Sec
ond time, bleeding from the wound in
his head, the victim. as he lay in the
snow, made desperate efforts to re-
gain his feet. Lieut. Collins and Capt.
Harding ran UP as soon as the fugi-
tive had sunk in the alley and wrest-
ed away the revolver clutched in the
right hand.
Woman Hiding Screams.
While half a dozen policemen stood
guard over the unconscious form of
the victim Capt. Harding and Lieut..
Collins hastened back into the house,
where they found the Merrill woman
hiding in bedroom. She was white
faced and terror-stricken. She
screamed when the police officials ap-
preached her, but made no attempt to
escape. She was kept in custody In
the house and meanwhile patrol
wagon and an ambulance were sum
moned.
A throng of residents who had been
attracted by. the shooting had surged
about the house when the vehicles
arrived. The wounded fugitive was
placed in the ambulance and hurried
to st. Elizabeth's hospital and the
Merrill woman was taken to the
Shakespeare avenue police station.
Man Dies in Hospital.
The wounded man was placed on
the operating table, but died a short
time later while doctors were prob
ing to extract the bullet, which had
lodged in the back Of his head. The
physicians had made futile efforts to
revive hi mand his death occurred
without the police being able to OBJ
tain statement.
According to Capt. Harding, a re-
volver taken from the dying mans
hand is the weapon that was thrown
away yesterday by Otto Olson while
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