The Detroit times., 1910-01-07
DETROIT BANDITS KILL
ONE, WOUND ANOTHER
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! ling they had whipped out their re
yolyers. Before Minor could get cen
trail" one OF the men had fired ~
him and he dropped TO the floor with
wound through his neck, the bullet
+ piercing the jugular vein.
! The suspects then tried to get away
but Emmett clung to them gamely
! fighting the pair all the way through
! the waiting room and TO the platform
outside
Outside one of the men managed to
break away Emmett still clung to
the other and dragged him back into
the waiting room. AS the struggle
continued the fellow pressed his re-
volver against his captor ana sent q
bullet through his lung. Emmett
dropped. -.
At this juncture Minor. dragging
himself along the floor with his hast
founee.-ofs strength, appeared In the
doorway and opened FIRE, on the high,
wayman. He followed the man even
Tout to the platform. firing repeatedly
AS Minor lay helpless In the waiting
loom. trying his best.to help Emmett.
the youthful desperate, after shooting
Emmett, again turned the weapon on
Minor and fired several more shots
into his body. Minor was literally
riddled with lead.sxa 4
Night WaschinaI Morey attracte'.
| by the shots. came running to the
scene. Some 40 feet from the depot
in the middle of the track he came
upon Minors dead body. lying In 4
pool OF blood. Hastily laying the body
to one side of the track he ran into
the depot and there found Emmett
curled up on a settee. fatally injured
Pursue Highwaymen.
When Morey arrived, both depera.
does had disappeared but no time was
lost In taking up the pursuit Morey
was joined presently by the police.
who had been notified by the night
telephone operator. In the local ex-
change that something was wrong NJ
the depot.
In the brief interval that elapsed
from the moment Minor took down
the receiver until central answered the
fash and came I'm on the wire the shot
that cost Minor his life had been fired.
SO. instead of the expected salutation
from the other end of the wire. cer-
trail heard only confused sounds. In
the meantime the struggle was COINS
on between Emmett and the despera-
does in the waiting room and on the
platform just outside. Then. over the
wire. came the sound Of shots and the
operator at once notified the police.
officers hurried to the depot
News OF the tragedy spread fast and
almost Immediately messages came
pouring i'm that the fugitives had been
seen going east. Accordingly man
hunt was speedily instituted. the at-
thorities preparing TO scour the entire
country roundabout.
Capture Of Harrington.
Night Watchman Morey procured ;,
buggy. from Cooks livery and started
east at top speed. Officer Walter
Pierce also started out In a buggy
Not far from town he met boy who
said he had been accosted by young
fellow going toward Detroit. who had
offered TO sell him revolver cheap
| AT Bycr's farm. Pierce again got trace
! of the fellow. He drove 70 Denton
and then started back toward Ypsi
! lallt;. Presently al east-bound car
came along He stopped It, and get.
ting aboard, found Harrington. alias
"Winky," with. his wrist wrapped in
handkerchief. Harrington was takeu
back to Ypsilanti In the buggy.
Z In the meantime exPolicemen e. IL
| Crane and Charles Caine. who had
volunteered their services. had found
the trail of the other suspect and
overlook him at WARDS crossing. four
miles east of here. He surrendered
without attempting To put up a fight.
! He proved to be Robert Mccormick
whose home was formerly in this city
An automatic revolver. empty. was
! found IN his possession. the police say
4 Mccormick Is believed TO have done
most, IL not all, of the shooting He ,s
regarded as a desperate character in
spite Of his tender years. =. The an.
thorities say that he was known as
an incorrigible when his people lived
In Ynsllanti. and az the age of IA
was sent 10 the reform school. Feel
( ing is high in Ypsilanti against him In
particular
Minors Wife Is Seriously ~.
A pathetic feature OF Minors death
| Is that his wife is seriously III. News