The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-01
SEATTLE BANDIT IS
 CONVICTED
JURY ra.DS AXEl MIST, WHO SHOT POLICEMAN DAVIS.
 GUILTY OF MURDER

SEATTLE. Apri ->.-ANcl Nist. and E...o. ra-ro.mau Davis Oh Feb rUary =. ai'er r..ulng hgh. ,u Boys,ou a,-uav. "a- iuuua gui}'y by the jury r"tIE nt second degree mur der
 SEATTLE. Mar.h ra,roImau Juds E. r. Davis. aged &I years was shot and ius-aGr'. killed, John Ford aged = bandit. Mas morally wound ed. and AXel N.e'. aged .. bandit was slightly wounded and captured iH a ruHHHua HEa. between the two bandits and policemen. n Boyls ion avenue. near ruo corner ot Den ny Way. ab IT -..n o'clock last night
 r score .i shots "cra fired in the fray. and "HAu a lew seconds after the hF~t tl-Ua.~. fully hundred people ras.ea from -lclr houses and apartments .La. crowd that section of the eity and many saw the latter part cf the tJr'lp. when PatrJiman smith emp,led his gun a one of the bandits and rhc bandit before dis app, airing ia tAe darkness. turned and fired r"0 shots a' he p.lincmau.
 While tLc sMohc fl the battle s'ili hung over the scene. molc than a hundred Fc~zaas. many of them NO men, crowded around John Ford the youthful baudl. and saw him Wri.hC in agony or looked down upon the face of rsrolmau Davis. as he lay dead on the sidewalk
 Fifteen minutes later. when the crowd had be,u augmented ro sever al hundred. and after t., arrival of score ot policemen, including Act ing Ch.ti ut Police Bauuick. the sec. ond b&nG.r. AAel Nl-r. known 10 the police d. d bad man Was dragged. wounded rom hole a block dis tant from where 'hhc fight started.
 PatrolmaL Davis Was shot down before he Lad a chance to draw his gun. he bandit ford, firing in as quick suCags>i T d. au automatic gun can spou. bullets a' him within a range yt UT fec. Davis was shot twice the fatal bullet ,u,ering his right shoulder. piercing and breaking the shoulder blade. scvcr.ug the spi- nal cord and passing out the left shoulder The other bullet passed through the 4,zhy part of both legs.
 The fiEhr started when Patr0man smith accostel Ford and Nist on the west side ol Boy.-r.u avenue about loo teet from the corner of Olive street Davis and Smith had been placed oh special duty in citizens clothes 10 patrol the Broadway dis lrict ro pro,cc, ,hc public against thugs ~ho have committed several robberies h the residence sections of the city in tbc last few days
 On BogIe-tou avenue, near Olive street, he two IoICcweu saw the bandits Ford and Ni-r. just ahead of them
 T believe they're the stick.ups. :" said Smith Lets follow them"
 The policemen followed them and had almost caught up with The two suspect near Denny way.
 Wait minute there, you." called cut Smith Ford and N!st turned and with the policemen not four feet away opened fire on the officers.
 Ford had all automatic gun, and as it spit bullets in rapid succession Davis fell.
 Smith had his gun our in an in. stant, and with his first shot hit
 Ford who fell squirmmg on the street.
 Mist fired several shots at Smith and then fled across to the east side of the street up 1iye-ioot terrace and over vacant lot toward Denny way.
 Smith. grabbing the gun that fell from the baudir Ford's hands. gave chase, following Jhc sidewalk around the vacant lot, and firing a couple Of shots al Nist a. the latter dashed across the lOt.
 When Nist was nearing Denny way he turned and fired ar the pursuing policeman and then fled up Denny way nearly to the corner of Harvard street, turning to dash into the side of the Keystone garage.
 Just as Mist disappeared in the darkness beside the building Smitl fired the last cartridge in his reyol yer The automatic he had grabbed as it fell from the bandit Ford's hand was empty. but Smith continued the chase, and prowled around the build ing for several minutes before he fin ally decided to give up for the mo- ment and go back to see how badly Davis was hurt
 In the meantime the crowd had gathered pOllCe headquarters had been notified, and within ten min utes three automobile loads of police men with Chief Bannick were on the ground.
 Chief Bannick directed the searcl for Mist. the bandit who had disap peared beside the old garage build ing. A few moments later the police found Mist lying in a hole about five feet deep beside the garage.
 In darting in beside the building he had plunged headlong into the hole and having been ham-strung by a bullet from Policeman Smiths gun passing through the feshy part of the