The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-31
KILLS ASSASSIN IN OFFICE
I\Fg\DID IHTiu ~ tPES
IIIE m mrs iND 4 BONB
D'srhar =rti special Nkrnt sf Great North.
~rn shat Down Nurr ne HAD Emti Ir,i
spNr nrN oliver and HAD Thrown
Pint Bottle Of NHroEb rrPine


~ PAN. MN Aug ~ e. T. Welsh
Cl-Charge STecial agent ~ the Great
Northern RAlroad Was shot ard irstartl,
kIlle to-day 10y N a.. RAY. chief IL the
roafS special agents after Walsh ha
huri"i a bottle containing ritroglyCsrir .
AMI fire" five tines NJ Ray IA Az attempt
Ia take hrs life
It The hoitle cnntairei CROUCH ritro-
glycerl' = to blow up th- huiltir Z IN which
the trag. ~ was snacte'
Tn" shooting took place IN Rays ONCE
IN the Great Northern binding Ray
gave himself up hmm. tiately after Welsh
was kille and ~ held 10y the police II Is
t"levei that ro formal charg. will h~
rnaGe agairst him. for the authorities az"
convir ce1 that he Pc'el wholly ir self.
, tef.,Ce
Welsh hai been special agent for the
Great Northern IN Duluth. but hal hc~r
! discharge by Raw because he hal shot
and woundei George Miller o. ar ARRAY
rear Duluth no, long ago Raw said that
Welsh hal trei on Miller without provo
cation
Welsh left the Great Northern or July
- Since then he had leet calling almost
daily az Ray Office. asking for reemploy-
rne1t and Gemar ding a ION
When RAY refused he threater'Ni his life
Yesterday Welsh went to the Union
Station here where he told John Iare the
station detective. that he would -ge, Raw
We, Lave told him 10 Keep ~ III ard lee y -
the PREMISE ard Welsh then tnreateg" I
lar es life
Earlv to-iav Iefor. Raw reached his
ONCE, Welsh appeAI~ and a-kei Chi"t
Ilerk Lewis Hess n there waS any mail
for him On being toid tina, there was
not he Left. saving Where u Al'-
lie viii bee in IA few minutes ar
rw.rel Hes.
Tell him III he hack sait Welsh a.
he went ont
4 minute or two later Raw appeared
and going IN HIS priyat" Office hegnn to
open has mail While he Was thus EN-
ployed Welsh appeared unannounced ~
the door and began Co shoot ~ RAY With
the first shot RAY dropped tn the floor
tehInd his desk. and using that a.
screen kept out of harm vav while
Welsh fired Ave shots When Welsh
ceased firing. Raw stood M from behind
his desk and fired killing ms assaiIant
instantly
Nel<h'S shots struck the wall immedi-
ately lehlnd RAYS desk and WITHIN n few
inches OF RAYS head He fired with his
something IN his JoCka, With hls left
~ Raw brought his pistol into action
Welsh fired he lasi shot Then he threw
the package which he nad taken from
his Uocket The bullsts from RAYS
volV~r scanned ~ confuse W"lSh and he
put little force into hIs arm Raw DID not
realize until afterward that the pac cage
conta q fF~k NJ nItrnglyc"rine with
a cap attached
Ray = shots w"r" deadly At least four
OF tie sIN bullets took eTe"t Welsh stag
gersd into an antsroon and fell dad
Detective James Nlurnaine picked Ip
IN" iask Of nitro glyc~rtn- that Welsh
had thrown AZ Raw The sNplo-Iv" filed
iIni flask II was wrapped m heavy
brown paT'ar Holes had h.-.n CIT care
fully through 'he tor n the I,apar. and the .
PERCUSSION cap which was attached to a
fuse winch world have sst oh the fuId /
was pushed through tho holes
Thor" Was enough 20 destroy fhe whole F.
building -ald Murnane The hsagy
Tausr prevented the "Nplos .pn. bur - "n .
II that u l. remarkable u did uu' ~ or
II u followed that Welsh had brood 81
over his discharge and do, .ied ~ NliI p
Raw The fat that he carried - -agpud .
heavy revolver and EXTRA ammunition
with HIM - "a ken hN tho police A. an IrGI- D.
cation that hs was DESPERATE BasC.s
n" revolver there we're found m ms
clothes a large Jack knife. = percussion .
can. twanty-thr-e cartridges AMI some .
vdludbles and money coroner Jones - .
trN ing {" learn something 81 the home aud
family II Welsh The 1odv " 10 10 held
at the morgua for several days pending
orders from relatives